Chapter 11

Gigi was the youngest in the family, and she had grown up with an indulgent mother as well as a brother who spoiled her.

With Evelyn and Brad giving in to her whims all the time, Gigi was used to getting her way.

Anyone or anything that had crossed her had to be removed immediately, and she would make a huge

fuss if she were irked.

In extreme cases, she would have tantrums that could result in things being broken or thrown across the

room.

The ornaments and fixtures in Gigi’s room were often the first victims of her tantrums; they had to be

replaced every fortnight

When Gigi heard that Jean was visiting, she spent the entire day trying to get on Jean’s good side by bad- mouthing Nadine.

Since Nadine’s return, she had humiliated Gigi once by admonishing her in front of Jean,

In a desperate attempt to salvage Jean’s impression of her and get back at Nadine, Gigi invited Jean to stay for dinner so that she could set Nadine up for humiliation

However, much to Gigi’s bafflement and dismay, Adam and Daniel had sided with Nadine. They

ordered Gigi to take a time–out.

y even

Upset by this, Gigi had hated Nadine ever since. She couldn’t believe that Adam and Daniel had chosen to punish her and side with an outsider.

Adam had only just calmed down from his outburst when his breath quickened alarmingly. He pointed of Gigi while rubbing his chest, and for a long moment, he couldn’t utter a word.

Worried that the outburst had affected Adam, Nadine hurried over to him and began massaging his pressure points to ease his discomfort.

Fussing over him, she said, “It’s important to keep up good spirits, Grandpa. Outbursts will only wear you down. Could you calm down for Sean’s sake?”

Adam was the only person in the Hamilton family who truly cared about Nadine. He was also incredibly protective of her.

pick a fight with the

stop aggravating Adam, Nadine cast an icy look at the former and hissed, “Enough! Stop aggravating Grandpa. If anything were to happen to him, you’d best

was normally a quiet figure in the Hamilton household. She never spoke too loudly, and she spent most of her days

looked so vicious, her

on its

her heart leap

never seen Nadine display such savagery, and the pointed

gaze was so terrifying that Gigi froze and dared

his outburst and was

ever during crucial times, Nadine. I ought to thank you for

brat would have given me a heart

feeling better, he shot a dark look at Daniel and snapped, “What do you think will

and immediately walked over to Gigi. He took her by

to Evelyn helplessly and cried, “Mom, help

Jean suddenly fell to her knees before Adam. “Mr. Hamilton Senior, this is my

cause of all this; Gigi had nothing to do with it, so punish me if

and spoke out of turn. I hope you can forgive her. If you need to punish someone, let

as he watched Jean kneel

her into his arms, he demanded, “Jeanie, what are you doing? You’re not the one who should

care that his well–pressed shirt creased with his actions or that his necktie was

on her knees even as Brad

the cause of all

much of a fight, not that she could with her delicate frame. “That’s enough, Jeanie. You’re

get down on her knees to apologize to Adam. She cried anxiously,” Grandpa, don’t

those horrible things anymore. Please

promise I’ll behave as long

quickly pulled Gigi away from Daniel and shielded her. She

she said, “Are you happy now, Nadine? Did

Chappr

promise

her.

had as good as cut her heart out

his gaze. She took a deep breath and mustered

her gaze

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