After All the Hurt, She Chose Herself novel Chapter 287

Aria's words struck Charles like a physical blow, leaving him completely paralyzed.

She was making sense.

The entire situation had been bizarre. Even before Lilith passed, he had sensed something was horribly wrong.

Roxanne had known the first batch of medication had severe side effects, yet she continued to employ Hazel to synthesize it and fed it to Lilith.

Even after the antidote was used, she kept the supply flowing. And now, she was pushing for a second autopsy, refusing to even let her daughter rest in peace intact.

She kept preaching that everything she did was for Lilith's sake, but her actions screamed the exact opposite.

Seeing Charles's aggressive posture crumble, Aria scoffed inwardly.

He was so quick to believe everyone else's lies, but never her truth.

Even when the glaring reality was shoved right in his face, his first instinct was still to run from it.

Roxanne jolted upright, pointing a trembling finger at Aria. She opened her mouth to speak, but instead, tears began streaming down her face. A second later, her eyes rolled back, and she collapsed rigidly to the floor.

To an outsider, it looked exactly like Aria had bullied her into fainting.

"Roxanne!"

Charles lunged forward, catching her before she hit the ground, and frantically dragged her onto the bench.

Trying to fake a faint to escape the confrontation?

Aria marched straight over, grabbing Roxanne's wrist without a word to check her pulse.

It was strong and steady. Not the pulse of someone who had actually blacked out.

Roxanne was faking it.

Seeing her collapse, the police immediately called for a doctor.

The doctor arrived and listened with a stethoscope. "Does the patient have any underlying health conditions?"

Since Roxanne had been in a severe car crash years ago, her heart had sustained damage. The doctor would definitely hear the weakness in her heartbeat.

But the reality was, her heart had been like that for years.

She was banking on that exact vulnerability to sell the act.

And unfortunately, Aria couldn't just rip the disguise off her. If she did, Roxanne would twist the narrative and accuse her of assault.

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