Chapter 42

I'd only met Simone a handful of times. Back then, she was the one who opposed my marriage to Steve the most. After the wedding, she was openly cold toward me. She said that aside from bearing children, I had no value to the Griffin family whatsoever. The day I delivered a stillborn baby, I was in unbearable pain. She simply stood by my hospital bed, let out a cold snort, and said, "You're useless! Now you've even lost your only value—the ability to bear a child!" From that point on, she couldn't even be bothered to keep up appearances. During holidays and festivals, she only ever had Steve return home alone. And I, not wanting my parents to worry, spent every so-called holiday by myself in the vast Griffin villa. Now that Simone had suddenly come to visit me, I immediately understood her intentions. Standing by my bed, she adjusted the cashmere shawl around her shoulders and asked, "The news article that smeared the Griffin Group… You wrote that, didn't you? The byline says Zara