Chapter 1562:

“Jane, who—” Linda pivoted in her wheelchair. The moment her eyes landed on Eric, her body tensed, frozen in recognition.

“Eric, it’s you.” Her voice wavered slightly. “What brings you here, of all places?”

“Humph.” The sound escaped from his throat, bitter and dismissive. Eric brushed past Jane into the room, a glacial smirk playing at the corners of his mouth. “You really don’t know why I’ve come?”

“Let me guess.” Linda’s fingers tapped rhythmically against her armrest. She then abandoned her act of ignorance, and a ghost of a smile crept across her face. “You and Hadley fought, didn’t you?”

Though framed as a question, her tone carried the certainty of someone who already knew the answer.

“Linda!” The name tore from his throat like a curse. Eric’s features hardened into stone, his eyes blazing with barely contained fury as he hissed, “Why did you do it? What twisted satisfaction do you get from this?”

innocence. She blinked slowly, her gaze capturing his. “You’re this furious? My goodness.

blood

looks like I hit the mark!” With unexpected vigor, she straightened her posture, meeting Eric’s scorching gaze without flinching. “See? That’s

her eyes gleaming with malicious delight. “You

gaped at her, disbelief etched across every line

and Ernest was the one who covered for you.

snuffed flame, replaced by a venomous glare. “I am insane! And


nothing but ungrateful wretches—have you forgotten I once saved your miserable lives? You both exist because of me—you should be devoted to me always!

now

her throat in a primal scream, her voice splintering

derisive laugh. “I couldn’t care less about your mental state!

in the air, he seized the

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