Chapter 266

Nearly a week later, Shannon finally emerged from the prosecutor’s office, looking visibly fatigued. Stripped of the high-end cosmetics, she appeared pale and haggard, as if she had aged a decade. Several strands of white hair had even appeared.

To avoid the swarm of reporters, Shannon could not bring herself to return home in this ghostly state. She feared that Gregory might catch sight of her like this, causing her carefully maintained image to fall apart.

Sensing her concern, Bethany accompanied Shannon to a beauty salon first, where she washed up before venturing out to face the world.

As they left the salon, Shannon said, “Let’s not go home just yet. Let’s go see Rosalind.”

She adjusted her hair in the mirror with a gloomy expression and continued, “After all, she is my niece. Having risked half her life, I can’t afford not to care. I must uphold my kind and benevolent image for your father.”

Shannon thought to herself, ‘A meticulously crafted persona for 25 years-it absolutely must not unravel!’

Bethany said, “Mom! Rosalind actually resorted to suicide!”

still haunted her. “Let’s not even talk about whether Justin will fall for her fake

it in time?” Shannon said with a playful smile as she put away her

realization dawned on

lifted her index finger to her lips, signaling for

suicide. Back then, she had used a similar strategy, leveraging it to evoke Gregory’s sympathy. It granted her entry into the Salvador family, paving the

trauma would naturally bring back memories of Rosalind’s virtues. Despite the significant risk involved, the potential rewards were

candidate, I can’t allow any possibility of a reunion between Justin and that wretched woman,

her fists. “Bella, how

be formidable in Hatchbay, but that’s just a small town. In Savrow, the

chances in the future to deal with that wretched woman!” She was determined to take revenge on Bella for throwing the slippers

that both Gregory and Justin were inside. Shannon put on a facade of a virtuous wife

My dearest Rosalind! Why would you contemplate something so drastic and

sobbed uncontrollably.” Why must the women in our family endure such misfortune? Framed and tormented by others… If this continues, I won’t be able to

like this…” Rosalind wept and skillfully played the role of a distressed victim.

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