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

Chapter 1356:

Kenia’s gaze was stern, unwavering. “You’re saying you don’t know him? Holley, you should realize that I’m asking because we already know the truth about you and him. I’m giving you a chance to confess on your own.”

Holley’s face paled, her panic impossible to conceal.

She had no clue how much Kenia and Belinda had uncovered or what evidence they held.

“Mom, I really don’t know what you mean,” she said, clinging to her denial.

Kenia’s expression darkened with disappointment. “The hormones in Belinda’s body, the fifty thousand you paid Lamont, the recording of you bribing him…”

Her voice sharpened, rising. “Do I need to say more?”

Holley’s face went ghostly white.

if she were struck by

at Kenia and Belinda, her mouth opening and

thought looped in her mind:

she said, “Mom, Belinda, please,

her eyes blazing with fury. “What could possibly justify such a cruel

to Holley. She

color, stammered, “I-I did it to

heard a bad joke. “Protect her? By secretly giving her hormones to make her gain weight? What kind of absurd excuse

met Baker, I thought I had found true love. But then, he left me for Carola, making me a mistress. After Belinda was born, I visited a fortune teller who warned that she would inherit my doomed romantic fate. So… I did that to shield her

looked at Belinda. “Even with the hormone injections, I was careful, Belinda. I

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excuse

down, she knew it wouldn’t

low, derisive laugh broke