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!

foot descended onto the back of her hand heavily, sending waves of piercing pain through her.

she felt physically paled in comparison to the intense ache

Zachary, whose leather-clad shoe was pressing down on

a deep breath, she said in a hoarse voice.

with you” Zachary’s words were delivered

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the accident that

the next instant, Rosalie heard him utter. “All right.”

to the present, realizing she had been dreaming about the events that unfolded in prison years

hand, now covered in calluses. After three years of incarceration, her hands were no longer as tender and smooth as they used to

had

had fractured, healing over time but not flawlessly. The joints appeared

cold and damp, the discomfort in her fingers

that she yearned to sever her hands just to

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 own family. Ultimately, she received a three-year prison sentence.

rose to her feet, retrieving a cleaning tool as she

adorned in the fluorescent workwear 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 pink. Her lengthy hair was unpretentiously tied into a ponytail.

college. However, the youthful vigor that should have animated her eyes was notably absent, replaced

night shift. Having dozed off at the

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

tremor coursed through Rosalie’s body, prompting her to hastily

were like aching wounds etched into the very

The bones in her hands throbbed in

soon,” Rosalie murmured to herself. For a sanitary worker like her, even accessing painkillers had

her sweeping, a Ferrari unexpectedly pulled to

emerged from the vehicle. Pallor

who used to harass her during her time with Zachary and even

isn’t the great lawyer, Ms. Leighton? What brings you to road sweeping?” Timothy Sanders

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his side giggled, “She’s a

Ms. Leighton. She used to be Mr. Zachary Xanthos girlfriend!” Timothy

to Ms. Yvette Hamilton. How about you spend the night with me? What I can provide you

was not about to allow him to have his way with her. She struggled to evade the

her foot and kicked at Timothy, taking advantage of

flared red as he refused to relent. He jumped into his Ferrari

now, Rosalie had dashed to the other side of the

it was hauntingly deserted. Not a soul was in sight, not

there was