Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

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Unmoved, the masked man sneered, “Mr. Morgan wouldn’t be as heartless and merciless as you. He will take good care of my children if anything happens to me.”

Jake chuckled and sat down, seemingly unfazed by the tense atmosphere, as if he were merely engaging in casual conversation.

“You’re right. I am heartless and merciless. I may not be concerned about Elma’s fate, but I do care about my reputation. I won’t bother Clayton over such trivialities, but troubling you is easy for me. Discovering your family’s activities is trivial.”

The threat visibly alarmed the masked man, his eyes widening.

“We live under the law, Jake! Are you suggesting you’ll break them?” Jake, amused, gestured toward the knife still pressed against Lacey’s neck.

“And what you’re doing—is it legal?”

Overwhelmed, the masked man struggled to find words. Meanwhile, Lacey, on the brink of tears and watching Jake, felt a deep despair. It seemed he truly did not care about her well-being. Why else would he antagonize the masked man?

harbor about her. She hadn’t expected, however, to be threatened with actual violence. Initially frightened, her fear intensified when he pressed the knife against her neck, drawing blood. Now, seeing

breathing uneven, his focus not really

the masked man’s foot. The masked man yelped in pain and released

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Lacey for her naivety. He had been distracting the masked

man finally emotionally volatile, a step closer for Jake’s men to act, Lacey chose this moment

do next in his agitated state, Jake’s worst fears came true as the masked man quickly regained his composure and seized Lacey by the hair just as she reached Jake’s side.

the masked man noticed Jake’s men, who had been waiting in

The masked man sneered.

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to intervene, but it

masked man did not use the knife. Instead, he forced a pill between Lacey’s lips, clamping her mouth shut to ensure she

the time Jake managed to drag the masked man away,