CHAPTER 211 EXPOSÉ

Derik turned on his phone and played a recording. It was a conversation he had with Jeffry the previous night. Mary listened intently, her anger growing. “Yana, how could she be so shameless? Why would she do this to me?” Despite being cousins, Yana had treated her like an enemy since childhood. What did she gain from all of this? “Mary, please calm down. I’ve sent someone to bring her here. If you have anything to say, let’s confront her face to face,” Derik proposed. Mary looked at him, her eyes reddened. “She told me you slept with her, yet you deny it,” she said. Derik felt an overwhelming sense of injustice. “Mary, I swear on my life that if I had slept with her, I would have been struck by a car and killed the moment I stepped out. And if I ever have a son in the future—” “Enough,” Mary interrupted, quickly placing her hand over his mouth to prevent him from swearing. She still cared about him. Noticing her own action, Mary felt a twinge of embarrassment and withdrew her