Chapter 83

Claire's slap was unrelenting.

From a young age, she had been accustomed to hard, grueling work, and the strength in her hands was incomparable to that of Vanessa, who had been pampered all her life.

The force of the slap split Vanessa's lip, causing blood to trickle down her chin and stain her carefully chosen white dress.

Vanessa stood there, her mind blank, eyes wide with disbelief as she stared at Claire.

When she finally registered what had happened, a tidal wave of hatred threatened to drown her. She wanted nothing more than to make Claire pay.

"You wretch, how dare you hit me? I'll make sure you pay dearly for this," she screamed, running out of the storage room.

In the living room, Mrs. Linwood was sipping her tea leisurely when Vanessa's shriek startled her to her feet.

Vanessa rushing toward her, face in

cries were filled with helplessness, as if she had

the trembling Vanessa and

face, the bright red handprint was impossible to ignore. "Vanessa, what

her eyes blazing as she was

"Mom, it was Claire. I went to call her for dinner, and she hit me without a word. What did I do wrong? Why is she targeting me like

with fury. "Claire,

had anticipated this reaction the moment she slapped Vanessa,

to

how could you hit Vanessa? She's

question was about how she could hit Vanessa, not why she did. It was clear Mrs. Linwood didn't care about

of Mrs. Linwood-blaming

smile playing on her lips. "Mrs. Linwood, aren't you

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