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...

the

her gaze

going to let that

Lang knocked on the door. "Ms. Leia, Mr. and Mrs. Norman, Mr. Crawford, and Ms.

abruptly, and she reflexively

but she realized that her father and Luke would not be so easily deceived. It would be best that

Ms. Lang became nervous. "Ms. Leia, Sir and Madam want you to go downstairs. They said that if you're not going down, they'll come up here

replied, "I... I have a headache. I'll go down in a

Try to

finished the sentence when Leia

saw Leia's deathly pale

that day. "Ms...

then walked down the stairs while

room was tense. Jack sat on the

sat next to him. She

Bianca sat together, whispering something to each

saw Leia coming down the stairs, everyone stopped talking, and four

and Luke's gazes were the most penetrating, as though they wanted to see every secret

felt a chill coursing down her spine. She shuffled stiffly toward the living room and greeted Jack and

could not help herself but stand up from the couch when she saw

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