The Clutches Of Hell Novel

Chapter 53

Nancy stared at Victoria with contempt and gibed, “It is benevolent of you to invite her to your party, but why are you letting her stay by your side? Aren’t you afraid that this murderer will spike your champange with poison when you’re not paying attention?”

Her words were nasty, but none of the people there felt that Nancy had gone too far. If Victoria crippled their daughters’ leg, they would have treated her the same way too. Denise, however, merely looked down with embarrassment. She cleared her throat as she tried to defend her daughter, but no words came out from her mouth.

Hearing that, Evelyn laughed and responded nonchalantly, “It just so happens that I’m having a flu these few days, but I’m not taking any medication as they taste horrible. Since Victoria is a thoughtful child, she might add some flu medicine into my drinks.”

With that, she tilted her head and looked at Victoria. “You have to take note that flu medication cannot be taken with champagne. If something happens to me, you might be accused of attempted murder.”

“If you dislike taking medicine, I can make some lemonade for you as I remember that you have a sweet tooth,” Victoria answered tactfully.

“That’s so sweet of you to remember my preferences.” The crow’s feet around the corner of Evelyn’s eyes showed as she smiled.

Nancy was exasperated as both of them echoed each other.

Denise, who was standing at the side, felt so embarrassed that she lifted her gaze and looked over at Victoria before saying, “Tori, apologize to Mrs. Spritz this instant. You shouldn’t be disrespectful toward her.”

“Mrs. Coleman, I don’t understand what you mean. Was I being disrespectful toward her?” Victoria asked impassively.

Denise turned wide-eyed, for she wasn’t expecting Victoria to address her as ‘Mrs. Coleman’.

“No, you weren’t. She’s catching up on age, and she probably misheard you because of her hearing loss.” Evelyn tried to comfort Victoria as she held her hand and patted it.

Victoria looked down and didn’t say a word as she felt suffocated; even breathing became extremely difficult. Seeing that her birth mother favored a stranger over her while an unrelated elder taking her

saw Evelyn taking Victoria’s side. The atmosphere instantly became awkward as everyone fell silent, which was a

be displeased with me if I have you by my side.” Evelyn

Nancy responded calmly, “I apologize for putting you in a tight spot, but I really don’t want to

finally managed to calm herself down before looking at Victoria as tears welled up in her eyes. She couldn’t understand why Victoria acted in such a way and was slightly mad at her. Victoria

have to apologize to me.” Evelyn smirked and turned around as she waved at Christian. “Christian,

lifted his brow and spoke to

inappropriate to have Victoria with me as Mrs. Spritz dislikes her. You should bring her along with you.” Evelyn

hearing that, Victoria’s heart sank. As she was about to reject it,

said Victoria before

looked at their backs, but she could only keep

around and looked at her before shifting his gaze to the

they didn’t dare to ask him about it. It wasn’t uncommon for her to be around him two years ago, but ever since the car crash, he stopped seeing Victoria and rumors spread that they were on

After some contemplation, she whispered to him, “I shall not trouble you anymore. I’ll go look for my

on good terms with her old friends. She came up with that

friends? Or are you thinking of looking for Lucas?” Christian stopped walking and turned over to look at her. His gaze was cold and with

tell that he was unhappy, but she didn’t know what she had done wrong; she also knew that

she should follow him or not. It was so hard to read him that