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.

behind her neck and turned slightly. She asked, "What should we grab to

crouched down, and gently removed her high heels with his warm hands, slipping her feet into pure white slippers

home,

Kenneth's eyes. Ophelia felt only

Manor had started to

black pajamas, sat on the couch by

asked, "So, to develop the slums, I must get approval from the

grey bathrobe was loosely

sat down at Ophelia's feet. He exhaled

over twenty years since that disaster in the shims. Many people died in it. Do you believe toxic materials were used for the land

"What do you

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Dellanes suddenly came to mind, giving her goosebumps. Even without Kenneth saying anything, she seemed to know the answer by looking into

as a hill ran from her toes

that year, none of the people who caught a cold

lowered his gaze and nodded slightly, silently confirming her

understood why the slum's coastline was permeated with a persistent stench and why the people reacted that way when they

told Ophelia all this, hoping she wouldn't take the risk. He thought

it wasn't the land reclamation plan that caused the

she always thought that the land reclamation project caused the disaster. She never considered that it was the disaster that led to the land reclamation. Kenneth said, "This matter goes way back. Back then, when four powerful families ruled Dellanex, they used many strategies. to control the ports for transportation." Ophelia

an explosion at the Wright family's factory, releasing toxic gas

it was the flu and didn't pay

the point of going to the hospital, all one could do was wait for the end." Ophelia asked, "The Wright

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 from the Gilmore family is Victor's first wife. No wonder Ronan acknowledges only Patrick as his legitimate heir Kenneth added, "The Gilmore family was sanctioned back then and fell apart. The Gilmore family is now in the

what Kenneth previously mentioned, the four families used various methods to gain control over port

mastermind behind this disaster. There could be someone else.

in the day, there was an unspoken rule among the four major families whoever could solve this disaster would gain