Chapter 717

Lilian Helt was the daughter of Byron, the thirty-third patriarch of the Helt family of Dartan.

She was also Jack's ex-wife.

Throughout Genevieve's four-year stay in Dartan, Jack never wanted her to find out about the Helt family and Lilian. She had never even seen a photograph of the latter.

With skin so fair it looked snow-white, Lilian was more beautiful than Genevieve had imagined.

The purity of her ancient family's blood granted her the right to haughtily look down on the rest of the world, with her ethereal loveliness out of reach for most mortal men.

Though Genevieve was confidently aware of her own beauty, she nevertheless felt insecure standing before Lilian.

that her host was wheelchair-bound. Despite being clad in a long, white dress, the absence of a

though she quickly retracted her gaze. However, Lilian's sharp

she pulled apart her skirt to reveal a pair of cold, black prosthetic legs. “Though I survived my self-induced car accident, my legs had been so mangled that

to the bar for some cups and brewed some coffee.

the steam rose steadily from the cups as the fragrance of coffee enveloped

“You seem

on purpose?” Genevieve asked,

a move against Helt Corporation. He planned to murder Jack for it but I had been married to him for two years then, besides having a baby in my belly. I trusted him. I told my father

entirely devoid of life, even Lilian's tone was mechanical and cold as if recounting

a misunderstanding. I'd even swore I would kill myself and my child to pay

and said nothing. Instead, she turned to the bar for some cups and brewed some coffee. She placed one of

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