The Secret Heir Return To Wealth And Love

"Didn't listen to a word of my warning, you fool." Jacob's eyes were filled with scorn.

Rose looked around at the faces that had once been so friendly towards her, now twisted into sneers brimming with malice. She felt an intense loathing. A great fear welled up inside her.

"It's not what you think!" Rose implored earnestly, locking eyes with the crowd. "My mom said that when you get that kind of illness, death is the only true release. For Rosalynn, for her kids, it's like disarming a ticking time bomb!"

"Wayne nearly killed her, didn't you know?" she added quickly.

Everyone here, except for Hilaria, knew about that incident.

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"Look at this nutjob, trying to take a bite out of Wayne even now," Jacob sneered with thick irony. "So dumb."

"Exactly!" Paige glared at her fiercely. "After everything I've done for you? I took you in, hoping to prevent you from going down your mother's path, despite knowing what she had done. I tried to give you the warmth of our home to change you. I knew you weren't the brightest bulb, but I still supported you, gave you projects to help you grow. And this is how you repay me?"

Paige looked like she was about to kick her.

Letho, who had regained his senses for a moment, hurried to explain to Rosalynn, "Mrs. Silverman, I swear I had no idea the concoction she gave me was poisonous. She told me you had been bullying her, and that swapping the medicine was to prevent Mr. Silverman from recovering too quickly, just to prolong your agony!"

Letho was shy and not tall, and he'd never been much of a ladies' man. After arriving at Penn's lab, he fell for Rose almost at first sight. In his heart, Rose was always a gentle and kind woman.

Even to an inconspicuous chemist like him, she was polite and thoughtful. When not at work, she was either volunteering at the orphanage with Dr. Lange or helping at the animal shelter. When Rose suddenly disappeared from the institute, Letho was beside himself with worry.

After getting in touch with Rose and hearing about her pitiful past and the bullying she'd suffered at the hands of Rosalynn, Letho's heart broke for her, and he despised the oppressive elite like Rosalynn. So, when Rose asked Letho for help in getting a small revenge on Rosalynn, he agreed without a second thought.

After all, kind-hearted Rose, after enduring such long-term bullying, only wanted to extend Mr. Silverman's treatment period a little. And, by doing so, Rose would agree to date him, maybe even consider marrying him.

Letho hardly hesitated, it seemed like a sure win for him.

He could never have imagined that what was supposed to be a semi-finished medicine would turn out to be poison!

Letho couldn't bear to think what would have happened if Rosalynn hadn't discovered it and the toxic medicine had been injected into Wayne's body!

"Shut up!" Rose shouted at Letho in panic, then turned to Rosalynn, desperately trying to explain, "I lied to him. It's true, I've never felt the warmth of a family like I did from you. It's precisely because of the warmth you gave me that I was determined to end your suffering! Ms. Tesdal, Paige is wrong. I am grateful for everything you've given me. This is my way of repaying you! I wanted to save you from future pain and misery. Wayne doesn't deserve you!"

By the end, her voice was hoarse with emotion, "Have you forgotten how he treated you like a stand-in, a commodity, and trampled on your dignity? Even without the illness, after everything he did, doesn't he deserve to die?"

Rosalynn was speechless.

"You and your mother are both so despicable," she scoffed. "Because someone gave you warmth and stability, so you want to destroy her life? What bad luck did Betsy and I have to get entangled with you two freaks?"

"I'm not like my mother; she loved Ayden, envied my aunt for their love, and since she couldn't have it, she chose to destroy it. But I'm different. I don't want anything from you; I truly want you to have a normal life!" Rose pleaded, her eyes swimming with tears, her sincerity apparent.

This made everyone present furrow their brows.

"Do you believe me?" Rose looked at Rosalynn with teary eyes.

Rosalynn's face was cold as she said tersely, "So you did it for me?" Rose nodded vigorously.