Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 1170:

Leif shifted his weight, his fingers brushing the edge of his jacket.

“Shelly sent someone to lure Mrs. Burke into Alexis and Jillian’s private room. Then she leaked their scandal to the press, making it look like Mrs. Burke exposed Alexis’s affair on purpose.”

Disgust coiled in Yvonne’s chest. Shelly had always been a snake. She had never trusted that woman.

Still, Yvonne forced her gaze back to the TV, pretending the news didn’t sting. Norton had always been soft on Shelly, letting her slither away unscathed. Why would this time be any different?

Norton listened in silence, his expression unreadable.

Leif’s eyes darted between him and Yvonne, his nerves fraying.

At last, Norton leaned forward, his voice low and edged with steel.

“Expose every last one of Shelly’s schemes to the public. No holding back.”

Norton pressed on, his fingers

to spread lies, and showed

as he

to everyone,” he said, his

nodded, already mentally drafting

Norton, her eyes wide. She had braced for

like watching someone pet a viper. Was he

faint smile curved her lips, though she wondered

erupted with damning exposés about Shelly. No PR team swooped in to bury the stories. Social media buzzed with

posts, a cold amusement flickering in her

of Norton’s house. Shelly’s voice, shrill and tear-soaked,

worlds at

me! I’m

She swung the door open, and Shelly barreled

wall, arms crossed,