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.

as Nadine disliked Gigi, she would rather not pick a

would not stop aggravating Adam, Nadine cast an icy look at the former and hissed, “Enough! Stop aggravating Grandpa. If anything were to

too loudly, and she spent most of her days in silence

looked so vicious,

on

heart leap

seen Nadine display such savagery, and the pointed

so terrifying that Gigi

had recovered from the effects of his outburst

crucial times, Nadine. I ought to

you, that brat

Adam was feeling better, he shot a dark look at Daniel and snapped, “What do you think will become of our family if we allow

eyes and immediately walked over to Gigi. He took her by the arm and began dragging her away, snapping. “Time–out

to Evelyn helplessly and cried, “Mom,

knees before Adam. “Mr. Hamilton Senior, this is

nothing to do

of her brashness and spoke out of turn. I hope you can forgive her. If you need

he watched Jean kneel before

his arms, he demanded, “Jeanie, what

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

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

when I’m the

keep her standing. She didn’t put up much of a fight,

her knees to apologize to Adam. She cried anxiously,” Grandpa, don’t listen to Jeanie! She had nothing

say those horrible

I’ll behave as long as you don’t blame

Evelyn quickly pulled Gigi away

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

Chappr

to Nadine. His eyes carried the promise of death by a thousand cuts as

her.

as cut her heart out with that

She took a deep

back at him, her gaze even and

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