Chapter 25%
Without waiting for Rowen’s response, I immediately had someone escort him out.}
I watched as he staggered away, then threw myself back into work.”
By now, most of the company’s affairs were settled, but many people who had worked closely with my father and Rowen were unhappy with how I handled things.
They believed I had deliberately stolen the company and framed my father and Rowen. Some even chose to resign rather than work under
- me.
In response, I gathered evidence of what Rowen and my father had done and made it public.
From then on, they became the public enemy–despised by everyone.}
Rowen, having nowhere to turn, was forced to roam the streets.
People who recognized him insulted him and even threw trash at him.
Late at night, Rowen slept under a bridge with his few belongings and some money–only to wake up and find everything gone.
He immediately suspected I had taken it and came back to the company looking for me.}
But this time, he didn’t even get near the front gate before being turned away.
I waited until the day my father and Tessa’s trial began.}]
For the first time in a long while, I saw Rosalie again.
For
Her pregnant belly was prominent, and she was adorned in expensive jewelry–clearly living in luxury, unaffected by her family’s arrest.” When she saw her parents appear in court, she suddenly broke down, crying and shouting.
Her cries echoed through the entire courthouse as she pointed at us and called us ungrateful.
ignored her and left with my mother.
Tessa had embezzled public funds mostly for personal use. She sold all her assets but still couldn’t make up for the loss, so she was sentenced to seven years in prison.
My father was sentenced to twelve years for deliberate poisoning and allowing Tessa to embezzle funds.
The verdict felt like a heavy weight lifted from my and my mother’s hearts.
Rosalie chased after us, crying and begging me to spare her parents.
“And what about you? Have you ever thought about sparing me and my mother?“}
They fully deserved their fate. If she had just stayed a quiet illegitimate child, favored by my father, she could have had a happy life.
But the problem was, they all wanted too much.
Watching us walk away, Rosalie was furious. She picked up her phone and whined to someone on the other end.§ “What do we do? Didn’t you say you’d help me save my mother? Why did the judge still sentence them?“>
“Don’t forget, I’m carrying your child. Didn’t you say you’d do anything to help me? Can’t you think of another way?”
Rosalie didn’t notice the figure behind her.
Rowen had planned to come see the trial today, but he never expected to witness this scene.§
Looking at Rosalie and then at his own disheveled state, he felt deeply unfair.
Why was he a homeless vagabond while Rosalie continued living well?
Just because she was carrying someone else’s child?”
Rowen’s eyes narrowed dangerously as he quietly followed her.
After Rosalie finished her call and started to leave, Rowen struck her unconscious with a stick.!
When Rosalie woke up, she found herself in an abandoned factory.
She was tied up, and Rowen was squatting before her, watching her panic.}
“Rowen? What are you doing? Let me go! Someone help! Help me!“}
Rowen prodded her chin with the stick. “What’s your name? Does this place look familiar?”
Rosalie’s eyes widened in terror. She realized this was the same place where she had tricked me into forcing Rowen to choose
No wonder you’re living so well now. Which man are you with?“%
The stick moved across Rosalie’s body, finally stopping on her belly.
She swallowed nervously and forced a smile at Rowen
“Rowen, what are you talking about? I’ve been looking for you all this time, and this child is yours!”
But Rower’s expression darkened as he threw a phone in front of her
“Then what’s this on your phone?!“B
