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?

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

like a trained dog.

"I've never understood why you treat me

seized his company, abandoned his beloved daughter, and even tainted the wine he cherished most

for me."

to

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

you

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

couldn't respond as Wendy turned

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

elegance and

Walking together, they appeared to be

had healed, but the memory of Stanley abandoning her last night to find another man for her

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rang out. "Jessica didn't come home last night.

didn't return until now."

Stanley had spent the

a place Wendy had never

clenched

pity. Mr. Hawk doesn't love you. So what if you ruined things with Dr. Whalen this time? For Jessica, Mr. Hawk will