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.

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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.

she would rather not pick a fight with the latter than see

cast an icy look at the former and hissed, “Enough! Stop aggravating Grandpa. If anything

too loudly, and she spent most of her

first time she had looked so vicious, her gaze so sharp she looked like

on its

felt her heart leap to

never seen Nadine display such savagery, and the pointed look Nadine had

that Gigi froze

from the effects of his outburst and was no longer short of

as reliable as ever during crucial times,

that brat would have given

better, he shot a dark look at Daniel and snapped, “What do you think will become of our family if we allow our children to behave as

in Adam’s eyes and immediately walked over to Gigi. He took her by the arm and began dragging her away, snapping. “Time–out for you,

Evelyn helplessly and

Jean suddenly fell to her knees before Adam. “Mr. Hamilton Senior, this is my fault. Gigi was only standing up for

nothing to do with

spoke out of turn. I hope you can forgive her.

Brad’s face as he watched Jean kneel

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

that his well–pressed shirt creased with his actions or that

getting on her knees even as Brad held her upright. “Brad, I can’t

the cause of

She didn’t put up much of a fight, not that she

Adam. She cried anxiously,”

I won’t say those horrible things anymore.

let go of me! I promise I’ll behave as long as you don’t

pulled Gigi away from Daniel and shielded her. She

said, “Are you happy now, Nadine?

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His eyes carried the promise of death by a thousand cuts

her.

as good as cut her heart out with that

Nadine did not shrink from his gaze. She took

back at him, her gaze

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