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!

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

the intense ache

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

breath, she said in a hoarse voice. “Did you

being with you” Zachary’s words were delivered in

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the

instant, Rosalie heard

had been dreaming about the events that unfolded in prison

After three years of incarceration, her hands were no longer as tender and smooth

her ten fingers had regrown, her hand still bore the remnants

bones had fractured, healing over time but not flawlessly. The

damp, the

became so excruciating that she yearned to sever her hands just

the death of Melanie Hamilton. Melanie wasn’t

Strico.

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

feet, retrieving a

of a sanitary worker, and the cold weather had bestowed a slight reddish hue upon her delicate face. Beneath her eyes

the youthful vigor that should have animated her eyes was notably

was assigned to the night shift. Having dozed off at the Environment and Sanitation Administration, she had nearly missed her

she 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

body, prompting her to hastily depart from the Environment and Sanitation.

wounds etched into the very core of Rosalie’s being.

night was distinctly cold. Holding a broom, Rosalie diligently swept the road. The bones in her

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

sweeping, a Ferrari unexpectedly pulled to a stop before Rosalie.

Pallor swept over Rosalie’s face as

a scion who used to harass her during her time with Zachary and

to road sweeping?” Timothy Sanders inquired

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woman by his side giggled, “She’s

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

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

She struggled to evade the man’s grasp, but Timothy seized her arm and pinned her against

kicked at

eyes flared red as he refused to relent. He jumped

had dashed to the other

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

as if there was no one