Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 1060:

Lacey stood frozen, her face the picture of disbelief. Her eyes stretched wide, as though struck by a revelation she couldn’t fully grasp, her mind scrambling to make sense of the words that still echoed in her head.

Elma’s voice blurred into the background, drowned by the ringing in Lacey’s ears. So, Jake had been with Kallie last night. Not only were they together, but they had shared the same bed. What else had happened between them?

Staggered by the realization, Lacey’s grip faltered, and the medicine bowl slipped from her hands, crashing to the floor, shattering the moment and pulling everyone’s gaze.

Jake only offered a slight, unreadable frown, his silence speaking volumes.

Sophie’s face, however, twisted into an expression full of mystery.

“Is something wrong, Lacey?” Sophie’s voice was sweet, her smile soft, but her eyes were as cold as ice.

hold an empty bowl? Feeling under

added her own jab, her

so good.

to get a rise out of her. But with Jake in the room, she couldn’t say a word. She forced down the bitterness that burned in her chest,

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fall. It was indeed none of her business. But how could she accept that? She had been there for Jake during his darkest moments, standing by him when no one else would, and yet he never saw her.

lower, her eyes flashing with venom that went unnoticed by the

of the tension outside her room. But as the conversation continued, it inevitably drew her in. With a resigned sigh, she realized there was no avoiding it. She could hear

a brief pause, Kallie decided to get up, her movements graceful despite her disheveled appearance. She smoothed her tousled hair and, with a

greeted, her voice calm