Shining Bright After Rebirth

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?

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

a mental institution under the guise of being mentally ill, and from that point on, Diana had never

there for a moment

the bed, lost

to the truth, the more she realized how far–reaching this web

something new, and none of it made the

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beside him, her face a mask of concern and worry. His eyes burned with

though he was awake, every time he closed

was beaten mercilessly, blood pouring from his

had

this?

been full of joy had turned into one of the most humiliating experiences of his

with relief. Her eyes were red from crying, and she clutched his hand tightly.

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Is Ruined George looked at her, his voice soft. “Don’t cry. I’m fine. Just a

sigh of relief and explained, “The doctor said you have a mild concussion. They’ll need to keep you under observation for another week before you can leave the hospital.

replied, his

His

for a moment, staring at her. He quickly moved his legs and arms, testing

trouble, he let

what happened to your legs? Why are you in a wheelchair?” he asked, his voice tinged with

this to her had at least spared her other leg, but one

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

entire night, while fireworks echoed outside, she had been stuck in the hospital, her dreams of

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how dare she? How could she send someone after us on Christmas?” Queenie’s frustration was palpable, but there was little she could do right now. She, too, needed treatment and hadn’t

Diana lived. Even if she wanted to

got a lot of things to take care of.” Queenie’s thoughts drifted to the plot of land she had

through her thoughts. “Hand me my phone. I’m not just gonna lie here doing nothing.

she’s hiding too much. I never took her seriously before, but now… now I have

handed him

was clear. “George, I feel like we’re losing control of

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game so well, that I never saw her for what she is. But now, I have no