Divorce Failed! My Wife's Secret Identities Shock the World novel Chapter 278

"This is… way too much. I can't possibly wear it all."

Sofia laughed. "Andres's father gave me these as engagement gifts. I didn't even wear half of them."

"Don't worry about not wearing them. When you and Andres start showing up at events together, these will come in handy."

They were mid-conversation when Tanner's call came through on the house line.

Sofia took it—and her face changed instantly.

"Send them away. I don't want to see them."

Maeve caught the shift. "What happened?"

Sofia sighed. "Molly and her mother want to see me."

Maeve blinked. "I thought they left."

"They were going to," Sofia said, tired. "But last night's storm stranded them."

"Andres told me he even removed Molly from her position as CEO at the Grand Horizon Hotel."

With that glossy title gone, Molly's future was about to turn very dark.

Sofia didn't feel the slightest pity for either of them.

Over the years, the Whites had compensated the Sullivans more than enough.

Money. Status. Influence. Whatever they asked for, the Whites gave.

And the more they got, the more shameless they became.

There were things Sofia had never said aloud to anyone—yet with Maeve, she suddenly wanted to unburden herself.

"Molly isn't simple," Sofia said quietly. "Every time, she uses my health as leverage to make trouble for Andres."

"And this time—calling the FDA to file a complaint—it's made me hate her even more."

"She knows the Whites and the Shepherds are sworn enemies, and she still dragged Shepherd people in just to disgust Andres."

"She'll do anything to get what she wants. Anything."

Maeve wasn't a gossip, but she could hear the resentment lodged under every word.

"The Shepherd family," Maeve asked, "are they that dangerous?"

"At the funeral, Andres even went to pay his respects."

"That the Shepherds wouldn't forgive us—that was expected."

"But that they pinned it all on the Whites as the murderer… that was the part that didn't make sense. And yet it happened."

"William had plenty of enemies, and the Shepherds are a political family."

"The truth is… it's complicated. Some of it can be explained. Some of it can't."

Maeve's eyes narrowed as the pieces clicked.

"Someone killed William on purpose, then framed the Whites—trying to create conflict between the Whites and the Shepherds?"

Sofia sighed. "I don't involve myself in outside matters."

"I'm just heartsick over Molly's methods."

"She knows exactly what history exists between the Whites and the Shepherds, and she still used James as a weapon."

After all these years, the White family had raised a snake in their own house.