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.

regaining her composure, Genevieve walked toward Lilian when she suddenly realized that her host was wheelchair-bound. Despite being clad in a long, white dress, the absence of a carpet over her lap revealed a glint of

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 they had to be amputated. I only wear my prosthetics to feel

the bar for some cups and

rose steadily from the cups as

a sip before looking at Genevieve. “You seem very shocked

Genevieve asked,

answering, “My father suspected back then that Jack was colluding with other families to make 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 that Jack was one of us and that he wouldn't conspire with outsiders to harm our company. I

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

I'd even swore I would kill myself and my child to pay for my transgressions

she turned to the bar for some cups and brewed some coffee. She

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