Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 1027:

A plot already took form in Lacey’s mind. She intended to stage a clumsy fall into the pool. Even if Jake didn’t immediately jump in to rescue her, she bet he would come to her aid. It was all about creating a moment where their proximity might trigger something within him.

As Lacey approached, ready to execute her plot, Jake’s voice rang out, cutting through the humid air like a knife.

“What are you doing here?”

His tone was sharp and unyielding, filled with an anger that left no room for misinterpretation. The icy edge in his words stunned Lacey.

For a moment, Lacey could hardly breathe.

Then, a sudden gust of wind swept through the area, thinning the steam that blanketed the spring.

Lacey saw next made her chest tighten. Jake wasn’t alone. Someone, precisely speaking, a woman, was beside him,

palms, but even the pain didn’t snatch her attention away from the woman in Jake’s

on

the steam blurred the woman’s features, leaving her

saw red. Who could this audacious woman be? The thought of this woman slipping into Jake’s life during her absence fanned the flames of her

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trembled as she asked,

turned, his tone sharper than

that concern you? Go back to where you came

a sting. His irritation was as plain as day, and Lacey

that moment—the woman in his arms wasn’t just anyone. After all, Jake wasn’t the type to fall for a fleeting interest. It