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

physically paled in comparison to the intense ache in Rosalie’s

shoe was pressing down on her left hand. The realization that he could be so heartless left her in

hoarse voice. “Did you ever truly love me””

greatest mistake of my life was ever being with you” Zachary’s words were delivered in a tone as

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It was she who caused the accident that

heard him

eyes to the present, realizing she had been dreaming about the events that unfolded in

three years of incarceration, her hands were no longer

the fact that the nails on her ten fingers had

flawlessly. The joints appeared

it was cold and damp, the discomfort in her fingers was

became so excruciating that she yearned to sever her hands just to escape

of Melanie Hamilton. Melanie wasn’t just the eldest daughter of the Hamilton family; she was also the fiancée

Strico.

abandoned and cast aside by her own family. Ultimately,

to her feet, retrieving a cleaning

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

vigor that

Having dozed off at

she 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

coursed through Rosalie’s body, prompting her to hastily depart from the Environment

Yvette were like aching wounds etched into the very core of

broom, Rosalie diligently swept the road. The bones in her hands throbbed in response to the frigid

sanitary worker like her, even accessing painkillers had become an unattainable luxury.

pulled to a stop

from the vehicle. Pallor swept

during

lawyer, Ms. Leighton? What brings you to road sweeping?” Timothy Sanders inquired

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woman by his side giggled, “She’s

Zachary Xanthos girlfriend!”

How about you spend the night

struggled to evade the man’s grasp, but Timothy seized her

at Timothy, taking advantage of his momentary pain to

he refused to relent. He jumped into

dashed to the other side of

hauntingly deserted. Not

was as if there was no one around at all