Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 1145:

Deep down, Lacey recognized that her feelings for Jake had waned. She just wanted to make one final effort. She wasn’t planning to fully align with Clayton. She was drawn to the Jake who was vibrant and ambitious. In her eyes, marrying a remarkable man like Jake was the best decision. If Jake were reduced to a prisoner, what good would he be to her?

Besides, Lacey had no interest in Clayton. He was too dark a character, and being with him felt like flirting with death.

As Lacey left, she kept her eyes down, looking obedient and gentle. But in her mind, she was already plotting. She was determined to use this moment to secure what she believed she deserved.

Meanwhile, Kallie woke up in a room far more lavish than anything in the modest town hotel she remembered. Peering out the window, she saw several elegant villas dotting the landscape. This indicated that she was on some estate, but it wasn’t the Reeves family property she recognized.

Kallie’s head was pounding as she pieced together her last clear memory. She had pleaded with Edgar to turn back, only for them to crash. She had reflexively protected Elma during the accident, but the force had knocked her unconscious.

Fully awake now, Kallie realized she was in an unfamiliar place. A wave of panic quickly consumed her. The realization that Elma wasn’t by her side heightened her fear.

from the bed to look for Elma, but her legs failed to cooperate. It was as

foremost concern remained for Elma. With a

jarred her already confused senses, intensifying

tuned for

there?

made it

then, it swung open to reveal a figure, a person she knew all

startled to see him but also felt it was within her expectations. From the moment she woke up in this unfamiliar place, she had suspected that

had flooded back, including recent incidents

had its grip on Kallie. Up to this point, Kallie was convinced she had seen Lacey and Jake in bed together with her own eyes, talking about leaving Elma behind. She despised Jake but was

Kallie confronted Clayton, her eyes grew cold