The Double Life of My Billionaire Husband

Chapter 572

And yet, despite the suffering she had endured from him, a part of her still screamed that he didn’t deserve to die the way he did in Brandon’s hands. No matter what kind of criminal he was, Jethro was still her daughter’s father. Lydia had always been soft— so much that some people might even call her a coward.

She was a quiet, servile woman who had always heeded her husband’s beck and call. Perhaps it was also because she depended on him for everything. Now that he was gone, she, too, had lost any semblance of direction.

Lydia looked down at her daughter and closed her eyes in pain, tears streaming down her cheeks.

“I’m sorry, darling…” she slowly uttered to the child in her arms.

The baby, blissfully innocent and uncomprehending, waved her tiny hands and babbled at her mother.

Natalie’s heart sank deeper with every step she took away from the ward.

She was pulled out of her despairing thoughts by the ringing from her phone. She looked at the screen, her brows furrowing at the caller ID.

Why was Brandon calling her?

Sean must have told him about her visit to the hospital. Natalie didn’t answer the call, afraid that Brandon would question her. She put the phone back inside her bag and pretended not to hear anything.

blue baseball cap brushed past her. The stranger felt familiar for some reason.

eyes? You knocked my phone to the ground!” the man cursed

Natalie apologized and picked up the phone, and then handed it to him. When she looked back again, the woman

woman’s side

the wall as she gasped for breath. She then gingerly poked her head out from her hiding place to

from the corner. She

forlorn look on Natalie’s face. It could only mean that Natalie wasn’t able to persuade Lydia to appear at the press conference

ahead. She had already paid someone to pretend to be an employee from Jethro’s factory and tell Lydia

was easy enough to make up a story where Brandon had bribed the police to shoot Jethro

ate up everything like

for this much of a fool, Natalie,” Vivian mocked as she walked into the general inpatient

can’t fix.” Before entering the room, Vivian touched up her makeup

Lydia to change her mind later and then take the

inside the

another woman came in. She looked at her new visitor. The woman wore bold make up, and a strong scent of perfume came from

this woman. She wasn’t dressed like a

held her baby closer. “Who sent

Lydia. I’m here to help you.” Vivian always had a smile on

walked right in. She held Lydia’s hand kindly, saying, “As long as you make everything clear for Brandon at the press conference, I can