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!

the back of her hand heavily, sending waves of piercing pain

the intense ache in

pressing down on her left hand. The realization that he could be so heartless

a hoarse voice.

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

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who caused the accident that

heard him utter. “All right.”

eyes to the present, realizing she had been dreaming

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

nails on her ten fingers had regrown,

had fractured, healing over time but not flawlessly. The joints appeared slightly misaligned, impeding her ability to

the discomfort

excruciating that she yearned

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 Jonathan Youngblood, a powerful figure in

Strico.

herself abandoned and cast aside by her own family. Ultimately, she received

feet, retrieving a cleaning tool

upon her delicate face. Beneath her eyes rested a captivating nose and lips tinted with a delicate

she had recently graduated from college. However, the youthful vigor that should have

off at the Environment and Sanitation

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 an esteemed lady. And now, she’s marrying into the prominent Xanthos family.”

Rosalie’s body, prompting her to hastily depart from the Environment

names Zachary and Yvette were like aching wounds

in her

to herself. For a sanitary worker like her, even

sweeping, a Ferrari unexpectedly pulled to a stop

Pallor swept over Rosalie’s face as she

harass her during her time with Zachary and even earned her

Ms. Leighton? What brings you to road sweeping?” Timothy Sanders inquired with a knowing glint in his

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side giggled, “She’s a lawyer? How odd!”

She used to be Mr. Zachary Xanthos girlfriend!”

is going to get engaged to Ms. Yvette Hamilton. How about you spend the night with me? What I can provide you is far beyond your

to evade the man’s grasp,

at Timothy,

He jumped into

dashed to the other side of the

activity in this area, it was hauntingly deserted.

there was no one around at all