Chapter 48

"Are you satisfied now?"

The voice was hoarse, lacking hysteria, yet it struck them like a heavy hammer.

Nathan, however, didn't even flinch. He dismissed it casually, "It's just a minor injury. It's not going to kill anyone, so why all the fuss?"

......

Silence.

A silence as deep as the grave.

Claire's hands gripped the table fiercely, her fingers whitening from the pressure, as if ready to flip the dining table once again.

Recalling the previous incident where she had indeed flipped the table, Nathan was alarmed. He quickly placed his hands firmly on the table, watching her every move intently.

Adah, Ethan, and Vanessa also remembered the scene of her losing control and hurried to hold the table down.

"Claire, please calm down. Your dad didn't mean it that way. He actually... he cares about you... Even she felt the excuse she was making for

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gaze piercing, as if it could see right into her

the dining room was

Claire's forehead, leaving stark red stains on the

me?" Her words came out through gritted teeth, "What a way to show concern! Mr. Linwood,

that, Claire turned and left, giving the Linwood family no

his appetite for breakfast. "Mom, Dad, I'm heading to the office," he said, and

in the car, Ethan's gaze fell on the blood-soaked bandage

pain spread from

replayed the scene when

then, yet returned with her

gone through all day yesterday? Was someone bullying

right to bully her, no

tightly, then slowly

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