Roxanne Sutton looked at the mocking smile on her lips, as if she could see right through her thoughts.

She couldn’t help but clench her fist.

Annelise Mayfield hastily spoke up, "Roxanne, that jerk isn’t worth this!!"

Selena Kensington glanced at her, signaling her not to be impulsive.

Annelise paused, but eventually pouted under Selena’s gaze and said nothing more.

What Annelise didn’t know was that now it seemed she had started to trust Selena.

"Stop fooling yourself."

Selena spoke calmly.

Hearing these words, Roxanne’s fists clenched even tighter.

Selena continued, "You left Westport with Sidney Dalton at the age of eighteen. During this time, you were his secret lover for five years, until you established yourself in the entertainment industry, and Sidney gradually brought you into the circles of Aethelgard."

"Back then, you left with him because you didn’t want to waste your youth in Westport, and you climbed up to Sidney Dalton because you wanted to use his power to reach higher, didn’t you, Roxanne? Your ambition is written all over your face..."

"Shut up!"

Roxanne suddenly shouted.

As if Selena had touched on the ugly thoughts in her heart, she hurriedly tried to cover it up.

Annelise, standing beside them, was completely stunned by Selena’s words.

Didn’t Roxanne tell her she left because she fell in love with Sidney at first sight and wanted to pursue her dreams...?

Even though Annelise was simple, it wasn’t like she understood nothing.

At the very least, she knew ’secret lover’ was a very bad term.

Selena gently glanced at Roxanne.

Although the look didn’t seem threatening, that slight glance made a chill inexplicably rise in Roxanne’s heart.

She immediately dared not speak again.

"You just asked me why I’m so certain you’ll come back. Let me explain."

"Because you’re not willing... You can’t stand having gambled your youth on Sidney Dalton and ending up like this."

"I suppose you’re thinking, if it weren’t for Catherine Blanchett and me, you could have used Sidney Dalton’s power to become someone everyone in the entertainment industry admires, and marry into the Dalton family to become a lady of a wealthy family..."

Selena slowly exposed Roxanne’s true intentions.

In a past life, Roxanne indeed achieved her goals.

But ultimately, it was borrowed causality...

In this lifetime, Selena made slight adjustments, and the causal link between Roxanne and Sidney Dalton became fragile, unable to withstand a single blow.

Why did Sidney Dalton in the previous life marry Roxanne?

It was simply because she was a familiar presence beside him; plus, Roxanne was obedient and even a top star of Radiance, not to mention she assisted Sidney in many ways.

In the end, Roxanne even brought the entire Sutton Family and married into the Dalton Family.

Since there was no Catherine Blanchett in the past life, Roxanne had no difficulty marrying into the Dalton Family.

But this life was different.

All the hidden, ugly thoughts in Roxanne’s heart were hit by Selena, yet she couldn’t do anything to her, only gritting her teeth and enduring with clenched fists.

After listening to Selena’s words, Annelise’s entire facial expression completely collapsed.

"...Roxanne, were you lying to me all along?"

Annelise bit her lower lip hard, her eyes slightly red, stubbornly looking at Roxanne.

She had once envied Roxanne’s courage to pursue her love and dreams.

So she always supported Roxanne, and when she heard Roxanne had suffered in Aethelgard and was forced to return, Annelise rushed to Aethelgard to seek justice for her.

But now, she was told that everything Roxanne had told her was just an illusion.

It was merely a perfect excuse to disguise her ambition.

Little did she know, she had foolishly believed it for so many years.

"I..."

Roxanne looked up at Annelise, immediately unable to say anything.

Seeing the slight redness in Annelise’s eyes, she gritted her teeth, as if eager to vent all her resentment and bitterness.

"Yes! I am such a sordid and ambitious woman!"

"You’re the fool who believed all of that! But think about it, how could someone like you, coddled and protected, possibly understand what I think?!..."

Roxanne spoke coldly.

Annelise stared at Roxanne, feeling as if her childhood playmate had suddenly become a stranger...

"What are you saying..."

Annelise asked in disbelief.

"You’ve been raised by Auntie personally, and the Mayfield family cherished you like a treasure. What about me? I was nothing more than a pet for them when they were in a good mood! The Mayfield family never considered me one of their own!"

"I envied that you received endless love since childhood, while I had to cautiously survive in the Mayfield family! Auntie is heartless, but she should never forget it was my mother who brought her back to the Mayfield family!"

Roxanne spoke coldly, as if pouring out decades of bitterness and resentment.

"And how did she treat me? After my mother died, she ignored me completely! If I didn’t find my own path, I would have withered away in Westport forever! That would be impossible!"

So, when Roxanne met Sidney Dalton, she knew her chance had come.

She seized every opportunity to connect with Sidney Dalton.

And of course, she succeeded.

She left Westport, the place she despised. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

When Annelise saw Roxanne badmouthing Lark Mayfield, she instinctively retorted, "You’re lying! Auntie isn’t like that! You don’t understand the burden she bears! She sealed the Mayfield family in Westport to protect them!"

Roxanne slowly curled her lips into a mocking smile, "Say what you want."

Selena quietly observed the two arguing.

Once Annelise and Roxanne were nearly done speaking, she slowly spoke up.

"How have you considered?"

She asked Roxanne.

Roxanne fell silent for a moment, and once her emotions settled, she spoke calmly, "Do I have a choice?"

Now, however, she was overly composed.

Selena silently glanced at her.

After a long while, she spoke, "You should know your place."

Roxanne was right.

She had no choice.

Because if she chose not to cooperate, Selena had ways to force her.

But if she cooperated willingly, she could salvage her dignity,

thus, Roxanne had no reason not to cooperate.

Selena also truly understood her; she was indeed unwilling.

How could she be willing?