The Wife You Buried Is Back from Hell novel Chapter 434

She glanced at Millie with a cool detachment. “She’s wound so tight these days, all because of those rumors.”

Kirsten just shrugged. “Honestly, if you haven’t done anything wrong, there’s nothing to be afraid of.”

The way she’s acting, jumping at every shadow—clearly, there’s a guilty conscience at play.

“Alexander even looked back at you, so what if people are calling her a homewrecker?” Kirsten added. “Is that supposed to be your fault too?”

Danielle smiled lightly. “That’s his business, not mine.”

There was no reason to let someone else’s drama eat away at her.

Once the conversation died down, Millie sat rigid in her chair, feeling the weight of a hundred invisible eyes boring into her back. She was suddenly convinced she had become the center of attention, the subject of everyone’s whispered jokes.

Alexander turned slightly, casting Millie a sidelong glance.

He had a knack for reading people.

“No need to be nervous,” Alexander said softly.

His tone was calm, yet strangely comforting.

Just those few words, even if they didn’t directly address her fears, settled something inside Millie. It was proof that he was paying attention to her, worried she might be too anxious, too caught up in what everyone else thought.

Millie took a slow, steady breath, willing herself to relax.

“Sorry to keep everyone waiting.”

At that moment, Chairman White of the Aerospace Institute walked in, trailed by a small group of government officials.

Danielle paused, caught off guard by his arrival. Millie’s heart skipped a beat.

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