My Gentle Wife is a Real Divine Being

Chapter 789

Lara stiffened at those words.

Debra added, “You’re about my age. The only reason Drake keeps you around isn’t for your meticulous nature, but for some other value you can provide. Ever since I mentioned Conrad, your expression has been a telltale sign. Drake can’t possibly entrust you with such a high position if you can’t control her emotions.”

“I…” Lara bit her lip, unable to form a counterargument.

Debra leaned in. “Yvonne might be Miss Sharp now, but she’s just an illegitimate child. For years, she’s used sex to benefit both the Sharps and Drake. But Drake is worried that Yvonne would slip out of his control, so he keeps you close, right?”

Debra’s suspicion. Debra asked, “May

family. Conrad approached her, keeping her as his mistress. But when she became pregnant, he vanished. After I was born,

her eyes, and she continued with resentment, “When I was ten, Mrs. Sharp discovered our existence. Out of spite, she had my mother beaten to death. I escaped the disaster because I was at school. I

next?” Debra asked,

absurd? In my senior year of high school, there was a charity gala where scholarship students like

voracious eyes. All the orphans, boys and girls, were locked in a room–afterward. Conrad picked my best friend, Michelle, and had her dragged into his

stepped outside, Michelle’s body fell off and landed right in front of us. Her limbs were shattered. Blood splattered all over Drake and me. And you know what he did? He wiped the blood off his face with disgust

and added, “Later, I discovered that Drake had known who I was all along. He’s a monster. He orchestrated that gala just so