My Gentle Wife is a Real Divine Being

Chapter 787

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Lara stiffened at those words.

Debra added, “You're about my age. The only reason Drake keeps you around isn’t for your meticulous nature,

but for sother value you can provide. Ever since | mentioned Conrad, your expression has been a telltale

sign. Drake can’t possibly entrust you with such a high position if you can’t control her emotions.”

“I...” Lara bit her lip, unable to form a counterargument.

Debra leaned in. “Yvonne might be Miss Sharp now, but she’s just an illegitimate child. For years, she’s used sex

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to benefit both the Sharps and Drake. But Drake is worried that Yvonne would slip out of his control, so he keeps

you close, right?”

Lara's face turned pale, confirming Debra’s suspicion. Debra asked, “May | know why you chose to stay here?”

Lara bit her lips. “My mother was once a toy for the wealthy, groomed and raised by the Lowe family. Conrad

approached her, keeping her as his mistress. But when she becpregnant, he vanished. After | was born, my

mother learned that Conrad had a horde of mistresses.”

Tears welled up in her eyes, and she continued with resentment, “When | was ten, Mrs. Sharp discovered our

existence. Out of spite, she had my mother beaten to death. | escaped the disaster because | was at school. |

tried to find Conrad, but he didn’t even recognize me. He had too many mistresses and illegitimate children to

remember me.”

“And what happened next?” Debra asked, feeling sorry for her.

Lara replied bitterly, “After that, | relied on scholarships and charity to survive. Isn't it absurd? In my senior year

of high school, there was a charity gala where scholarship students likewere paraded by the so-called

philanthropists. | recognized Conrad immediately, but he didn’t have the slightest idea who | was.”

She laughed through tears. “He couldn't recognize me, but | couldn't forget those voracious eyes. All the

orphans, boys and girls, were locked in a room-afterward. Conrad picked my best friend, Michelle, and had her

dragged into his room.

Lara gripped Debra’s hand and sobbed, “You have no idea what,it’s like to hear those screams of despair. I'll

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never forget Michelle's hopeless face. | clung to Drake, begging him to save me. He walkedout of the hotel,

and just as we stepped outside, Michelle's body fell off and landed right in front of us. Her limbs were shattered.

Blood splattered all over Drake and me. And you know what he did? He wiped the blood off his face with disgust

and ordered someone to dispose of the body so casually.”

Lara took a deep breath and added, “Later, | discovered that Drake had known who | was all along. He's a

monster. He orchestrated that gala just so | could witness the cruelty and

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hate Conrad.”

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