Chapter 349

I knew that Jewel wouldn't drink the herbicide. She had come this far because she wanted to live a luxurious life. If she could endure that humiliation at the hospital, then there was no way she would give

up now.

It was her trying to pressure Bree to reveal Chris' whereabouts.

Jewel thought Zack and Bree were hiding Chris, wanting to sabotage their relationship.

"Ms. Massey, you really have a knack for drama," I said as I walked in.

Upon hearing my voice, Bree turned around, her face laced with alarm. I knew she was worried that I would misunderstand why Jewel was around. Jewel, on the other hand, didn't seem surprised.

She had to have seen me coming. Despite that, I could tell that she was nervous. Otherwise, her hand wouldn't be shaking as she reached for the herbicide.

Jewel quickly put on a pitiful expression.

"I had no other choice. Chris is missing, and I can't reach him at all. Madeline, you can see that I'm at my

wit's end."

She was playing the victim again, but I wasn't buying it.

and gestured toward the bottle in her

escape route right there in

just as I had suspected. She wasn't going to actually drink the herbicide.

no one more

know you want me gone. But if I'm going down, Chris has to at

determined to

see him, then

I stood before her.

sitting, and I was standing. Our height difference forced her to look up

back slightly, but her expression

find him,

you find him here?" I leaned

mouth, but she couldn't say a

Chris think if he knew that you were here, bothering his

I spoke, panic flickered across Jewel's

replied, stammering, "I... I had no other choice. If I had any other way, I wouldn't be here." "That's not true. You've been itching to come here, to walk through that

hold back, directly exposing her

the panic

you're clever, don't you? Do you think that no one can see your real

She swallowed hard.

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