Chapter 85

Ethan quickly stepped in to stop Nathan. "Dad, please, let's not get heated. We can talk this out," he said, trying to calm the situation.

Nathan glared at Claire with fiery eyes. "Ethan, let go of me! I need to teach this disrespectful brat a lesson today!"

Ethan held onto Nathan tightly, making sure he couldn't get near Claire.

Claire met Nathan's gaze with a cold stare, filled with disdain for the man who was supposed to be her father.

This old fool-did he really think she'd forget the last time he tried to lay a hand on her? The memory of him almost wetting his pants when she grabbed a knife to defend herself was still fresh. Yet, here he was again, daring to raise his hand against her.

She could sense the deep-seated malice Nathan harbored towards her, different from the calculated coldness of Adah and Ethan. His hatred was raw and genuine.

Despite being her biological father, Nathan looked at her as if she were his worst enemy.

Nathan barked, "Apologize to your

I?" Claire

injured Vanessa and upset your

Mrs. Linwood cried because she's done too many shameful

lunged towards Claire once more, but Ethan held him back. "Claire, can't you just say less?" he pleaded, anxious

to hit me, and

brow furrowed in disapproval. "He's still

with sarcasm. "My father died a long

at Claire's rebellious words. His eyes bulged, veins throbbed on

Claire, he unleashed a torrent of insults, "You bring nothing but misery. Since you came back, there's been no

the harbinger of doom here, Mr. Linwood. That

my being stolen away, I wouldn't have grown up an orphan. If you hadn't insisted on adopting Vanessa, I wouldn't have had to deal with

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