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?

was that Jenny had always been the kind of mother who

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

there for a moment

bed, lost in

she got to the truth, the more she

was like peeling an onion–every layer revealed something new, and none of

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him, her face a mask of

closed his eyes, he was pulled

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

it–how had his

this?

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

said, her voice trembling with relief. Her eyes were red from

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

need to keep you under observation for another week before you can leave the hospital. I’ll call

replied, his

His

Queenie sitting in a wheelchair, and he froze for a moment, staring at her. He quickly moved his legs and arms, testing his

he let out

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

people who’d done this to her had

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

been stuck in the hospital,

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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 had the time to

even know where Diana lived. Even if she wanted to make her pay, she had no way

care of.” Queenie’s thoughts drifted to the plot of land she had bought. from the Farleys, and an uneasy feeling settled in her chest. Her dreams were fragmented, and she couldn’t recall anything about that land, not

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

low–key, fooling you, fooling Steven, fooling Paula,” he continued. “She’s good, but she’s hiding too

hesitated but handed him

“George, I feel like we’re losing control of this whole situation. Maybe we should come up

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playing the game so well, that I never saw her for what she is. But now, I have no choice but to treat her