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? Don't recognize

She couldn't understand what Wendy had done to Ted to make

like a trained dog.

"I've never understood why you treat me this way. What

daughter, and even tainted the

for me."

that, Wendy stepped closer to Lilian, standing right by

was just a small warning. Let me reintroduce myself-I'm no longer

you

a coldness devoid of warmth. They were dark, deep, and foreboding, like

Lilian couldn't respond

onto the lawn just as a Rolls-Royce Phantom pulled up. Stanley had returned to drop

aura of elegance and power. Jessica, in a striking red

they appeared

find another man for her came flooding

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last night. She stayed at Mr. Hawk's private villa, West

didn't return until now."

Stanley

Wendy had

clenched with

pity. Mr. Hawk doesn't love you. So what if you ruined things with Dr. Whalen this