Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 25

Although Claire had long known they didn't care about her, Nathan's words still pierced her heart.

He didn't even bother to pretend to love her.

Fortunately, she hid her emotions well. From her stubborn exterior, no one could tell how deeply she was hurt inside.

"Fine," she said coolly.

Nathan's eyebrows furrowed. "What did you say?"

Looking up with determination at the family of four standing on the second floor, Claire replied calmly, "Fine. I'll leave the Linwood family now. From today, I sever all ties with the Linwoods. Mr. and Mrs. Linwood, rest assured, I will never bother you again." In her heart, she added a silent vow that even if she died outside, she would never return.

With those words, she felt no regret for leaving this family behind.

After three years of being hurt to the core, she had learned her lesson well; she would never again yearn for a familial love that was never hers.

This time, she walked quickly despite the pain in her injured leg. The light in her once-dull eyes began to shine with the promise of freedom as she shook off her chains.

opened the door to the

felt no attachment, nor did she look back. Her departure was

too weak to stand. All he could do was shout desperately at

vast living room, draining him of

turn back; she barely

it no longer

she stepped out of the Linwood family mansion, the tension in

walking for about five minutes, she saw a figure

suddenly made Claire's heart skip a beat. Instinctively,

closer, she recognized him

Victor.

Ethan's friend.

of Victor

meeting vividly when he had looked her up and down and remarked, "So shabby. If you didn't resemble Ethan a

had been right there, yet he hadn't stopped Victor's malicious words-he only let out a

what hurt most was not Victor's deliberate provocation

then, supposedly with a family, yet when bullied, not a single family member