Revenge Of The Jilted Bride

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Seeing Mark's silence, Ophelia gave him a cold stare and asked. Is there a problem?"

Mark stiffened under her gaze. He thought, "This stare feels so familiar. It is like a replica of Mr. Sinclair's

Ophelia instructed, 'Find out, and don't let Kenneth know."

"What? Are you asking me to betray Mr. Sinclair?" Mark asked, s eyes widened as he lowered his voice. His heart skipped at

beat.

He thought. "Betraying Mr. Sinclair would lead to severe consequences if he found out.

Ophelia frowned, her gaze towards Mark unfriendly. She said, "This isn't betrayal. You've been by his side longer than I have Haven't you noticed anything odd about him?"

Mark thought for a moment. He wondered, 'Does being more gentle count? But it is quite normal. Aren't all men in love like this?"

Before Mark could respond, Kenneth entered the room, holding a pair of slippers.

Ophelia handed all the documents to Mark and said, "I've marked everything. Send them to all the leaders' emails. Quickly!"

With the last word, Ophelia stressed her tone, making it clear she was implying something other than what had been mentioned. Mark felt a tingling sensation in his scalp. He replied, "Yes, Ms. Spencer."

As Mark walked past Kenneth with the documents, his heart leaped into his throat. Luckily, Kenneth's attention was not on

him.

placed one hand behind her neck and turned

slipping her feet into pure white

home, Kenneth

eyes. Ophelia felt only heartache. She

roses in Rosewood Manor had started to sprout

quality black pajamas, sat on the couch by the floor-to-ceiling window with a laptop on her

develop the slums, I must get approval from the president,

bathrobe was loosely tied, showing his toned abs and V-line, along with a two-letter

feet. He exhaled deeply and glanced at Ophelia

disaster in the shims. Many people died in it. Do you believe toxic materials were used for the land reclamation project?" Chapter

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and sat up straight. The plot of The Ole Dellanes suddenly came to mind, giving her goosebumps. Even without Kenneth saying anything, she seemed to know the answer by looking into his

palm. Her hair stood on end as a hill ran from her toes to the top of her

the winter of that year, none of the people who caught a cold came back

nodded

why the people reacted that way

the risk. He thought

it wasn't the land reclamation plan that caused the disaster,

never considered that it was the disaster that led to the land reclamation. Kenneth said, "This matter

continued, "There was an explosion at the Wright family's factory, releasing toxic gas that caused widespread

happened during winter, so at first, people just thought it was the flu and didn't pay much attention. It wasn't until people started dying from it

quickly. Once one reached the point of going to the hospital, all one could do was wait for the end." Ophelia

back then, the four families were the Sinclair, Wright, Gilmore, and Huxley families. The Sinclair family solidified their position by marrying into the Gilmore family: Patrick's mother is from the Gilmore family. Ophelia thought, 'So that's how it is; back then there wasn't the Carnegie and Reyes families yet. This woman

what Kenneth previously mentioned, the four families used

the Wright family might not be the real mastermind behind this disaster. There could be someone

an unspoken rule among the four major families whoever could solve this disaster