Chapter 717

Lilian Helt was the daughter of Byron, the thirty-third patriarch of the Helt family of Dartan.

She was also Jack's ex-wife.

Throughout Genevieve's four-year stay in Dartan, Jack never wanted her to find out about the Helt family and Lilian. She had never even seen a photograph of the latter.

With skin so fair it looked snow-white, Lilian was more beautiful than Genevieve had imagined.

The purity of her ancient family's blood granted her the right to haughtily look down on the rest of the world, with her ethereal loveliness out of reach for most mortal men.

Though Genevieve was confidently aware of her own beauty, she nevertheless felt insecure standing before Lilian.

her composure, Genevieve walked toward Lilian when she suddenly realized that her host was wheelchair-bound. Despite being clad in a long, white dress, the absence of a carpet over her lap

faltered, though she quickly retracted her gaze. However,

black prosthetic legs. “Though I survived my self-induced car accident, my legs had been so mangled that they had to be amputated. I only wear my prosthetics to feel less empty

bar for some cups and brewed some coffee. She placed one of the cups before

silence, the steam rose steadily from the cups as the fragrance of coffee enveloped the

“You seem very shocked to see my prosthetics. Why don't you

did you crash on purpose?” Genevieve asked, taking advantage of

before answering, “My father suspected back then that Jack was colluding with other families to make a move against Helt Corporation. He planned to murder Jack for it but I had been married to him for two years then, besides having a baby in my belly. I trusted him. I told my father that Jack was one of us and that he wouldn't conspire with

Appearing entirely devoid of life, even

and that there must have been a misunderstanding. I'd even swore I would kill myself and my child to pay for my transgressions against my family

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