The Ceo’s Convict Wife by Jennifer Mike

Chapter 178

The ward was currently silent, as no one made a sound. Rosalie could only feel Leonard looking at her very seriously, but his gaze seemed to carry a hint of disdain and disgust.

Next to Leonard, apart from a caretaker, there was also the man who had brought her here and claimed to be Leonard’s personal assistant.

“Do you know why I had you brought here?” Leonard’s voice finally broke the silence after some time.

“Yes. Because of Jonathan, Rosalie replied. Although she was only pretending not to be apprehensive or nervous on here, she felt oddly calm when she saw the contempt in Leonard’s eyes upon her arrival.

After all, she had already experienced the worst before, so things couldn’t possibly get worse today.

Leonard snorted. “It’s good that you’re aware!”

the way

“What do you want to say?” Rosalie asked bluntly. Perhaps due to her exhaustion from experiencing so much, she no longer wanted to beat around the bush.

“To think he actually let you move into the Youngblood residence. Did you really think a woman like you could enter the Youngblood family?” Leonard questioned coldly.

Right then, Rosalie understood that Leonard had purposefully come to assert his authority over her.

She lowered her head and remained silent. At this point, he probably wouldn’t believe whatever she said, anyway.

Leonard seemed to find her silence rather uninteresting and turned to his personal assistant to ask, “Tell me. What do you think my grandson sees in this woman?”

“I’m not sure, but she must have some exceptional qualities, the personal assistant replied

exceptional, and this face is truly unpleasant to look at. Just

Leonard’s personal assistant

raised her head

“He

it so calmly as if it’s

forgot that Leonard used to be a powerful man as well. Since he brought me here today, he naturally has more in

could I have expected him to send me back with just a warning?

assistant retrieved a dagger from his inner breast pocket and walked toward Rosalie. She looked at him quietly,

slightly surprised by her demeanor.

assistant asked

Leonard’s side and bet assigned such tasks probably meant that he was

escape from this ward, she might not be able to escape from

fate, but there was still a sense of anger in Rosalie’s heart. She mused, Why am I destined to be manipulated by others like this? I’m a human

then, I studied law in hopes of upholding justice. Yet

smart, the man sneered.

thinking, “So, this is what it’s like to be at the mercy

All of a sudden, she ducked and swiftly dodged to the side, then rushed toward the

opened it, she was restrained by two bodyguards who were

you were merely looking for a chance to flee. Alas, as you said, you won’t succeed.”

a lamb to the slaughter, she wanted to give herself a

room. Right as she watched the dagger about to cut her face for real this time, the

was suddenly kicked open

blink of an eye,