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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.
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
she felt physically paled in comparison to the intense ache in Rosalie’s heart at that very
was pressing down on her left hand. The realization that he could be
a deep breath, she said in a hoarse voice. “Did
you” Zachary’s words
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the accident that
next instant, Rosalie heard him utter. “All
she had been dreaming about
now covered in calluses. After three years of incarceration, her hands were no longer as tender and smooth
the nails on her ten fingers had regrown, her hand still bore the remnants of the injury.
time but not flawlessly. The joints appeared slightly misaligned, impeding her ability to perform delicate movements.
damp, the discomfort
the pain became so excruciating that she yearned
Melanie Hamilton. Melanie wasn’t just the eldest daughter of the Hamilton family; she was also the
Strico.
aside by her own family. Ultimately, she received
to her feet, retrieving a cleaning tool
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
youthful vigor that should
the night shift. Having dozed off at the Environment and Sanitation Administration, she had nearly missed her work
in her phone caught Rosalie’s attention. “Huh? Zachary and Yvette are getting engaged. Yvette is truly fortunate to be both a
her to hastily depart from the Environment and Sanitation. Administration.
were like aching wounds etched into the
swept the road. The bones in her hands throbbed in response to the frigid
herself. For a sanitary worker like her, even accessing painkillers
unexpectedly pulled to a stop
man and a woman emerged from the vehicle. Pallor swept over
during her
you to road sweeping?” Timothy Sanders inquired with
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his side giggled,
Zachary Xanthos girlfriend!” Timothy remarked,
you spend the night with me? What I can
way with her. She struggled to evade the man’s grasp, but Timothy seized her arm and pinned her against
at Timothy, taking advantage of his momentary pain to make her
jumped into his Ferrari
to the other side of the
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