From Heartbreak to Happily Ever After

Chapter 789

Lara stiffened at those words.

Debra added, “You’re about my age. The only reason Drake keeps you around isn’t for your meticulous nature, but for some other value you can provide. Ever since I mentioned Conrad, your expression has been a telltale sign. Drake can’t possibly entrust you with such a high position if you can’t control her emotions.”

“I…” Lara bit her lip, unable to form a counterargument.

Debra leaned in. “Yvonne might be Miss Sharp now, but she’s just an illegitimate child. For years, she’s used sex to benefit both the Sharps and Drake. But Drake is worried that Yvonne would slip out of his control, so he keeps you close, right?”

confirming Debra’s suspicion. Debra asked, “May I

family. Conrad approached her, keeping her as his mistress. But when she became pregnant, he vanished. After

Sharp discovered our existence. Out of spite, she had my mother beaten to death. I escaped the disaster because I was at school. I tried to find Conrad, but he didn’t even recognize me. He

what happened next?” Debra

senior year of high school, there was a charity gala where scholarship students like

orphans, boys and girls, were

of despair. I’ll never forget Michelle’s hopeless face. I clung to Drake, begging him to save me. He walked me out of the hotel, and just as we stepped outside, Michelle’s body fell off and landed right in front of us.

I was all along. He’s