Chapter 163


    Leonora’s heart clenched in terror asn’s using finger pointed her way. Her face, however, was


    a picture of shocked innocence as she let out a nervous chuckle.


    n, honey, that’s my grandchild we’re talking about. How could you think I’d ever want to hurt


    them? Did ra put you up to this? She’s just trying to pin her hatred for me onto something


    tangible. You can’t believe her.”


    His lips pressed into a thin line, and from his throat came three words heavy with usation:


    “Longevity Hall.”


    The mention of that ce sent an involuntary shiver through Leonora, but she quickly regained her


    composure. “That’s where I get my medicine from. What’s the issue?”


    “You’re close with that Dr. Golf, then? The herbalist?”


    “Yeah, I’ve been going through a rough menopause, so I sought his help. He mixed up a few


    concoctions for me. They work wonders, really improved my sleep. Is there a problem with him?”


    Leonora’s face remained expressionless, her eyes clear, revealing no hint of weakness or w.


    Minutester, the elderly herbalist from Longevity Hall and his two assistants were ushered into the


    hall.


    At first, Dr. Golf staunchly denied any wrongdoing, but his apprentices betrayed him, revealing that


    Leonora had paid him a hefty sum to add a particr ingredient to ra’s prescriptions and to


    destroy any remaining evidence.


    Leonora could never have imagined that her seemingly wless plot would unravel so easily.


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    After the truth came to light,n’s eyes reddened, his fingertips trembling. He turned to Rose, his


    voiceden with barely concealed agony, “Grandma Rose, that was my child!”


    Rose was already trembling with fury. She had longed to hold a great–grandchild, but the child had


    been cruelly taken by his own grandmother before they were even born.


    Rose’s hands trembled as she pointed at Leonora and said, “Twenty–four years ago, against my


    son’s objections, you insisted on climbing the mountain to pray while heavily pregnant, resulting in


    the death of my unborn granddaughter. Twenty–four yearster, you’ve shown no regard for family,


    orchestrating the death of your own grandchild. Leonora, how did the Hayes family ever wrong you


    to deserve such cruelty?”


    Leonora fell to her knees with a thump, tears streaming as she pleaded, “I’m sorry. It was a moment


    of foolishness. I didn’t want ra to have ran’s baby.n never nned to marry ra, and how


    could he want a child? I was simply removing a problem for him; if he really wanted kids, he


    wouldn’t have been so careful with contraception.”


    “Leonora! How could you utter such vile words? They may not want a kid, but that doesn’t equate to


    you murdering that baby. That was a living being! Andn had finally found a girl he loved. As his


    mother, you should be happy, not concocting such malicious schemes to ruin it. Since you’ve


    shown no heart, don’t expect any mercy from me. I’m calling my son right now to get him to divorce


    you. The Hayes family won’t harbor an ingrate.”


    Leonora clutched desperately at Rose’s hand, sobbing, “Mom, please, forgive me. Don’t let him


    divorce me. At my age, what will I do if


    I’m alone?”


    Rose shook her off with a disdainful flick of her wrist, her voice cold as steel, “This marriage should


    have ended long ago. Had it not been for your mother saving my son’s life, I would have thrown you


    out of this house twenty–four years ago.”


    Leonora’s pleas fell on deaf ears as she beggedn and implored Greta for sympathy, but none


    would listen.