Chapter 13

Brad had always been stoic, and he hardly ever showed emotion. However, when he saw Jean leave the dining room in tears, the look he gave Nadine was nothing short of mutinous

“Are you happy now, Nadine?” he hissed.

He stormed out of the dining room before Nadine could respond, cutting past her like a shadow.

Bitter disappointment filled Nadine as she watched him leave in a hurry.

At last, she had come to terms with the brutal reality, which was that Brad loved Jean as much as he hated Nadine.

Thus came the straw that broke the camel’s back–and broke her heart in the process too.

She wasn’t sure if heartbreak had anything to do with the hollow sensation in her, but she felt such a sharp ache in her chest that she couldn’t breathe.

It was as if an invisible weight was pinning her down. No matter how hard she struggled, she couldn’t

seem to break free.

Nadine shoved a spoonful of food into her mouth and forced herself to chew, but no amount of food. could fill up the hole in her heart.

Evelyn was furious to see Nadine eating as if nothing had happened. “You bitch! How could you eat after

you’ve ruined dinner for everyone? What are you, a pig?

Evelyn was lashing out at Nadine after the latter had gotten Gigi punished and made Brad stalk off in anger. She wanted nothing more than to rip Nadine to shreds.

Nadine chewed the mouthful of food slowly. It was tasteless, but she forced herself to swallow it

nonetheless.

She then slowly looked up at Evelyn. “I’m not the one who’s grunting at the dinner table.”

Despite Nadine’s ever–pleasing disposition and kindness in the past, Gigi and Evelyn had never accepted her as part of the family.

It was time Nadine finally stood up to them. There was no hope for turning things around at this point,

anyway.

Evelyn’s nostrils flared when she heard Nadine’s insult. She reached for the plate next to her and tried to hurl it at Nadine, but Daniel stopped her.

He pinned the plate down and snapped, “Will you look at the state of yourself? Is this how behave as an elder? Come with me!”

you should.

Daniel grabbed her

was alone in the spacious dining room. The air seemed to have grown cold, the tension in it weighing her down and

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their heads down and dared

in a wry smile, and she

understand what’s wrong with

returned, his thunderous

hair that flopped over his forehead and his dark shirt, dripping off the edge

him look like the devil himself. He cast

Nadine, who was still nonchalantly eating at

house with him

watch

Defeated, he went back to the house and took all

saw Nadine dining nonchalantly. He stormed up to her

Her slender flame swayed as the mattress absorbed her weight, and her heart felt like

chest.

hovered above her, casting a shadow

fingers snaked around her delicate neck as he growled, “Why do you

up such a fuss over Jean staying for

was in the wrong

had stayed quiet like she used to,

throat. It felt like his vise–like grip was tightening around

she would always be the villain in Brad’s narrative, all because he did

her of

and said in resignation, “If killing me is your idea of

do it–and make

on the outside, but in truth, he was a

clothing.

But once he was angered, he was not

that which irked him.

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hurting

She might as well let him do

when he noted the resigned look on her face. It was as if she

he growled. She was being reckless now, which was different from how

stubbornly lay on the bed and did not budge. She didn’t even open her eyes as she asked, “Aren’t you going to kill me for hurting your precious

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