Back in their room, Jasper confided in Alyssa about Zoe and Betty.

He could have kept it secret, but respecting Alyssa's wishes for transparency, he opted for honesty. Keeping secrets would land him in trouble, and the thought of facing Alyssa's wrath was enough to deter him.

After all, appeasing an angry Alyssa wouldn't be an easy feat. She might not even let him touch her for days or even weeks, and no words could describe this sort of misery.

Alyssa listened intently, her eyes narrowing dangerously. The look in her eyes was so intense that it would make anyone's heart race.

"Lauren has endured so much unfair treatment, and it's all because of her sister, Betty."

In the next second, Alyssa snatched up her teacup in a fit of anger and flung it across the room, shattering it into pieces.

cradled it gently between his palms and comforted her. "Getting so worked up like this isn't good for your health. And hurting yourself over a piece of trash isn't

as if Betty has

Sophia forced her way into the family with her pregnancy, I'm sure Mr. Javier had a paternity test done. Is Betty really his

He replied softly, "Grandpa did order a paternity test that

can be tampered with, and doctors can be bribed. Sophia getting away with murder

was hard to stop. Each thought seemed more horrifying than the

between Alyssa's collar and the back of her neck, massaging her

helped him to calm

In fact, he harbored a similar suspicion himself. He'd

Group to hurt Lauren." He wrapped his

doesn't have Sophia backing her up

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