Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 979

Chapter 979:

“Sit down. We need to talk,” he instructed.

Calvin hesitated but complied, though he subtly shifted further away, maintaining a cautious distance.

Jake, surprisingly composed, said calmly, “How have your mother and sister been lately?”

Calvin was momentarily taken aback before a cold, mocking laugh escaped his lips.

“Isn’t it a bit late to be asking that now? I’m hardly a child to be fooled by mock concern.”

Jake’s smile faded into a bitter grimace.

“You’re right. It was foolish of me to ask.”

uncomfortable silence enveloped the

surroundings, searching for a way to excuse himself from

Jake, shifting the conversation abruptly, asked, “Why do you think

off guard by the sudden query, Calvin took a

doesn’t strike me as a decent person, and it’s

Jake quirked an eyebrow, a hint of

“Yes,” Calvin affirmed firmly.

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sights set on you, and we, being your children—and Mom’s too—are just in

concern passed

have no intentions of marrying Lacey, or any other woman for that

the maturity far

be the one. At the dinner the other night, she went out of her way to make a spectacle

shifted subtly, a flicker of uncertainty in his eyes. For a brief moment, he found himself at a loss for words. He understood Lacey was trying to defend him, yet he couldn’t condone her public disparagement of Kallie. It seemed, perhaps, his judgment

Jake’s reticence, Calvin