The Heartbreak Prescription by Glazed Snow

My Dad Please Come 18

Chapter 18

Wendy had been standing there for who knew how long, her clear, bright eyes silently observing Lilian's panic and embarrassment.

Lilian froze on the spot.

Ted quickly hurried over to Wendy, bending at the waist with a servile smile. "Ms. Crone."

Wendy pulled out a pen and casually tossed it into the outdoor pool. "Dr. Whalen, I dropped my pen."

"Ms. Crone, I'll retrieve it for you immediately!"

Ted dashed outside, not caring about the chilly late-autumn water. Without hesitation, he jumped straight into the pool.

Lilian walked over, staring at the scene in disbelief.

Moments later, Ted surfaced, dripping wet, holding the pen in his hand like a

prized treasure. He looked at Wendy with an

ingratiating smile. "Ms. Crone, I've got your pen!"

Lilian watched Wendy as if looking at something otherworldly.

"What's wrong?

She couldn't understand what

like a trained dog.

"I've never understood why you treat me this

father's house, seized his company, abandoned his beloved daughter, and even tainted the wine

for me."

stepped closer to Lilian, standing right by her

no longer the Wendy you used to know. Next time, it would

if you didn't

horror. Wendy's once bright, watery eyes now carried a coldness devoid of warmth. They were dark, deep, and foreboding, like a dangerous, mysterious

respond as Wendy turned and

Wendy stepped onto the lawn just as a Rolls-Royce Phantom pulled up. Stanley

a sharp black suit, exuding his usual aura of elegance and power. Jessica, in

Walking together, they appeared to be

memory of Stanley abandoning her last night to find another man for her came flooding back. The heart she thought had just

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come home last night. She stayed at

didn't return until now."

Lilian's implication-Jessica and Stanley had

a place Wendy had

chest clenched

"Wendy, it's such a pity. Mr. Hawk doesn't love you. So what if you ruined things with Dr. Whalen