Chapter 417: Chapter 417

No one would associate his polite and poised demeanor with the word "mistress".

In today’s society, "mistress" seems to be a term exclusively reserved for women.

When a man cheats, people generally attribute the blame to the mistress; but when a woman cheats, it’s perceived as her failure to uphold propriety.

With Simon Rhodes’s gentlemanly demeanor, even fewer people pin the blame on him.

Thus, the live commentary was mainly condemning Susan Wilde.

Various conspiracy theories also emerged.

Some even said that Susan Wilde was a pawn set by Shawn Rhodes to bring down Sterling Group.

From Susan Wilde’s perspective, public sidestepping Simon Rhodes was actually a relief to her.

However, as the blame fell upon her, she couldn’t help feeling wronged.

Shawn Rhodes, on the other hand, became a complete victim.

Another news segment showed reporters waiting at Shawn Rhodes’s company, but Shawn never appeared.

Shawn Rhodes angrily pushed open the door, looking at Rowan Alder, who was sitting on the sofa watching the news. He frowned and interrogated, "Do you have anything to do with this?"

Rowan Alder looked up at him, feigning ignorance: "What?" Then she pointed to the news on TV, "You mean this?"

Shawn was silent, merely looking at her with displeasure.

Rowan Alder lowered her gaze, let out a cold laugh, and said, "Seeing her being criticized, you feel heartbroken?"

Shawn: "I’ve already divorced her, why are you still doing these things?!"

Rowan Alder: "Why do you assume I did it?! Just because you’re involved with her, you lose your discernment and pin the blame on me without fair judgment?"

She stood up, walked up to Shawn, looked up at him coldly, and said: "Yes, you are divorced."

She poked Shane Rhodes in the chest with her finger: "But your heart is still with her!"

Shawn looked at her in disappointment: "Laura, I truly don’t want to see you become ."

Rowan Alder scoffed contemptuously: "I suppose it’s not that you don’t want to see me , but you don’t want to see me at all, right? I’ve become the culprit of your broken marriage, but have you ever thought who buried my love?! What did I give up, and what did I gain?!"

The news on TV discussed the losses caused to The Rhodes Group by this incident.

Rowan Alder turned to look at the TV and said: "Look, isn’t this what you wanted? Haven’t you always disliked your uncle? Isn’t this fulfilling your wishes? Speaking of methods, doesn’t this seem more like you found someone to report it?"

Shawn acknowledged that he might have indeed felt happy about this before.

But when he decided to leave Susan Wilde, blessing her and Simon Rhodes, he let go of many things.

His love for Susan Wilde.

His hatred toward Simon Rhodes.

He had let them all go.

"Besides, these things aren’t fabricated; she indeed did these things. Even if exposed, she brought this on herself. Why are you venting your anger on me?!"

"I just want to know if you had anything to do with this!"

Without someone backing them, the media wouldn’t have dared to report this news.

Many paparazzi had photos and videos but were never brave enough to release them unless someone backed them.

Although Rowan Alder didn’t have such capacity, she did know how to leverage others’ power.

Facing Shawn’s pressing inquiry, Rowan Alder became somewhat annoyed and said: "Even if I did, what are you going to do? Take it out on me for her?!"

Shawn took a deep breath to calm his emotions and gently said: "Laura, it really is enough. She has left our lives, let’s just live well, okay? Don’t keep entangling in her matters, alright?"

Rowan Alders was somewhat losing control, yelling at Shawn: "Is it me who won’t let go of her matters, or is it you who hasn’t let go?!"

"If you keep bringing up the past, I really won’t be able to carry on living well with you."

"Fine! Then go to her, huh?! Shawn, I really don’t understand where I went wrong. Following you since my teenage years, when I was heavily pregnant with your baby, you were someone else’s husband, I waited for you to fulfill your promise but in the end, you fell in love with another woman. You’re asking me to live well with you?! Ask yourself honestly, do you really want to live well with me?! If it weren’t for the sake of the child, you probably would have ditched me a long time ago, maybe wouldn’t have divorced Susan Wilde at all, right?!"

Shawn frowned, watching her in agitation: "Calm down."

Rowan Alder felt wronged in her heart, only seeing her own perspective, she felt she was the most innocent.

She held her belly, tears streaming down like rain.

Whether it was due to being overly emotional, her due date being imminent, she suddenly frowned, holding her belly with one hand and the sofa with the other, sitting back down on the sofa.

Seeing her distress, Shawn worriedly approached to inquire, "What happened?" Updates are released by novel✦fire.net

Rowan Alder clutched her belly, pale-faced and in pain, said: "...I think my water broke."

"I’ll take you to the hospital!"

At this juncture, no one would expect Shawn Rhodes to appear in the hospital, much less know about his affair with Rowan Alder.

Online condemnation of Susan Wilde grew more intense, so vehement it seemed she couldn’t even walk down the street without fear of being recognized and attacked.

Susan Wilde watched the television, disconnected her phone from the internet, trying to shield herself from the online world.

Sitting on the sofa, she covered the ring on her ring finger.

It seemed to give her great strength, silently comforting the pain in her heart.

She knew, although the online criticism towards Simon Rhodes was minimal, the pressure he faced wasn’t less than hers.

In a fleeting moment, Susan Wilde questioned whether her past decisions were correct.

Sometimes, love is truly fragile when confronted by many things.

"Knock knock—" The door was knocked.

Susan Wilde’s body stiffened, her initial reaction was thinking the reporters had found her door.

She got up, cautiously walked to the door, checking the identity of the person through the digital peephole.

To her, this person was more terrifying than the reporters.

After hesitating for a while, Susan Wilde took a deep breath before she opened the door.

Shane Royale was standing outside, leaning on a cane, flanked by two bodyguards in black suits.

Although Shane Royale was quite elderly, his intimidating aura was still present.

When Susan Wilde saw him, she was so frightened she could hardly speak.

Unsure how to address him appropriately, Susan Wilde didn’t utter a word, slightly turned her body and opened the door.

Shane Royale walked in alone, while the two bodyguards waited outside.

Susan Wilde watched Shane Royale proceed to the sofa and sit down. Her hand trembled slightly as she picked up a cup to pour water.