Chapter 80: A Dark Secret
Lara Anderson looked down at the pictures that she had received and felt her insides burn! Dam* it! She should have known that the old man would not let her win so easily! Hadn’t ’Uncle’ William been a thorn in her side for so many years? He’d always influenced her parents so that they would think that she was in the wrong.
He’d brainwashed them to the extent that they’d made her marry a man whom she hated to the core! She’d been forced to become a mother and act the dutiful wife just so she could live comfortably. Every day, for so many years, she had patiently dreamt of being able to get rid of her husband. And when it had finally happened, that old man had interfered again, leaving her saddled with these children so that she had to start all over again!
And now once again, when she had almost reached her goal, he had meddled. Instead of letting Sara take the inheritance, he’d arranged matters so that it would land in Nora’s lap! But it wasn’t enough that he’d guided her to win it but also the person he had arranged to protect her and become her husband.
Demon Frost! Who had not heard of this man in their country? The man was in his early thirties, but he had ruled the city’s business and high society with an iron fist for almost a decade now. The man was known to kill his enemy first before inviting anyone to negotiate. And that man was now standing between her and Nora, stopping her from gaining her rightful inheritance.
She winced as she felt the throbbing pain on her cheek, making it difficult to focus on anything else. No wonder she had been so swiftly attacked when she had dared to create trouble for Nora. The bi*ch had actually made complaints to her husband.
Lara looked into the mirror carefully. Her youthful and beautiful appearance was marred with bruises which were still fading to yellow. She had never expected that Nora would be so vicious to hire someone to assault her. She needed to settle these accounts as well. However now that she knew who her opponent was, she was going to be much more careful. Nora was a nobody who was easily manipulated. Demetri Frost was not. She would need to find some weakness in that man so that she would be able to subdue him.
But first, she would have to get rid of the boy. His brother had already been captured by Demetri Frost. While that policeman Alex knew nothing about her identity, Max was a different story altogether. If Max was caught, he might reveal her involvement.