Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 1132

Chapter 1132:

Jake blinked and said, “What else? Do you not want to feed me, or can’t you stand to look at me?”

With a sigh, Kallie gently tilted his chin, guiding the glass.

Jake leaned into her touch, his compliance both unexpected and disarming. He drank from her glass, his head reclined and his eyes fixated on hers.

His eyes glimmered with an enigmatic light, sending a flutter through Kallie’s heart. An inexplicable emotion began to stir within her.

Kallie cleared her throat, her face burning, but a sudden thought of Lacey intruded, souring the moment. Did Jake look at Lacey the same way?

The idea stung, and Kallie’s irritation got the better of her. In her distraction, she tilted the glass too far, making Jake choke. He coughed violently, his eyes watering.

Still, Jake didn’t let his frustration turn into anger with Kallie. Seeing Jake like this, a wave of unease washed over Kallie.

“Sorry,” she said hurriedly, patting his back.

“It slipped out of my hands. I didn’t mean to.”

drunk it

had always been light on his feet when

waved her off, his breath

“It’s fine.”

away, but Jake caught her wrist. With

her voice sharp as her hands braced against his

ᵐᵒʳᵉ ᵘᵖᵈᵃᵗᵉˢ ⁱⁿ ᵍᵃˡⁿᵒᵛᵉˡˢ.ᶜᵒᵐ

tightened around her,

hit me if you have to. Just don’t shut me out like this. It’s all my fault, no matter what. Please, don’t be mad at me, alright?” His

within Kallie. She was relieved, though, seeing Jake like this,

him another drink, her gaze tinged with a subtle coldness. Her heart

the glass in his hand, her

this, I’ll forgive you and won’t be angry

glass from Kallie and chugged it down

unwavering decisiveness surprised Kallie, leaving her momentarily stunned as her emotions tangled even more. She kept reminding herself that Jake was just putting on a show for her. It was all fake. He wasn’t being genuine. If he were, how

her face, as though she were

are you

smile, shaking