Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 1148:

Leo understood immediately who Jake was referring to, and his response was a subdued shake of his head.

“The doctor’s assessment is bleak. Even if he pulls through, there’s a real risk he might still be trapped in a vegetative state.”

Jake’s frail hands gripped the bed’s railing, knuckles white and veins taut, as if they might burst.

Jake’s whole body seemed to tremble—not with weakness, but with barely contained fury. His voice cut through the air like a blade, cold and deliberate.

“Edgar knows the depth of his transgressions. He knows the reckoning that’s coming.”

Jake paused, his grip tightening further.

“Convey my message—no matter what, we must keep him alive. I need him conscious—aware—so he can face what he’s done. To steal Kallie and Elma from me, under my very nose… He dared to play with fire. I’ll ensure he lives to regret it.”

intend to punish Edgar and suddenly felt a

one. Kallie had been his anchor in a stormy sea. She and Elma had offered him a glimpse of hope—a future that didn’t revolve around schemes and betrayal.

put into words

then, Jake’s voice broke the heavy

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do you think Kallie belongs to

truth hung in the air like an oppressive fog—undeniable and suffocating. Moreover, Jake’s question wasn’t a demand for clarity. He had already thought that way. He simply sought Leo’s denial, a reason

the time

the faintest

the door

that slipped down Jake’s gaunt

the void within him. His pale face, etched with grief, looked as fragile as porcelain on the verge of shattering. Bloodshot eyes stared into the night, unseeing, lost in memories

so soft that it seemed to dissolve