Chapter 837 Leia's Little Ruse

Leia had been in a muddled state after Wayne escaped.

The police questioned her for a long time, but she pretended that she was an innocent victim that had suffered from serious psychological trauma. She gave the police no useful information.

After the police left, Leia slumped on the bed in her bedroom.

Her legs were spread open as she stared at the floor-to-ceiling window. The usually warm sky seemed to be cut into pieces by a knife, and the trees that swayed in the breeze seemed to be man-eating monsters that terrified her.

A sudden gust of wind made the windows shake. The glass threatened to shatter.

Leia instinctively curled up in a corner of her bed. The silk blanket that covered her offered her no warmth.

She remembered how the police had bombarded her with questions in a stern voice and how her father had given her that look of distrust. She suddenly sat u p, feeling terrified.

She hoped that Wayne managed to escape.

If the police arrested him, he would definitely name her as his accomplice. What would happen to her

then?

Her reputation was already in tatters, a far cry from her pure and innocent image as an actress. She had been plagued by multiple scandals, and that had made her look more like a squatter rather than an adoptive daughter. She was not sure if she would ever restore her reputation.

If news got out that she had been harboring a wanted criminal, she would never be able to redeem herself. Worst of all, her adoptive parents might disown her...

not the ending

mind wandered, her gaze

was not going to let that

thought in her room, Ms. Lang knocked on the door. "Ms. Leia, Mr. and Mrs. Norman, Mr. Crawford, and Ms. Bianca are waiting in the living room for you. They said that they have some questions for you. Won't you come

stiffened abruptly, and she reflexively tucked her

and Luke would not be so

response from within the room, Ms. Lang became nervous. "Ms. Leia, Sir and Madam want you to go downstairs. They

I have a headache. I'll go down in

then, Ms. Leia. Try to be

the sentence when Leia abruptly opened

when she saw Leia's deathly

threat that day.

her, then walked down the stairs

in the living room was tense. Jack sat on the couch with his lips pressed

next to him. She

together, whispering something to

stopped talking,

though they wanted to see every secret

stiffly toward the living room and greeted Jack

herself but stand up from the couch

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