Chapter 1226

Chapter 1226Chapter 1226
As the matter gradually spread around, it caused quite a stir within their social circle, though no one
had so far caused Stella any trouble.
She herself had no desire to enmesh herself with all the messy problems, so she was a little surprised
when she saw Guinevere’s parents looking for her at Jason’s mansion.
“Why do you want to see me?” she asked them.
“We heard that you’re back, and we know you want revenge on Gwen, but considering she’s suffered
enough, why don’t you show her some mercy and spare her life…?”
“What on earth are you talking about?” asked Stella, utterly befuddled.
The elderly Cohens looked at each other.
Only three years had passed, but they seemed to have aged decades. The Cohen family had gradually
declined in their influence within the circle. Three years ago, Weston exposed all the shady things they
did, and they came very close to having everything they owned seized by the authorities.
The Cohens had plummeted nearly to the point of destitution. They lost all the benefits that they used
to
gain from Weston, and because of that, even as Guinevere was sent to the sanitarium, none of her
family could do anything other than watch quietly.
They had become completely powerless. “Haven’t you heard? Weston is clearly framing Gwen for Zack’s murder because of you. Think about it,
Zack was Gwen’s very own son! How could she ever do such a thing to him?”
Three years ago, Guinevere’s affair with Chris Ford had practically rocked the whole of Ahn City. It
even spread to the nearby Fern City, where the whole town knew of what they had done, becoming one
of the most searched – for news on the internet.
Everyone now knew that Guinevere Cohen, the former superstar who grew up together with Weston
Ford and his supposed perfect match, had gone behind his back to have an affair with his own father.
To make matters worse, she even gave birth to a boy whose father was Chris Ford.
This whole scandal proved to be a terrible blow to the Cohen family.
In fact, it even devastated the Ford family’s reputation as well, but luckily for them, they had Weston’s
impressive strength to rely on. Although their reputation took a temporary hit, Weston managed to pull
them back up to their initial heights in no time at all.
Meanwhile, the Cohens’ wealth and reputation were already in decline even before everything
happened. Although they had been insulated from any serious consequences in the past, being among
the richest and most prestigious families in Ahn City, this scandal was just too devastating a blow to
them that even their money and status could not save them from ruin.
After all, much of their wealth had come from their reliance on Weston Ford, who naturally refused to
do anything to help them after all that had happened. In fact, not only was he unwilling to help, he was
even hell bent on attacking them by exposing all of the shady businesses that they had been
conducting in secret, thus painting the Cohens’ back as a target for harsh social judgment and
criticism.
In the end, the Cohens completely fell from grace and became social pariahs. –
Nevertheless, they were still grateful that Guinevere was still alive. Until then, they simply refused to
believe that she was the real murderer who killed Zachary Ford!
“She’s his mother, after all! How could she ever do such a heinous thing?!”
Amidst the Cohens’ passionate pleas, Stella finally connected the dots and realized what had been
happening.
It became clear that Weston’s disappearance these last
few days was not because he had finally given up on her, but because he had been busy investigating
the truth behind Zachary’s murder…
At first, even she was shaken by this revelation. She found it hard to believe that Guinevere would
really murder her own child, but she soon calmed down, and memories of Guinevere’s vicious nature
came flooding back to her.
It wasn’t so hard then to accept the fact that Guinevere would stoop so low and do such a thing.