The Ceo’s Convict Wife by Jennifer Mike

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A thin and frail woman with bloodstained hands was pressed forcefully onto the ground.

“The former best newcomer lawyer has turned into an incompetent.” A cold and malevolent voice sounded above Rosalie Leighton’s head.

Struggling, she raised her head, her gaze locking onto the attractive face before her. It was hard to fathom that the popular celebrity from the entertainment circle, someone who appeared so innocent to others, could be harboring such ruthlessness.

“Yvette, why?” Rosalie asked in a trembling voice.

“You took my sister’s life How can you even ask why Yvette Hamilton’s sneer conveyed a chilling edge, her eyes brimming

with malefic darkness.

“It wasn’t me. I’m innocent Rosalie managed to utter amidst her difficulty, her head shaking in persistent dental, trying to straighten herself up, her gaze unwaveringly fixed on the man standing beside Yvette.

He was none other than Rosalie’s ex-boyfriend. The man who had once vowed to protect her eternally

In the past, even a minor injury to her finger would cause him to worry for hours. Yet now, he merely stood there, a passive observer of her torment

“Z-Zachary.” Rosalie s cry was infused with nearly every ounce of her remaining strength. “Please. I beg you believe me.

He still wore the same suit and leather shoes as before, but as he fixed his dark eyes upon her, they held nothing but a haze of coldness

“Zachary, you’re not feeling sorry for this woman, are you! She’s the one who took my sister’s life! Everything Im doing is to

my sister can rest in peace”

Yvette held the man’s armi mi

at him

tely. Her malicious expression

sformed into a sort of pitiable charm when she looked

“She brought this upon herself Sympathy isn’t warranted Zachary Xanthos responded softly, his fingers tenderly brushing through Yvettes meticulously styled hair “You can do whatever you want.

Rosalie’s eyes widened all of a sudden as the mused. “I brought this upon myself? Ha“

The man who had once cherished Rosalie now reduced her anguish to this dismissive remark.

Drawing on an unfamiliar well of strength, she broke free from the constraining hold of the person pinning her down. She struggled and crawled forward, determined to get closer to the man.

“Zachary, I don’t know what happened in that car accident. I wasn’t drunk driving that day. It was Melanie’s car…. that crashed into mine.

Thud!

foot descended onto the back of her hand heavily, sending waves of piercing pain through her.

agony she felt physically paled in comparison to the intense ache in Rosalie’s

on Zachary, whose leather-clad shoe was pressing down on her left hand. The realization

said in a hoarse voice. “Did you ever truly love me””

greatest mistake of my life was ever being with you” Zachary’s

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her hands. It was she who caused the accident that took my sister’s life.” Yvette’s voice

the next instant, Rosalie heard him utter. “All

she had been dreaming about the events that

After three years of incarceration, her hands were no longer

ten fingers had regrown, her hand still bore the

fractured, healing over time but not flawlessly. The joints appeared slightly misaligned, impeding her ability to perform

damp, the discomfort in her fingers was

yearned to sever her

was accused of drunk driving, resulting in the accident that caused the death of Melanie Hamilton. Melanie wasn’t just the eldest daughter of the

Strico.

her own family. Ultimately, she received a three-year

to her feet, retrieving a cleaning tool as she

hue upon her delicate face. Beneath her eyes rested a captivating nose and lips tinted with a delicate shade of pink. Her lengthy hair was unpretentiously tied

might assume she had recently graduated from college. However, the youthful vigor that

Having dozed off at the Environment and Sanitation Administration, she had nearly

and Yvette are getting engaged. Yvette is truly fortunate to be both a renowned celebrity and an esteemed lady. And now, she’s marrying into

body, prompting her to hastily

like aching wounds

swept the road. The bones in her hands throbbed in response to the frigid air, sending ripples of

For a sanitary worker like her, even accessing painkillers had

unexpectedly pulled

woman emerged from the vehicle. Pallor swept over

her during her time with Zachary

it isn’t the great lawyer, Ms. Leighton? What brings you to road sweeping?” Timothy Sanders inquired with a knowing glint in

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by his side giggled, “She’s a lawyer? How odd!”

Ms. Leighton. She used to be Mr. Zachary Xanthos

Mr. Xanthos is going to get engaged to Ms. Yvette Hamilton. How about you spend the night with me? What I can provide you

about to allow him to have his way with her. She struggled to evade the man’s grasp,

raised her foot and kicked at

he refused to relent. He jumped into his Ferrari and began to

to the other side of the

despite the usual nighttime activity in this area, it was hauntingly deserted. Not a

there was no