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 ending she

her gaze gradually

going to

and Mrs. Norman, Mr. Crawford, and Ms. Bianca are waiting in the living room

stiffened abruptly, and she reflexively

would not be so easily deceived. It would be best that she follow

nervous. "Ms. Leia, Sir and Madam want you to go downstairs. They said

I have a headache. I'll go down in

you here then, Ms. Leia. Try to be fast. Sir and Madam seem very

finished the sentence when Leia abruptly

when she saw Leia's deathly pale face. She thought that she saw a

that day. "Ms...

glanced coldly at her, then walked down the stairs while

tense. Jack sat on the

next to him.

and Bianca sat together, whispering

coming down the stairs, everyone stopped talking, and four pairs of eyes shot toward

gazes were the most penetrating, as though they wanted to see

down her spine. She shuffled stiffly toward the living room and greeted Jack and

stand up from the couch

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