The Revenge of the Mute Wife by Melanie Paulson
Chapter 117

Chapter 117

Sophia was furious, her brother had betrayed her by refusing to help and, even worse, had humiliated her in front of all his subordinates by dragging her out forcefully.

She cursed herself internally for running out of options, or maybe not.

She remembered seeing Jayden Cooper at that place, indicating that he had gone to discuss business with her brother. This was strange; that family could get whatever they wanted. Something must have happened for them to seek out this organization for a favor. An idea came to her mind-if she played her cards right, she could cause a lot of trouble for the mute woman and maybe even make her miscarry out of anger, because that bastard Roger was ignoring her

now.

Discreetly, she returned to her brother's premises to take some photos of Jayden, particularly capturing the moment when the maid was serving them drinks. She planned to edit the images to make them more amusing

"It's time for you to see that your story will always repeat itself because I won't let you be happy, even in death," she thought with a malicious smile before running out of the place.

Meanwhile, Deborah was making the most of her free morning, having finished washing early. She decided to do the exercises her doctor had given her to help her vocal cords get used to being used again.

"A, a." Her exercises involved pronouncing vowels, but when she tried to say the "e," it got stuck in her throat, making her a bit frustrated.

"Calm down, Deborah, it's gradual," she thought to herself for encouragement. She felt a small kick in her belly and smiled, placing her hand on her stomach. "I know, my love, and thank you for supporting mommy. Soon, I'll recover my speech, and when you arrive, I'll sing lullables to put you to sleep.

With this in mind, she continued practicing producing simple sounds.

The practice yielded good results, as after an hour, she could correctly pronounce the vowels: a, e, and o.

It wasn't much, but for her, it was a significant advance because she could hear her own voice again.

She then looked at the time and noticed that lunchtime was approaching, so she went to the kitchen to prepare something, guided by her current cravings.

As she was placing a tray of cookies in the oven, she saw something moving through the window. Smiling, she realized she had visitors, so she left everything and went to open the door.

"Debbie!" Elliot exclaimed happily, hugging her as soon as the door opened.

[Hehe, hello, Elliot.] Deborah smiled as they separated from the hug.

"Hehe, my nephew has grown so much since the last time I saw you," he said, gently touching her belly.

[Are you saying I've gained weight?] She raised an eyebrow.

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"Um... no... what I mean is that soon we'll have my little nephew with us."

[Spared.] She playfully ruffled his hair. [How have you been?]

"Good, though I've been a bit busy, which is why I haven't been able to come see you

[I imagine.]

"Hm... what smells so good?"

[I was about to eat. Do you want to join me?]

"But this smells like cookies."

[I was craving an ice cream sandwich for dessert.]

"Uh, then yes, I want to eat," he said, amused as he entered the house.

Elliot washed his hands and helped Deborah serve the food while the cookies finished baking.

"By the way, the purpose of my visit today is to give you something very important," he said, pulling out at long red leather box from his pants pocket and handing it to her. [Can I open it?]

"Uh-huh," Elliot looked very excited and watched her reactions closely.

Deborah smiled upon noticing her brother's eager gaze. When she opened it, she was astonished to see a white gold bracelet designed with flowers, set with sapphires and diamonds, accompanied by some jade shaped like leaves. "Do you like it?"

[It's beautiful.]

"Good, because I designed it."

[Really? Congratulations, I really like the design and the way each gemstone fits together to give the appearance of a small bouquet of flowers.]

"Wow... that's why I like you, Debbie. That's exactly what I thought when creating it-to give the appearance of one of those woven flower crowns, but the difference is that these flowers will never wilt," he said proudly.