From Ashes of Scandals to His Embrace novel Chapter 325

Aileen looked like she was about to lose it again. Laurinda just raised her finger to her lips, giving her a calm, silent warning.

“Relax. I’m not finished yet. The list you gave me? It’s already in the hands of Interpol. I wonder if those people you’re counting on will have any time to deal with your little problem while they’re busy running from the law.”

She paused, her gaze steady. “And if they ever find out it was you who leaked that list, do you really think you’ll make it out alive?”

Aileen’s mouth opened, but Laurinda didn’t give her the chance.

“You’re celebrating way too early, Aileen. Did you honestly think you’d get a second chance? This is Cabinda. No matter how much power those people have, they can’t bend the law here. What you’ve done would earn you the death penalty ten times over.”

She leaned in a little, her voice dropping. “And you really believe they’ll be so generous and take care of your kids? You have no idea about that place, do you? There’s a human lab they run... can you even imagine what would happen if your children ended up there?”

Aileen’s eyes kept getting bigger, her fear obvious. She didn’t want to believe Laurinda, but something told her this was the truth.

“Laurinda, why can’t you just leave me alone? Why are you doing this to me?”

Aileen shot up from her chair, her whole body shaking. She wanted to go for Laurinda, to wrap her hands around her neck. In her mind, Laurinda had been ruining her life since they were kids. Everything that had gone wrong, every bit of her misery, was Laurinda’s fault. She and her children could have had amazing lives, but Laurinda had destroyed all of it.

Laurinda just looked at her, ice-cold. “Even now, you think this is all because of me? You really believe I forced you to do those things?”

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