His unwanted wife, the world’s coveted genius by Derk Blaylock

Chapter 129:

She had never asked Johnson about the situation between Lucas and Verena before. Back then, even hearing Lucas’ name had felt like tearing open an old wound to her.

Johnson had always been careful not to bring him up around her.

But now, her mindset had shifted.

After a moment of reflection, Belinda spoke, her voice thoughtful. “It seems… Harold must have discovered something.”

Johnson nodded in agreement. “Lucas thought the same initially. But after an exhaustive search, he turned up empty-handed, which led him to suspect Harold might have wiped all the things he had discovered.”

Belinda’s eyes, usually keen and calculating, narrowed further as she said, “What secrets could Verena be hiding?”

A thought seemed to strike Johnson, prompting a heavy sigh from him. “Verena went through a lot in those three years of isolation. She was under constant surveillance, deprived of any communication tools like phones or computers. She wasn’t allowed internet access and could only leave for a closely watched two-hour walk each day. There was a time her mental state took a nosedive, resulting in a diagnosis of depression and subsequent extensive psychological therapy.”

a thoughtful silence, her eyes reflecting

not fully grasped the severity of Verena’s ordeal back then until

hard to imagine what Verena could have done to make Harold resent her so much. But

time he had talked about

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thinking about the guilt Lucas must be feeling

the subject. “Let’s move on

any clues. All the medicine packaging from my childhood was discarded right away. I had Addie check the calcium tablets I took for a

stumped about how those hormones entered my system

this and then asked, “Do

“No,” Belinda replied directly.

your lifelong struggle with weight, if hormones were secretly administered during your childhood, family members are typically the prime suspects. But