Chapter 813

Claire glanced toward the entrance and there was Connor, standing right in the doorway, with Chloe just behind him. Claire had already sensed that her plan had unraveled. Connor must have figured it out and flipped the script on her. But where had she gone wrong? Connor's timing was impeccable, almost as if he'd planned it. Claire's gaze was icy as she looked at him. "Connor, you must be feeling pretty smug right now," she said with a hint of bitterness.

But Connor's face was anything but smug. He looked serious, almost somber. "There's nothing for me to be proud of. If anyone should be feeling that way, it's you. You wanted to use this tactic back on Paradise Island, and now, here we are, just as you planned." Back on Paradise Island, Claire had indeed sent Barrett. At the time, she believed Diana was the one Connor held dear. She was determined to ruin Diana and, in doing so, wound Connor deeply. But the plan had backfired.

Now, things were different. Claire retorted with a sarcastic edge, "You've always been Diana's knight in shining armor, yet now you're willing to let her be humiliated? Connor, you really are as cold as they come."

Connor's expression hardened, a fierce glint in his eyes. "She brought this on herself. She's one of yours, isn't she? Trying to harm me, my wife, and Pax with her schemes. With such malice, she no longer deserves forgiveness." Claire's face showed a flicker of confusion. "What are you talking about?"

on, big sis, drop the act.

didn't say a word, but

no one would suspect you two were in on it together from the start." Claire

stepped over the

Barrett to drug everyonez Eve's scone, the wine on Pax, the jewelry box Diana handed to Chloe, and the door handle in my room rigged to

cold,

a new low. Even the fiercest beast spares its own cubs.

like an accusation,

moment, Claire was caught off guard, as if realizing something. But when she locked eyes with Connor again, her composure was restored. "Connor,

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