My Mute Wife

After Alan left, Lexie helped Patrick get up from the floor.

“Sis, I’m fine, how are you?”

Lexie shook her head, her eyes bleak.

I’m sorry to have gotten you involved.

“This Alan is simply not human, how can he do this to you, you’re still pregnant with your baby!”

Lexie looked at Patrick in dismay.

[How do you know?

“That’s a long story, and it’s because of that little cripple that I knew Alan was going to you.”

Little cripple?

Patrick told the story briefly before Lexie came to understand.

“I waited in the Howard Group’s garage all afternoon until Alan came out and followed his car here, and only then did I find you.”

“Sister, don’t be afraid, I’ll take you away tonight.”

Lexie shook her head and dusted the grass clippings off of Patrick.

[We can’t leave now.]

“Although the gang looks fierce, but it is impossible to guard outside all night, right? There must be a way!”

Patrick doesn’t believe in evil.

Lexie glanced at the floor-to-ceiling windows of the living room. Outside, three or five bodyguards stood in staggered positions, glancing into the house every now and then, guarding all entrances and exits.

Patrick is still too young.

As expected, Patrick was in the living room all night, the gang was outside all night, and by midnight, Patrick was yawning and his eyes were red, and the guys outside changed shifts.

“SHIT!”

Patrick clenched his fist, “This scumbag!”

It’s just dawn.

Jack sent a maid.

“What are you doing here, and where’s Alan?” Patrick knew him and glared with a wary look on his face.

Jack was too lazy to bother with the child and gestured to the maid behind him to get busy.

“This is Joey, from now on she is exclusively responsible for the wife’s food and living.”

Patrick was furious, “Are you really going to keep my sister in this hellhole?”

“It’s also for the safety of the wife.”

“SHIT, you’re holding people in custody for the safety of the prisoners?”

Jack has reason to say, and can not throw Patrick out.

Thinking of his boss’s orders, he put the few books he brought on the table, “Read this if you have nothing else to do.”

“What is this?”

“Sign language book, it will be much easier to learn this to communicate with your wife.”

“Do I need you guys to teach me how to do things? What does it matter to you guys how I communicate with my sister?”

“Whatever!”

Jack was too lazy to talk and glanced upstairs, knowing that Lexie must be awake and just didn’t want to come downstairs, so he called out, “Ma’am!”

“Ma’am, if you need anything, call me anytime, Mr. Howard will visit you whenever he’s not busy.”

There was no response from upstairs.

Patrick clasped his arms in mockery, “Do you see my sister hitching to you? Doggy.”

Jack glanced at Patrick, “Kindly remind you to keep your peace and don’t think about taking your wife away, otherwise, it will only cause your wife to follow your bad luck.”

Patrick spat at the door, “Doggone thing!”

As soon as Jack left, the sound of the door opening came from upstairs.

“Sis.”

Patrick climbed upstairs in three steps and went to help Lexie, “You’re awake.”

Lexie looked very pale, and the dark circles under her eyes were especially bad.

[Patrick, do me a favor.]

“Go ahead.”

I don’t know how grandma is doing, so go back and check for me.

“Okay, I’m on my way.”

Patrick took a few steps and turned back, “Sister, so you’re here alone?”

[I’m okay.]

Thinking about her grandmother’s safety, Lexie was unable to sleep all night, and this matter is what she is most at ease with now.

“Then I’ll be back as soon as I can.”

The gatekeepers didn’t care if Patrick stayed or went, their only task was to keep an eye on Lexie, so Patrick’s departure went smoothly.RêAd lat𝙚St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only

Renhe Hospital.

Lydia was on crutches and pushed away the maids who were helping her, “I don’t need your help, I can walk by myself, where is Alan? I need to see him.”

“Miss Hunt, your leg injury is not completely healed yet, Mr. Howard explained that you should be hospitalized to recuperate.”

“Retreat from what? Can I be still? Get out of the hospital today.”

With that, Lydia pulled the door open and headed out.

When she ran into Kevin head-on, she didn’t pay attention and stumbled, knocking over a stack of books in Kevin’s hand.

“Wow”, the magazine and newspaper scattered all over the floor.

“I’m sorry Dr. Stewart.”

Lydia made a gesture to help him pick it up, but his leg is still in a cast, squatting is very difficult.

“It’s okay,” Kevin stopped her and squatted down to pick it up himself.

Lydia originally wanted to say something to apologize, but suddenly saw the page of the newspaper on the ground, her face suddenly changed, “What is this?”

Kevin had already picked the magazine up and followed her gaze to the cover, “The news just came out this morning, don’t you know?”

Lydia snatched up the paper as soon as she could.

“Alan, president of the Howard Group, and Edith, the Mitchell Group, got engaged this week, and the two groups joined forces …”

The front page headline, with bold font as if afraid of not drawing enough attention.

Lydia’s face sank to a deep shame, “Is Alan really going to get engaged to Edith?”

“I’ll call him.”

In front of Kevin, Lydia dialed a phone number.

“Sorry, the number you have called cannot be answered at this time …”

Kevin seems to have expected it, a cold face tinged with a few sulks, “I called him in the past few days, did not call through, it seems, he is not going to explain to us.”

“Impossible, I must ask, he’s not the one who starts and ends up like this! Lexie is pregnant!”

After saying this, Lydia gripped her phone, her face sullen, “I’m going to find him!”

Looking at Lydia’s breezy figure, Kevin stood in place with mixed feelings.

Now, he realized that he could not help at all, people’s destiny seems to be predetermined from birth, Lydia grew up being protected by Alan, Lexie grew up being bullied, Edith was domineering, Tina was uncaring …

The phone rang suddenly, a foreign number.

“Hello?”

“…”

“I’ve thought about it, there are still some things to take care of, and I’ll leave the country when I’m done with the formalities on my side.”

J City, the place, is not what it used to be.

“Madam, this is a medicine to calm the fetus, drink it before meals.”

Looking at the black medicinal soup in the bowl in front of her, Lexie didn’t even ask one more question, tilting her neck and drinking it all.

The bitter taste quickly dissolved in her throat and the smell that came up almost made her vomit, but she held it back and swallowed it.

“You eat first, and I’ll go clean up.”

The restaurant was cold and clear, and Lexie was the only one left.

The news of the day was shown on the TV.

“Yesterday, the Howard Group and the Mitchell Group announced a news that Alan, the president of the Howard Group, and Edith, the daughter of the Mitchell Group, are about to get engaged … ”

Lexie’s neck jerked stiffly, looking up in a daze at the content of the TV news, her face suddenly white.