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

Chapter 1751:

At that moment, Carola suddenly thought of something—Holley and Baker had conspired to poison Belinda with hormone-disrupting drugs and had even left a dark mark scarring her face before.

She imagined Belinda must have felt even more despair and hurt because of that. She didn’t know how Belinda had managed to overcome such calculated cruelty. Thinking of this, Carola felt a deep ache in her heart.

After allowing a moment of contemplative silence to settle between them, Carola gathered her courage and asked, “Belinda, would you mind sharing how you feel about Holley and Baker now?”

As soon as the conversation turned to Baker and Holley, a shadow fell over Belinda’s face. Her jaw tightened, and a flicker of cold disdain flashed in her eyes.

“To me now, Baker and Holley are nothing more than strangers bound to me by blood,” she said, her voice laced with quiet fury. “I can’t erase the blood that connects us, but I’ll live as though I have no parents at all.”

letting out a hollow, cold laugh that barely masked the ache beneath. “They were the ones who taught me that not every parent is capable of loving their children. They never once treated me as their daughter. To them, I was nothing more than someone they could discard—someone they could wound without remorse. So why should I waste even

and her expression remained

hidden in her

swell of sympathy that

coaxing the tension away. “Let’s not get caught up in unpleasant

a deep breath and gave a small nod. “Okay,

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turned their attention to the food before them, letting the heavy talk drift away like smoke in the wind. Their conversation soon shifted to lighter subjects,

slipped into an easy rhythm, their bond evident in the warmth that colored their exchange. The

Carola slipped into the Wright family’s waiting car, the driver already at the curb. Belinda, meanwhile, returned to her own car and headed back

on the phone,