Shining Bright After Rebirth

Chapter 969

Chapter 969 Your Reputation Is. Ruined

“Jenny,” Diana said, her voice low, “I’ll give you the address in ten days. Be careful, okay? I’m hanging up now, but I’ll send you some gifts later.”

“Jenny…” Diana wanted to ask more, but Jenny had already ended the call.

Diana’s mind raced, and a question she hadn’t considered before began to gnaw at her.

Andrew wasn’t Steven’s biological father–so where was Steven’s real dad?

Jenny had sounded in a surprisingly good mood on the phone, so had she always known the truth?

Had she kept quiet because of how easily Steven was manipulated by Queenie back then?

But no, that didn’t make sense.

Diana, having been a mother herself, knew all too well the lengths a mother would go for her child.

Just like in her past life, when Steven found out she was pregnant, he tried to imprison her, threatening to take the child

In’t obey.

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She hadn’t fought back, staying locked in that mansion for three months, all for the sake of giving birth to her child–and ultimately, meeting her death.

She stood up, her thoughts spinning as the pieces of the puzzle began to fall into place.

With every new truth she uncovered this past year, she couldn’t shake the feeling that Leopold was hiding something from her

too.

Diana let out a heavy sigh, expelling the tension from her chest.

She gazed out the window at the swirling snow, her long lashes fluttering as she smiled softly. Her perfect eyebrows arched slightly, and she spoke to herself in a whisper, “Steven, who are we really to each other? Am I your pawn, or are you mine?”

The more she thought about it, the more it seemed like Jenny was the hidden mastermind, the one pulling the strings from the

shadows.

But who had sent her away all those years ago?

Diana knew for sure was that Jenny had always been the kind of mother who would do anything

been committed to a mental institution under the guise of being mentally ill, and from that point

for a

the bed, lost

closer she got to the truth, the more she

onion–every layer revealed something new, and none of it made the situation

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to find Queenie sitting beside him, her face a mask of concern and worry. His eyes

though he was awake, every time he closed his eyes, he was pulled back into

blood pouring from his wounds, his entire

couldn’t understand it–how had his

this?

that should have been full of joy had turned into one of the most humiliating

you’re awake,” Queenie said, her voice trembling with relief. Her eyes were red from crying, and she clutched his hand tightly.

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at her, his voice soft. “Don’t cry. I’m

keep you under observation for another week before you can leave the hospital. I’ll call the doctor to come check on

replied, his

His

he froze for a moment, staring at her. He quickly moved

them without trouble, he let out

Why are you in a wheelchair?” he asked, his voice tinged with

The people who’d done this to her had at least

it was Diana. She must’ve planned this as revenge. She’s in a wheelchair now, so she wants us to suffer with

had been stuck in

Your

us on Christmas?” Queenie’s frustration was palpable, but there was little she could do right now. She,

was something else nagging at her-she didn’t even know where Diana lived. Even if she wanted to make her pay, she had no way of

a lot of things to take care of.” Queenie’s thoughts drifted to the

me my phone. I’m not just

“She’s good, but she’s hiding too much.

handed him his

of this whole situation. Maybe

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beneath the surface. “What Diana’s doing is pure revenge. She’s playing the game so well, that I never saw her for what she

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