The substitute bride is a mute novel Chapter 47

Judy waved her hand. "I'll just sit here and rest for a bit. I might have to trouble you to take care of Grandma."

Dominic sensed that Judy was purposefully distancing herself from him. He wanted to ask her about it but stopped after seeing her exhausted look.

"I'll go get you some food then," Dominic said.

Before Judy could decline, Dominic stuffed a water bottle in her hand and quickly left. Judy was left alone in the empty hallway.

She couldn't help but feel unnerved when she remembered that after the operation, she would have to face Clark and his request.

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At dawn in the Reid manor, Clark and Sally were having breakfast.

"You should cut out of coffee, Clark. They're bad for you," Sally said as she put a glass of juice before Clark. She glanced at the second bedroom upstairs and said, "That Judy. She was gone for the past two days.

"What was she so busy with? Was she so busy that she didn't have the time to care for her husband? What kind of wife is this?"

"She was taking care of her grandmother at the hospital," Clark said coldly without looking up from the newspaper.

"Aren't there nurses and care workers in the hospital? Why did she need to be there for 24 hours?" Sally asked. "Dom also hasn't returned for two days. He said he was busy every time I called him. I guarantee it is because Judy is bothering him."

Clark looked up from the newspaper and glared at Sally in annoyance.

"Clark, I'm just being honest, so don't get mad at me," Sally said. "I know you felt pity for that mute Judy. But the Reid family is not a welfare home that gives shelter to anyone.

"I'm fine if she knows her place and behaves herself. But look at her. You could tell she's a scheming woman. The kind that would cause trouble."

Feeling more agitated, Sally continued, "Dom is always speaking for her and protecting her. He's not even listening to me, his mother, anymore. You know that Dom is a soft-hearted man. I'm sure it's because that mute had seduced—"

With a loud clink, Clark slammed the cup heavily on the dining table, completely cutting off Sally.