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?”

turned pale, confirming Debra’s suspicion. Debra asked,

lips. “My mother was once a toy for the wealthy, groomed and raised by the Lowe family. Conrad approached her, keeping her as his mistress. But when she became pregnant, he vanished. After I was born, my mother learned that Conrad had a

discovered our existence. Out of spite, she had my mother beaten to death. I escaped the disaster because I was at school. I tried to find Conrad, but he didn’t even recognize me. He had

Debra asked,

school, there was a charity gala where scholarship

and girls, were locked in a room–afterward. Conrad picked my best

begging him to save me. He walked me out of the hotel, and just as we 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

Drake had known who I was all along. He’s a monster. He orchestrated that gala just

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