The CEO's Amazing Ex-Wife Is Back! by H. Dally

Chapter 214 Chapter 214

Karen's heart thumped inside her chest, each beat growing louder as she stared at her mother. "Mum, what do you mean you have the bag? You had no right to take it from where it was locked!"

Rita descended the stairs slowly, her eyes never leaving Karen. Her calmness only made Karen's panic worse.

"Why are you so upset?" Rita asked, her voice soft but tinged with disappointment. "Didn't you tell me last time you had nothing to do with hiding the evidence against Linda?"

Karen swallowed hard as her mother stopped right in front of her. Her face was lined with bitterness, her eyes cold as she continued.

"When you came here and I asked if you were involved, you tried to guilt me into dropping the subject. But it left me even more suspicious." Rita's lips curled into a bitter smile. "So today, when Bridget mentioned the bag you brought in that day, I knew instantly what it was."

Karen's head whipped around, eyes narrowing as she hissed at the maid. "You fucking gossip!" "Don't you dare talk to Bridget like that!" Rita warned, her voice stern. "It's not her fault you're trying to protect a criminal."

Karen turned back to her mother, her frustration boiling over. "Give me the bag, mother! Please." she demanded, her voice trembling with anger. "Where is it?"

Rita's hand moved so fast Karen didn't see it coming. The slap echoed through the room, and for a moment, all Karen could hear was the ringing in her ears. She held her cheek, eyes wide in shock. "You will not speak to me that way," Rita said, her voice dangerously low. "Maybe I wasn't strict enough with you. Maybe that's why you've become this... insensitive person."

She took a step closer, her eyes filled with disappointment. "How could you try to protect Linda Miller after everything she's done? Didn't you say she threatened you the day you were arrested so that you would retract your accusations?"

her head sadly. "I believed you, Karen. When you told me Linda manipulated you

it wasn't just Linda. You did those

dropped. Her mother's words stung, but she bit back

Thalassa," Rita continued. "You grew up in better circumstances, but that wasn't enough, was it?

at her sides. "You've always preferred Thalassa over," she accused bitterly. "Even

eyes softened, her anger giving way to sadness. "That's not true," she said quietly. "I love Thalassa like a daughter, yes, but it can never surpass my love for you. You're my

throat tightened. "Then why do you always support her? Why do you always

"Because Thalassa hasn't done

were filled with sadness. "Unlike what you've done to her. Even now, you're still trying to derail Thalassa's plans. That's why you've decided to help Linda by hiding the

groaned, feeling more desperate with

me understand," Rita said softly. "Please. I want to believe my daughter isn't a

closer, her expression pleading now. "Is Linda threatening you again? Is

lip trembled. Her mother was close now, her hand reaching out to gently

Rita whispered. “Once I give the evidence to the police, she

out in panic. "You can't give the evidence to the police, mum.

in confusion.

welled up in Karen's eyes, her frustration mounting as she bit her lip. She was cornered. Her mother wasn't going to let this