My Mute Wife

Lexie shook her head, a little confused.

She barely remembered anything from her childhood, and had always thought it might be because she remembered things at a later age than others, and shortly after she had memories, she had been received by Peter to live in J City.

Grandma reached out her withered hand and pined the hair in front of Lexie’s forehead behind her ear, revealing a clear and beautiful face of hers.

As if talking to the air, she uttered, “You don’t remember, if you do, how would you be willing to follow Peter to J City?”

Lexie was slightly stunned and puzzled, [Why? Didn’t father bring us to J City because he felt that the place we lived was unsafe?]

When she was a child, she lived in the mountains with her grandma and mother, and then in a mountain fire, her mother died unexpectedly, and it was because of this incident that Peter received her and her grandma to J City.

“Of course not, he is simply for …”

[For what?]

At the mention of the accident, Grandma’s face was suddenly gloomy, and her cloudy eyes fell into great mourning.

Lexie pulled at the corner of her grandma’s coat, [Grandma, what’s wrong with you?]

Grandma suddenly snapped back to her senses and reluctantly said, “I am fine.”

Grandma patted Lexie’s hand, “Lexie, you must live a happy life, it’s enough for us to live this life without shame, your mother in heaven must also wish you a peaceful life.”

Listening to her grandma’s words, Lexie nodded her head obediently.

“By the way, Lexie, do you still have that box your mother left you?”

Lexie nodded her head.

“Keep it well.”

[Grandma, what’s inside that box?]

For as long as Lexie could remember, her grandma had been asking her to hide the box, but the box was squared and she was unable to find an opening, as if it were a carved piece of wood.

But Grandma said it was a box.

“You’ll know when you can open it one day.”

The words of the grandma mean a lot, and Lexie always felt that over the years, Grandma seemed to have been hiding something from her.

The operation was in the early hours of the morning, and Lexie had only closed her eyes for a while.

Kevin himself was the main surgeon, which put Lexie’s mind at ease.

The lights in the operating room stayed on, Lexie waited outside the operating room alone until dawn, and finally waited until the surgery was over, and as the door to the operating room opened, Kevin came out while taking off his mask.

“The surgery went well, grandma is fine,” looking at Lexie, Kevin told her with a faint smile.

Lexie finally let out a sigh of relief and slumped back in her chair.

“Is everything okay?” Kevin made a subconscious move to help her.

Lexie shook her head, [Thank you.]

“You’re welcome, it’s my job as a doctor, but you haven’t slept all night, go get some sleep. Grandma’s anesthetic hasn’t worn off yet, she won’t wake up in a short time.”

Lexie nodded her head, but her body couldn’t move.

Her nerves had been tense throughout the surgery, and now she was so relieved all of a sudden that her legs were too weak to walk.

Kevin looked distraught, “I’ll help you.”

Lexie waved her hand, [I’ll rest here for a while, please take care of Grandma.]

Kevin could obviously feel Lexie’s detachment from himself, originally wanted to ask something, but looking at her current haggard appearance, he still did not ask.

“Then I’ll go get you something to eat.”

Before Lexie could politely refuse, Kevin had already shoved a bottle of water into her hand and left first.

Lexie was left alone in the empty corridor.

The thought of what she would have to face after her grandma’s surgery only made her feel panicky.

Early in the morning, the Howard’s villa.

“Alan, less coffee, it’s not good for your health.”Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Diana handed the juice to Alan and glanced upstairs in the direction of the second bedroom, “These two days Lexie hasn’t come back, what is she doing? She doesn’t care about her husband, how could she?”

Alan looked at the newspaper, his tone indifferent, “She’s in the hospital taking care of her grandma.”

“The hospital has plenty of caregivers, does she have to stay there for twenty-four hours a day? Kevin hasn’t come back for the past two days either, and every time I called him, he said he was busy, I think it is Lexie pestering him.”

Alan looked up from the newspaper, his gaze sinking slightly.

“Alan, don’t be angry, I know you are sympathetic to this mute, but our family is not a shelter that takes in everyone. If this mute is peaceful and quiet, it would be fine, but look at her, she is scheming.”

The more Diana said, the more agitated she became, “Kevin defends her, even doesn’t listen to me. Kevin is soft-hearted, it must be this mute who seduces …”

“With a clang, the coffee cup was placed heavily on the dining table, Diana’s voice came to an abrupt halt, and she looked up in fear to see Alan’s cold face.

“Alan, I said too much, but, but … I do this for your good.”

Alan interrupted, “If you are free, why don’t you think about Kevin’s marriage?”

Diana was stunned.

“I’m done eating and going to the office.”

Dropping a sentence, Alan grabbed his jacket and left the dining room in stride.

Hearing the sound of an engine in the courtyard, Diana’s face quickly sank as she cursed, “This mute is such a scourge, Alan clearly doesn’t want me to interfere, it seems like I can’t get rid of her in a short time, what an eyesore.”

Marry was clearing the table and came to console her, “Madam, you don’t need to take her to heart, what can a mute do? Mr. Kevin won’t like her, do you really like Miss Edith?”

“Edith? Hmph,” Diana snorted coldly, “What is the Mitchell family? It is just an old Chinese medicine family that has gone down the drain over the years, if it wasn’t for Alan asking to marry his daughter, would they have got in touch with our family?”

Marry wondered, “Then you are …”

“I just want them to fight against each other. If I can’t get rid of this mute, how am I going to explain to the Dexter family?”

Mentioning the Dexter family, Marry froze, “You’re still thinking of the Dexter family …”

Not waiting for Marry to finish her words, Diana suddenly thought of something, “I haven’t seen Mr. Stanley for some days, right?”

Marry nodded, “Every summer, Mr. Stanley came from his hometown to the summer resort in J City for a vacation, and this time should have passed.”

Diana pondered, “Alan got married, and Mr. Stanley hasn’t met his grandson-in-law yet, I should also take a trip to visit him so I can tell him in advance.”

Marry was slightly stunned, quickly reacted and said joyfully, “Yes, you raised Mr. Alan, everyone in the Howard family respects you, and Mr. Stanley will definitely listen to whatever you say.”

Marry’s words made Diana’s boredom for days sweep away, and she said gladly, “Let’s do it this weekend, prepare some gifts, I’ll go to the summer resort to meet Mr. Stanley.”

“Okay.”