Revenge is best served cold

Chapter 381

Bea's attire immediately set her apart from that of an ordinary elderly woman. Her outcry quickly gathered a crowd outside the door, sparking a flurry of discussions.

"Who kidnapped someone's great-grandchild?"

"She looks so pretty. How could she do such a thing!"

"She lay hands on a child. This woman is too cruel!"

The criticism towards Sophie from the surrounding crowd was relentless. Having learned the power of public opinion, Bea was now wielding it with full force.

By the time Jenna returned with water for Sophie, she found the hallway outside the hospital room crowded with people. The nurses couldn't even disperse them. "What are you all doing?!" Jenna exclaimed.

Bea's brows furrowed slightly, and she said, "Ms. Jenna, you're also a prominent figure here in Devonport. Are you now standing up for someone like Sophie?"

"Bea, you know as well as I do that we're both prominent figures in Devonport. Bringing a crowd to cause chaos in the hospital doesn't seem fitting, does it?" Jenna had long disapproved of Bea's snobbish attitude.

Bea scoffed coldly and responded, "Sophie has taken away my daughter-in-law, who is pregnant with my great-grandchild. Who knows if this woman was driven by jealousy and harmed my unborn great-grandchild?"

your daughter-in-law?

"Your future daughter-in-law showed up with her new lover to confront Sophie, Bea. You must have missed that. She moved on to a

nonsense are you spouting? How could my daughter-in-law elope with

ran off with another man got out, the Burke family would never be able

investigate it yourself? Why come

The man Nichole found is planning to raise Nichole's child as his own. It seems

"You!"

visibly shaken by this statement. How could a child of the Burke family's bloodline possibly change their surname to someone

let go of Sophie and led her

rubbed her ears and said, "You don't have to argue with such

She usually pretends to be kind and loving, but at crucial moments, she shows her

looked at Sophie's ears, concerned. "How are your ears? I'll call a doctor

too loud. I've got a bit of ringing in my

Sophie couldn't help

life, then Nichole