Chapter 285

• Mona stood in the middle of the crowd, enduring every insult, every accusation hurled at her. Her arms tightened protectively around her child, her heart aching with every cruel word. Tears streamed down her face, but she refused to break. Her gaze landed on the man she had once loved so deeply, the man she had trusted with her whole heart. How could she have been so blind?
• Now, he felt like a stranger, someone she no longer recognized. He wasn’t the man she had fallen for, and he certainly wasn’t worthy of being her child’s father. Taking a deep breath, she spoke up, her voice shaking but firm. “Miss Rose, he’s deceiving you. Don’t believe a word he says. He’s lying.”
• Rose’s eyes burned with fury as she took a step forward. “You still have the audacity to speak?” she spat. “Do you have no shame left? Because of you, I doubted my own husband! Because of your lies, people questioned him and humiliated him! I won’t forgive you for this.”