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.”

startled, but Norton pressed on, his fingers

egged Malvina on to spread lies, and showed no remorse. She even misled the Gibson couple to hurt

Norton’s temple as he rubbed it, his

everyone,” he said,

already mentally drafting

had braced for another

that woman had always baffled her, like watching someone pet a viper. Was he actually

she wondered if it was all for

PR team swooped in to bury

a cold amusement flickering in her chest. Shelly

frantic knocking shattered the quiet of Norton’s

worlds at

help me!

swung the door open, and Shelly

leaned against the wall, arms crossed,