Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 1177:

Elma stuck out her tongue teasingly.

“I don’t believe it,” she retorted, though her grip on Sophie’s arm remained warm and steadfast.

Calvin approached, a broad smile lighting up his face as he gently patted Elma’s head.

“Look at you! Even after being sick for a while, you’ve sprouted so much taller. Must’ve been diligently following the doctor’s orders and taking your medicine like a little hero.”

Elma puffed out her cheeks in mock indignation.

“Calvin, that’s just not true! I’ve always been the perfect girl. I’m not afraid of any medicine.”

Feigning exasperation, Calvin raised his hands in playful surrender.

“Really? Then who used to throw a fit at the mere mention of medicine, acting like it was the end of the world?”

her attention back to Sophie, her

Let’s not entertain him.” Sophie mirrored Elma’s playful glare, her eyes shimmering

effortlessly filled Kallie with a profound sense of contentment.

She softly ruffled the heads of her three children, her touch imbued

go home and enjoy

Kallie’s return to the

features remained impassive, cloaked by the darkness that enveloped him. Yet, whenever his

books

Jake pressed a button

There stood Kallie, alongside Elma, Sophie, and Calvin, all beaming with genuine joy. Kallie, in particular, radiated an unguarded happiness

memory of Sophie’s harrowing fall into the lake surfaced. In the aftermath, Kallie had called him, her voice sharp with reprimand and suspicion. Yet, intriguingly, she had never mentioned his engagement to Lacey. It was as if she remained blissfully unaware—or perhaps,

of sadness flickered across Jake’s eyes, but it was swiftly smothered, replaced by a

he whispered her

wasn’t the only way to approach you without raising your guard, I might not have chosen to do so.” He extended a hand toward the screen, his fingers grazing the glass as if he could somehow touch Kallie’s face. Yet, his touch met only

elicited a