Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 1003:

“Ask Jake for help?” Calvin scoffed.

“We’re better off on our own. I doubt he’d lift a finger to help us. He’s probably thrilled that our mom has forgotten about him. It gives him the perfect excuse to be with Lacey. Our mother’s memory loss must be good news for him. Why else had he left Halsland?”

“I’m not defending him, Calvin,” Sophie explained, her voice laced with concern.

“But I can see that he still cares about our mom. There must be some misunderstanding between them. He was hurt when our mom said Clayton was her husband. Assuming she said that just to push him away, he left in a huff. He just doesn’t believe our mom truly lost her memory. After all, we don’t know for sure what caused her amnesia. My hypnosis theory is just a guess.”

Sophie’s words hung heavy in the air, leaving a thick silence in their wake.

Calvin finally caved, drawing a deep breath to steady his nerves.

“Alright, Sophie, what do you want me to do?”

Once back at the Reeves family estate, Jake shut himself in his study, determined to focus on company business. No matter how hard he tried, the words on the documents before his eyes seemed to blur together.

He couldn’t shake the image of Kallie looking at him with those cold, unfamiliar eyes. It didn’t seem like she was faking it. He knew Kallie well enough to recognize when she was acting. If she were truly capable of such deceptive acting, she wouldn’t have resorted to drastic measures to push him away back then. She would have used more subtle tactics. Kallie wasn’t the type to play underhanded games.

But if she had truly lost her memory, why did she remember Clayton? She hadn’t taken any medication that could cause amnesia, nor had she suffered any head trauma. Even the doctors were baffled by her sudden memory loss.

Jake tried to push these thoughts aside, but the more he tried, the more vivid Kallie’s image became in his mind. He couldn’t forget the gut-wrenching moment in the hospital room when Kallie had said that Clayton was her husband. So, they had become an item a while earlier, hadn’t they? That must be the case. How foolish he was to almost be deceived.

A bitter smile twisted Jake’s lips. He couldn’t focus on his work. Restless and frustrated, Jake went to the liquor cabinet and poured himself a glass of whiskey. The burning liquid seared his throat, but it did little to calm his turbulent emotions.

He took several large gulps of the whiskey. The alcohol hit him hard, and his head began to spin. But the alcohol provided a temporary escape from the turmoil in his mind.noveldrama

Suddenly, a commotion outside the window broke through his drunken haze.

Jake frowned and called for the butler.

The butler entered the study, his face etched with concern.

“Mr. Reeves, is everything alright?”

Jake gestured toward the window, his voice laced with irritation.

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