Enchanted Nightfall: Falling for Destiny

Chapter 5

Sean’s forehead veins were throbbing with rage as he spat out, “Quintessa, you little bastard.”

Quintessa mocked him with a sneer, “Yeah, I’m the bastard. The one you brought into this world. If you had just been shooting blanks, we wouldn’t be having these troubles now, would we?”

Sean was so exasperated pain gripped his lungs, “I should have strangled you when I had the chance.”

Leaning against the table, Quintessa laughed, “Yeah, you should have, just like you drove my mom to her grave.”

Everyone in town gossiped about how Quintessa’s mother was the homewrecker, but little did they know, it was actually Mrs. Young, the current wife, who was the real mistress.

as the second eldest daughter, but who would guess that Quintessa

married her mother, and she was barely pregnant, Sean had already set his sights on a more affluent match, driving Quintessa’s mother to despair.

Young – to falsify Quintessa’s age by a year, claiming that Quintessa’s mother seduced Sean while Lilian was

had died in an accident, and out of pity for the child, Mrs.

for her kindness

They said she got what she deserved, punished by God for wrecking

age was due not only to luck but to the Youngs‘ belief that she was beneath their concern. When they were upset or in need of amusement, tormenting her seemed to lighten their spirits. For years, Quintessa’s existence in the Young family had been nothing but a source of humiliation and

etched into Quintessa’s memory, fueling a hatred that never subsided, burning inside

the Young family,

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were severed from

down Sean’s spine, and he abruptly realized that the daughter he had neglected for years had, unbeknownst to him, morphed

wide open, waiting for the moment to devour the entire Young family, even if it meant her

want revenge for your mom?”