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!

of her hand heavily, sending waves of piercing pain through her.

the agony she felt physically paled in comparison to the intense ache in Rosalie’s heart at that very

was pressing down on her left hand. The realization

deep breath, she said in a hoarse voice. “Did you ever truly love me””

Zachary’s

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her hands. It was she who caused the accident that took my

next instant, Rosalie heard him utter. “All

she had been dreaming about the

three years of incarceration, her hands were no longer as tender and

nails on her ten fingers had

not flawlessly.

was cold and damp, the discomfort in her

that she yearned to

of Melanie Hamilton. Melanie wasn’t just the eldest daughter of the Hamilton family;

Strico.

cast aside by her own family. Ultimately, she received a three-year prison

a cleaning tool

worker, and the cold weather had bestowed a slight reddish hue upon her delicate face. Beneath

assume she had recently graduated from college. However, the youthful vigor that should have animated her

assigned to the night shift. Having dozed off at the

was preparing to depart, a colleague engrossed in her phone caught Rosalie’s attention. “Huh? Zachary and Yvette are getting engaged. Yvette is truly fortunate to be both a renowned celebrity and an esteemed lady. And

sudden tremor coursed through Rosalie’s body, prompting her to

aching wounds etched into the very core of

cold. Holding a broom, Rosalie diligently swept the road. The bones in her hands throbbed

a sanitary worker like her, even accessing painkillers had become

unexpectedly pulled to

Pallor swept over Rosalie’s face

was a scion who used to harass her during

Ms. Leighton? What brings you to road sweeping?” Timothy Sanders inquired with a knowing glint

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

be Mr. Zachary Xanthos girlfriend!”

you spend the night with me? What I can

have his way with her. She struggled to evade the man’s grasp, but Timothy seized her arm

touch her, Rosalie raised her foot and kicked at Timothy, taking advantage of his momentary pain

eyes flared red as he refused to relent. He jumped into his Ferrari and began

to the other

it was hauntingly deserted. Not

was no one around at all