Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Chapter 266

After nearly a week spent in the Investigative Bureau, Sophia finally walked out, heaving her tired body like a lump of sand. Without her makeup and skincare routine, she seemed to have aged an additional decade. Even her hair had more gray strands than before.

She avoided the crowd of reporters and decided not to go home first. Javier would probably pass out at the sight of her. So Betty accompanied her to a beauty parlor, where she could wash up, pluck away her gray hairs, and put on some makeup before going back.

“We’ll go see Liana first.” Sophia pluckedaway the hair around her lips as she spoke. “I have to check up on her. She’s my niece, after all. That way, your Dad’s image of me will maintain.”

She couldn’t have her carefully crafted

persona of twenty-five years crash just like that.

“I couldn’t believe she pulled such a trick,Mom!”Betty cried. She hated Liana. Yet, she couldn’t help but feel upset by the memory of that bloody bathtub.”Whether or not Jasper takes the bait, she still could have killed herself if no one found her in time!”

“Of course someone would have found herin time.” Sophia rolled her eyes.

confused. Then, a look of understanding appeared on her face.”Does that

cut herself so Jasper would marry her. It was this very trick she had used all those years ago that made Javier finally marry her. Without her schemes,

Liana did help Jasper when he was depressed. Reliving his nightmare of yonder days would surely remind him of how much Liana had helped him. It

but snarl at the

territory no matter what! We’ll get our revenge for

…

a sad, motherly mask before going inside. She immediately burst into tears.”Lia! Oh, my poor girl. Why

Oh…”

projecting a saintly image in front of both sides of the family.”Why

don’t …” Liana playedalong with her as

The whole atmosphere

the corner of