Facade of Love

Chapter 32 Trouble Arising

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I pursed my l*ps and said, “Scott Corporation did invest in GleamGate Media at the time, but it was with an investment firm on Wall Street, MG. The investment was substantial, and there was no talk of allowing Scott Corporation executives to buy in.”

She smiled bitterly. “Yes, but at the time I only knew that the project existed and was indeed developing well, so I thought what he said was true. I gave him all the savings we had, nearly four hundred thousand dollars. He took it all, and it was only a month ago that I found out he used that money to repay his gambling debts. The money I worked half my life to save was thrown away just like that!”

By the end of her speech, she was nearly sobbing, gripping the cup in her hand tightly, trying to control her emotions. I took a deep breath. I could imagine how difficult it must be for an ordinary family to save four hundred grand. It was practically a lifetime of hard work. It was no wonder her reaction was so intense.

I wanted to comfort her, but I could not find the words. After a moment of silence, I asked, “So, that’s why you killed him?”

She shook her head. “To risk my own life for four hundred grand would be completely unnecessary. It was because he’s despicable and a vile man. It would have been one thing if he just emptied our bank account, but he shouldn’t have betrayed me. I was with him for ten years. He was the one who wanted to be childfree, and now that I can’t have children, he went and found a younger woman to bear him a child. He even brought that woman into my home and into my bed.”

took that woman gambling in Macamer with my money? The money I saved all my life pinching every penny… and he squandered it all with that vixen. That vixen even sent photos of her illegitimate child to my home to disgust me. How could I

She practically hissed, “So that night when he came back, I killed him with the kitchen knife. I stabbed him over and over. There was blood everywhere. Everywhere! But I wasn’t afraid at all. I just felt an immense sense

but shiver. I wanted to comfort her,

already begun, “Yvette, is this your friend? What are you two discussing?

that I had not noticed my surroundings. I had no idea how long these two had been here. Seeing the two people beside her, Benett’s wife paused, then instinctively tried to leave. I held her back and looked at Moore with a sneer. “Yeah, she was just telling me a story. A story about

another woman pregnant. But I still think such unfaithful men deserve

half wrapped around Moore, and

Idris’s arms, looking at him fearfully and softly

Idris was hugging her, he frowned at me. “Dismembering? Yvette Scott, do you

I looked at Benett’s wife. “Let’s go. The air here has gone stale. We need

she suddenly looked at Idris. She paused, and then said to me, “Is this the CEO of Young

was not a stranger to appearing in the media. The marriage between the Scotts and