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!

hand heavily, sending waves of piercing pain

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

whose leather-clad shoe was pressing down on her left hand. The realization that he could be

in a hoarse voice. “Did you ever truly

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

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the accident that took my sister’s

heard him utter.

present, realizing she had been dreaming about the events

After three years of incarceration, her hands were no longer

ten fingers had regrown, her hand still bore the remnants of

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

damp, the

so excruciating that she yearned to sever her

resulting in the accident that caused the death of Melanie Hamilton. Melanie wasn’t just the eldest daughter of the Hamilton family; she

Strico.

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

rose to her feet, retrieving a cleaning tool

a slight reddish hue upon her delicate face. Beneath her eyes rested a captivating nose and lips tinted with

a cursory glance, one 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 missed her

Zachary 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 the

body, prompting her to hastily depart from the Environment

were like aching wounds etched into the

The bones in her hands throbbed in response

For a sanitary worker like her, even accessing painkillers had

a Ferrari unexpectedly pulled to

from the vehicle. Pallor swept over Rosalie’s face as she recognized the

scion who used to harass her during her time

to road sweeping?” Timothy Sanders inquired with a knowing glint in his eyes.

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

underestimate Ms. Leighton. She used to be Mr. Zachary Xanthos girlfriend!” Timothy remarked, casting Rosalie a suggestive

How about you spend the night

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

foot and kicked at Timothy, taking advantage of his

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

dashed to the other

activity in this area, it was hauntingly deserted. Not a soul was

if there was no one around