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.

would guess that Quintessa was actually a year older

already set his sights on a more affluent match, driving Quintessa’s mother to

the scandal, he conspired with the now Mrs. Young – Lilian Young – to falsify Quintessa’s age by a year, claiming that Quintessa’s mother seduced Sean while

out of

Emberbrook’s elite circles praised Mrs. Lilian Young for her kindness and her

what she deserved, punished

due not only to luck but to the Youngs‘ belief that she was beneath their concern. When they were upset or in need

the building was etched into Quintessa’s memory, fueling a hatred that

brought into the

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were severed from her life.

blazed in Quintessa’s eyes sent a chill down Sean’s spine, and he abruptly realized

for the moment to devour the entire Young family, even if

quivered, “You want revenge for