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!”

a dislike for Rosalind, the memory of that blood-soaked bathroom still haunted her. “Let’s not even talk about whether Justin will fall for her fake suffering.

how could anyone not discover it in time?” Shannon said with a

was momentarily stunned before a sudden realization dawned on

index finger to her lips, signaling for Bethany to not

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 way for the

challenging period. Triggering the past trauma would

if Rosalind isn’t an ideal candidate, I can’t allow any possibility of

mere thought of Bella made her clench her fists. “Bella, how dare you play games with me? I swear, I

in Hatchbay, but that’s just

resentment, “We’ll have plenty of chances in the future to deal with that wretched woman!”

put on a facade of a virtuous wife and

something so drastic and do such

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