“What are you doing?” Zoe was clearly taken aback, and she instantly clung to Herbert’s arm. Soon after, she regained her composure and held her head high. “Don’t forget your place! You married into the Chesire family, not the other way around! How dare you raise your voice at me? You—”

“Why did you deceive me?” Alexander snapped, interjecting Zoe mid-sentence. “Did you bring me into this family? And who is Amber? Explain everything, now!”

Zoe was taken aback and stammered, “Y—You know about that?”

Alexander clenched his jaw, and his gaze burned with anger. It was all coming together, just as he suspected.

Olivia was not lying, and his judgment was right.

There had indeed been a conspiracy during his wedding!

What were Zoe and the Chesire family plotting?

“Zoe,” Herbert chimed in. He then glared at Alexander arrogantly and continued, “He’s nothing but a worthless man, so why fear him discovering the truth? Tell him that you’ll soon become mine! As for him, he’s just a pitiful little good-for-nothing, oblivious to the fact that he’s been played with.”

anyway, I see no

son-in-law. With no male heir left in the family and only Amber as their granddaughter, Zoe—as an elder cousin of Amber—was adopted into the Chesire family. This propelled her to a position second only to

of the two granddaughters bore a son first would immediately

time that the Kanes met with a tragic accident

taunting Alexander with a mocking grin. “You were just as naive as my sweet Amber! The fire injured her throat while she tried to save you,

can ditch that! Whether she had a boy or a little girl, they’d all be legally adopted under my name. I’ll be the only heir of the Chesire family and inherit everything!

fury. He could not believe how evil Zoe was, believing

be furious about.” Zoe observed Alexander’s expression and added mockingly, “Now that you’ve learned the truth, do you intend to defend those two? Don’t be ridiculous! Just

that, she turned to Herbert adoringly, then turned to Alexander with a look of disdain. “Herbert is the heir of the Dorvall family, and he’s going to marry me. As for this little Olivia,

Swoosh!

hand grabbed Zoe by her

if he were the grim reaper, here to drag Zoe

steady pressure with

face turned a deep shade of purple, her eyes bulging wide with spasms. She

hand on her throat felt as cold as iron, and Zoe knew he could crush her bones

really kill

this way in front of me? You’ve got some nerve!” Herbert roared and aimed a brutal punch at Alexander’s face. “Son of a bitch, I’m

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