Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 1149:

Jake, the master manipulator who had always prided himself on his ability to read and control others, was now at the mercy of Kallie, someone he failed to decipher. For the first time, he felt powerless, and the realization cut him deeply. She had unraveled him in ways he hadn’t thought possible.

When Kallie first schemed against him, he had resisted the truth of his lingering feelings toward her despite everything and maintained a shred of his rationality.

But now, all pretense had crumbled. Jake no longer denied it—he still loved Kallie.

Instead of retreating, Jake found himself spiraling deeper. He had given up the fight against his own obsession. He didn’t care that Kallie was reckless, malicious, and even cruel. He didn’t care that she had tried to kill him. He only cared that she was his.

His resolve hardened. He would recover. He would reclaim everything he had lost. And when he did, Kallie would be his once more—not fleetingly, but entirely. She wouldn’t leave again, not for anyone or anything. Love and hate might war between them, but she would remain by his side, bound to him forever.

laced with pleasure and madness. Darkness loomed behind his eyes as he leaned into the thought, feeding the fire that burned within. Jake’s expression was a cold mask that betrayed nothing as he called for a nurse.

Lacey to me right

when the nurse relayed the message to

need to invest some effort to see Jake after her recovery. She didn’t expect Jake to ask to see her. The fact that he had asked for her was rarely

No—Jake wouldn’t be waiting so calmly if he had. He wasn’t one to waste time. If he knew the full

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move she had made, searching for cracks, missteps,

only watched her, the silence stretching around her like a tightening

feelings

mouth opened instinctively, but the answer stumbled out