Marrying A Secret Zillionaire Happy Ever After (Linsey)

Chapter 1152:

Jeffery’s eyes were dark as a storm. He stood rigid, fists clenched at his sides, barely holding back the fury boiling within him. One wrong move, and Joanne might snap—might cut the thread of Alicia’s life without hesitation.

He forced a steady breath. Then, his voice low and firm, he said, “Joanne, we can talk this through. Whatever’s going on, we’ll figure it out together. But please, put the knife down.”

Linsey said nothing, her full attention fixed on the trembling blade in Joanne’s grasp. Every nerve in her body was pulled taut, ready to react.

Joanne blinked slowly. For the first time, her eyes shimmered with a fragile spark of hope.

“Really?” she asked, almost girlish, like someone on the verge of believing in an impossible love. “You’ll give me anything?”

Jeffery hesitated—just for a heartbeat. Then he nodded. “Yes. If it’s within my power, I’ll give it to you.”

Joanne looked as though she might cry. But the fragile illusion shattered as her cold eyes shifted back toward Alicia. Then,

lying,” she murmured. Her breath brushed Alicia’s cheek like the whisper of death. “You’re

as a cold shiver ran down her spine. Her

Jeffery hadn’t bloomed overnight. It had likely festered for years—silently, secretly—until it twisted into something dangerous.

delusion. And yet, no matter how he tried, he couldn’t recall

that mattered now. All

his spine, “no matter what you

the heart of

his voice dropping an octave, “may I never know peace for the rest of

frozen, the impact of those words leaving her momentarily

flew open wide, tears welling as she fixed her gaze on Jeffery. That glimmer

gave Linsey her cue, and she