A Film Queen

Chapter 302 Lots of Questions

Stephanie could not restrain her protest. “Xavier, you mustn’t believe her. How could I ever contemplate such an act? Milly is my sister–how could I bring harm upon her? When I moved the stone, it was to shield us from the venomous umbra viper. It’s….

But before Stephanie could finish, Xavier’s eyes flared with anger, disbelief, and a bitter sense of betrayal.

In a sudden eruption, he seized Stephanie’s throat, his gaze ablaze with fury. “Stephanie, are you still deceiving me? I offered you a chance, and yet you persist in falsehood. I nearly..

I nearly lost everything!

“I did not seek retribution just yet, yet you approach me with lies.”

As his grasp tightened, Stephanie struggled for breath. “Xavier, I swear… I speak the truth…”

Xavier sneered. “The umbra viper is among the deadliest snakes, but it is not native to this region. How could it survive here? Though it is a beast, it is not foolish enough to ingest nightshade.

Stephanie’s complexion drained. “But…”

Milly had explicitly mentioned it was an inland python!

Was she being deceived once more?

That b*tch!

As Stephanie felt herself slipping into unconsciousness, Xavier abruptly released her.

Gasping for air, Stephanie collapsed to the ground.

The compassionate Xavier she once knew had transformed into an aloof, indifferent figure.

If you are implicated in any shape, way, or form, there will be consequences, I promise you that. Even if you are not linked to this matter, I still wish

departed,

like Xavier could peer deep into

She clenched her hem until her knuckles

by he never wishes to see me again?

would spell disaster. Xavier didn’t seem like he was her ally anymore.

demeanour, her past traumas still haunted her. Every time she saw him, she would feel her fear getting triggered. Even

much more important than him in the family. Placing sole

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resolute determination

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Burnetts turn their backs on her, she would seek refuge with the Lloyds. They would then. recognize her true

desolate stairwell, Stephanie’s

Milly inspected her injured hand

into unconsciousness, the agonizing pain of the heavy stone striking her hand lingered vividly in her memory. In that moment, she had been consumed by the pain and had not meticulously

been reduced to bare

it, the more plausible it seemed. With an anxious

intact, bearing only minor abrasions on its

Huh?

it be that the injury was not as dire as she had initially perceived, her

nearly driven her into shock, had it

perplexed frown adorned

beyond the confines of her room, as if a heated argument had broken out, disrupting her

booked this entire floor! We’re paying double, so everyone here

vacate!”

hospital director responded in hushed tones, “I’m sorry, sir, but we have numerous patients under

consequences! If any harm befalls my master, I shall raze this place to the

a hospital. Kindly lower