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!

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

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

on Zachary, whose leather-clad shoe was pressing down on her left hand. The realization that he could be so heartless left

a hoarse voice. “Did

mistake of my life was ever being with you” Zachary’s

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caused the accident that took my sister’s

heard him

eyes to the present, realizing she had been dreaming about the

at her hand, now covered in calluses. After three years of incarceration, her hands were no

fact that the nails on her ten fingers had regrown, her hand

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

the discomfort in her

yearned to sever her hands just

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 Jonathan Youngblood, a powerful figure

Strico.

and cast aside by her own family. Ultimately, she received a three-year prison sentence.

her feet, retrieving a cleaning tool as she did.

was 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

However, the youthful vigor that should have animated her eyes was notably absent, replaced by a hint of dimness.

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

Rosalie’s attention. “Huh? Zachary and Yvette are getting engaged. Yvette is truly fortunate to be both a renowned celebrity and an esteemed

prompting her to hastily depart from the

like aching wounds etched into the very core

Holding a broom, Rosalie diligently swept the road. The bones in her hands throbbed in response to the frigid air, sending ripples of

Rosalie murmured to herself. For a sanitary worker like her, even accessing

pulled to

Pallor swept over Rosalie’s face

who used to harass her during her time with Zachary and

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

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by his side giggled, “She’s a lawyer?

Leighton. She used to be Mr. Zachary Xanthos girlfriend!” Timothy remarked, casting Rosalie a

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 earnings from road

She struggled to evade the man’s grasp, but Timothy seized

to touch her, Rosalie raised her foot and kicked at Timothy, taking advantage of his momentary pain to make her escape.

refused to relent. He jumped into his Ferrari and began to

the other side of the

usual nighttime activity in this area, it was hauntingly deserted. Not a soul

if there was no one around