Tamed By Love: Mr. Ryan's Mute Bride

l. It was almost midnight, and the f

s back into the kitch

reaked open, and she turn

there was a slight drunken haze in his h

soup to help sober him up, but just as s

grabbed her chin and pre

xed with another woman'

easily lifted her into his arms and

hers as he gently traced

u ever speak?

at him. He knew

was

s asked the

he was mocking her or s

her face, nuzzling against it like a

ewing beneath the surface. He tightened h

.

already streaming in. The bed next to her was empty,

g slowly. Just as she was about to put on the la

he bathroom door,

you go back

-why do you have to go see

lashes t

n, and Ryan stepped out, a

from the ends and sliding down his chest

her eyes, focusing on

icked up his phone,

that, did

a smile and s

good. Don't fall in love with me. I'll take car

d her not

it matter i

care? He

got jealous, if she wa

t valued has no

e and emotions were

at one day, he might tra

day he might... l

her hands: I'll

dy out of bed, she h

sappear, then glanced at his pho

he table, placing a bowl of po

me down, fully dressed

d to say that being with her

opped speaking t

room was the quiet clinki

yan Family house late

r spoon hoverin

y: O

the same expression she alwa

ys calm and collected. No matter how muc

his appetite, pus

itting the porcelain was

he was upset. She quickly signed:

tation flickering in his eyes.

uld Emily. She quietly stood up

with cold eyes

to change. By the time she came back do

nery blurred past the windows. Emily t

she was very young. Grandfather Ryan had taken

thbed, he had w

he had made Ryan promise to marry

e wouldn't feel comfortable letting her marry an

n already had a g

her, or maybe it was out of loyalty to his g

nor did he go out of his wa

didn't

her by her old n

trangers living u

h activity. Ryan's sister had just had a ba

eaving through the guests unt

son, smiling down at him. But when her gaze

cted like she didn't see her, turni

. Davis said with a chuckle. "This little guy

nd smiled. "Everyone says he looks

d. "Of course you don't, Isabelle. You w

being ignored; she simply

Ryan ca

sponding flatly, "Oh, you're here? W

an sat, she said, "So, when are you two goin

ing him! One mute in the family is enough of a disgrace. If they have

Emily. Her head was bowed, making

d been pregnant the year before, but Mrs. Davis had forced her to terminate

s a result, Emily, who already barely had a presenc

rn, it would have been al

er Ryan, no one in t

e than Mrs. Davis did, and h

Isabelle would bully her, locking her in closets or burning her hair with a li

favoritism toward Emily, had grown even more furious. Even her beloved olde

ne what Isabelle was doing to her. Emboldened by this, Isabelle's bullying only gr

o such childish tactics anymore. She had learned t

smirk. "As long as she gets regular checkups,

only thinking of Emily's best interests. If the child has probl

"Isabelle, we're leav

such a hurry, big brother? Not everyone's

aking Emily's hand and leaving the Ryan

She couldn't understand Ryan. In the past,

is mute girl, he hadn't treated her har

t their baby, he hadn't said a word. Meanwhi

y was he always protecting her?

yan lit a cigarett

her seat, waiting for

ll wearing that same soft smile-calm and obedient,

Ryan feel mor

hadn't changed. She was

hat Isabelle said earlier?

blinke

he steering wheel, staring a

s falter, her expression stiffening f

er's right. We s

hat everything she hoped for woul

dream, the more painful

Her grandfather bought her one, and she was so excited t

ce was smeared with cake, and th

ught it

from the corner of her mouth. It didn

o be enjoyed, just like Ryan didn't

e protection?" Ryan aske

ned, I to

fingers, so slender and elegant, moved w

ger before looking away an

r head. He was t

was afraid of having a

k that moment of weakness, choosi

t know was that every time he reached out to h

lse, that he hurt her like they did. At least then, i

orked. As soon as the car stopped, they

eemed to know h

g down her back, Sophia was the kind of woma

r as she watched Ryan and

would seem like she w

an asked, his tone neutral. T

irst time they'd been caug