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

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

revealed something new, and none

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him, her face a mask of concern and worry. His

he was awake, every time he closed his eyes,

it, he was beaten mercilessly, blood pouring from his wounds, his entire

had his Christmas ended

this?

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

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

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

relief and explained, “The doctor said you have a mild concussion. They’ll need to keep you under

George replied,

His

shifted to Queenie sitting in a wheelchair, and he froze for a moment, staring at her. He quickly

he let out a breath

legs? Why are you in

glancing at her legs. The people who’d done this to her had at least spared her other leg, but one

was Diana. She must’ve planned this as revenge. She’s in a wheelchair now, so she

while fireworks echoed outside, she had been stuck in the

Your

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 had

didn’t even know where Diana lived. Even if she wanted to make her pay, she had no way of finding

“you need to focus on getting better. Don’t think about anything else. After this Christmas is over, we’ve got a lot of things to take care of.” Queenie’s thoughts drifted to the plot of land she had

phone. I’m not just gonna lie here doing nothing. Diana has to

good, but she’s hiding too much. I never took her

handed him his

like we’re losing control of this

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pure revenge. She’s playing the game so well, that I never saw her for what she is. But now, I have