The substitute bride is a mute novel Chapter 20

Clark brought a sign language teacher in to help translate Judy's signs to facilitate communication.

Judy gritted her teeth and faced Max’s gaze.

"The person in the video is not me. Tell them," she gestured.

"How could it not be you?" said Max who insisted, "Back then, you were the one who came and seduced me."

"You're talking nonsense," Judy quickly gestured. "Why would I seduce you?"

After hearing the translations, Clark fell into contemplation. Despite the fact that she was mute, she was still the eldest daughter of the Blake family.

It was rather unbelievable that she would try to seduce such an unattractive P.E. teacher.

Max confidently refuted, "You needed excellent scores for all subjects including P.E. for your college application, but your P.E. sucked, so you resorted to seducing me and later threatening me with the clip. That was why I had to change your score."

Judy's face turned pale as she anxiously gestured in response to deny the allegation. She would never seduce a teacher for better scores.

The gaze Clark had on her changed.

As the two continued to argue over the matter, Clark said coldly, "Dig up the school records."

All the subject scores could be found in the school records. A look into it would reveal the truth.

Soon, the school records were presented in front of them.

Unexpectedly, Judy, though a mute, had achieved flying colors in all subjects, all except for P.E. in the second semester of 11th Grade.

The originally failing score was struck out and replaced with another that was excellent. It was obvious to anyone that something fishy was going on.

Instantly, Clark's already cold gaze became even more chilling.

Coldly, he questioned, "What else do you have to say?"

Her face now grew paler than the white walls which surrounded them. Judy helplessly shook her head.

With a bang, Clark slammed the table with the school records and declared, "From today onward, you're no longer my wife."

The room fell silent at his words.

Judy was panicking now. She could not believe that he had so easily trusted the words of others without hearing her argument.

No, she could not let him detest her! She needed to explain herself. She could not be driven out of the Reid family as her grandmother's life was still in Matthew's hands.

In a haste, she came in front of him to block his way and hurriedly gestured, "Let me find a classmate from back then to testify for me."

"No need. The Reid family is embarrassed enough!" Clark uttered coldly and glanced at her with disgust before striding off without hesitation.

"Mr. Reid, I'll see you off."

The principal quickly followed behind, and the other teachers also left.

Judy's mind went blank as she watched Clark leave.

Amid the commotion, somebody had bumped into her, not knowing whether intentional or not, causing her knee to knock onto the coffee table nearby. Crouching down, she winced in pain.

"Are you okay, Judy?" said a man’s voice behind her.

Snapping out from the pain, she turned around instinctively. Before she could get a hold of her footing, she immediately stepped backward when she saw the bald man in front of her with terror.

Everyone in the teacher's office was gone, except for her and Max.

"Stay away from me," she gestured.

"When Clark Reid came looking for me, I thought I was in trouble." Max sneered and continued, "Who knew it'd be this easy to settle the matter? Judy, it seems you're having a tough life after marrying into the Reid family, right?"

She found the direction of the exit from the side of her eye and rushed toward it, but Max was more agile.

He grabbed her arm, pulled her back forcefully, and pushed her onto the sofa, scolding, "We haven't finished our conversation. Why are you leaving so soon?"