The Ceo’s Convict Wife by Jennifer Mike

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A thin and frail woman with bloodstained hands was pressed forcefully onto the ground.

“The former best newcomer lawyer has turned into an incompetent.” A cold and malevolent voice sounded above Rosalie Leighton’s head.

Struggling, she raised her head, her gaze locking onto the attractive face before her. It was hard to fathom that the popular celebrity from the entertainment circle, someone who appeared so innocent to others, could be harboring such ruthlessness.

“Yvette, why?” Rosalie asked in a trembling voice.

“You took my sister’s life How can you even ask why Yvette Hamilton’s sneer conveyed a chilling edge, her eyes brimming

with malefic darkness.

“It wasn’t me. I’m innocent Rosalie managed to utter amidst her difficulty, her head shaking in persistent dental, trying to straighten herself up, her gaze unwaveringly fixed on the man standing beside Yvette.

He was none other than Rosalie’s ex-boyfriend. The man who had once vowed to protect her eternally

In the past, even a minor injury to her finger would cause him to worry for hours. Yet now, he merely stood there, a passive observer of her torment

“Z-Zachary.” Rosalie s cry was infused with nearly every ounce of her remaining strength. “Please. I beg you believe me.

He still wore the same suit and leather shoes as before, but as he fixed his dark eyes upon her, they held nothing but a haze of coldness

“Zachary, you’re not feeling sorry for this woman, are you! She’s the one who took my sister’s life! Everything Im doing is to

my sister can rest in peace”

Yvette held the man’s armi mi

at him

tely. Her malicious expression

sformed into a sort of pitiable charm when she looked

“She brought this upon herself Sympathy isn’t warranted Zachary Xanthos responded softly, his fingers tenderly brushing through Yvettes meticulously styled hair “You can do whatever you want.

Rosalie’s eyes widened all of a sudden as the mused. “I brought this upon myself? Ha“

The man who had once cherished Rosalie now reduced her anguish to this dismissive remark.

Drawing on an unfamiliar well of strength, she broke free from the constraining hold of the person pinning her down. She struggled and crawled forward, determined to get closer to the man.

“Zachary, I don’t know what happened in that car accident. I wasn’t drunk driving that day. It was Melanie’s car…. that crashed into mine.

Thud!

hand heavily, sending waves of piercing

felt physically paled in comparison to the intense ache in Rosalie’s heart at

her head and locked eyes on Zachary, whose leather-clad shoe was pressing down

she said in a hoarse voice. “Did you ever truly love me””

of my life was ever being with you” Zachary’s words were delivered in a tone as

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who caused the accident that took my sister’s life.” Yvette’s

next instant, Rosalie heard him

realizing she had been dreaming

incarceration, her hands were no longer as tender and smooth as they used to be.

the fact that the nails on her ten fingers had regrown, her hand still bore the remnants of

flawlessly.

the discomfort

became so excruciating that she yearned to

accused of drunk driving, resulting in the accident that caused the death of Melanie Hamilton. Melanie wasn’t just the eldest daughter of the Hamilton family; she was also the fiancée of

Strico.

by her

retrieving a cleaning

of a sanitary worker, and the cold weather had bestowed a slight reddish hue upon her delicate face. Beneath her eyes rested a captivating nose and lips tinted with a delicate shade of

a cursory glance, one might assume she had recently graduated from college. However, the youthful vigor that should have animated her eyes was

the night shift. Having dozed off at the Environment and Sanitation Administration, she had nearly

was preparing to depart, a colleague engrossed in her phone caught Rosalie’s attention. “Huh? Zachary and Yvette are getting engaged. Yvette is truly fortunate to be both a renowned celebrity and

prompting her to hastily depart from the Environment and Sanitation.

and Yvette were like aching wounds etched into the very

bones in her hands throbbed in response to the frigid air, sending ripples of

worker like her,

Ferrari unexpectedly pulled to

emerged from the vehicle. Pallor swept over Rosalie’s face as

a scion who used to harass her during her

Ms. Leighton? What brings you to road sweeping?”

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side giggled, “She’s a lawyer? How

Zachary Xanthos girlfriend!” Timothy remarked, casting Rosalie a suggestive

Xanthos is going to get engaged to Ms. Yvette Hamilton. How about you spend the

to allow him to have his way with her. She struggled to evade

at Timothy, taking advantage of his momentary pain to make

flared red as he refused to relent. He jumped into

had dashed to the other side of the

in this area, it was hauntingly deserted. Not

if there was no one around at all