Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 121

Chapter 119

Claire was taken aback by the seething accusation, her tear-streaked face glaringly visible in the sunlight. She looked at the furious man before her and realized he'd misunderstood everything.

"No, Brian, let me explain," she pleaded, her voice trembling with fear embedded deep in her bones. "It's not what it looks like, it's Vanessa..."

But Brian wasn't listening. He stormed into the hospital room and roughly pulled Claire away from Irene's side. Her frail body stumbled backward, crashing into a solid chest.

In that instant, Claire felt as if her entire skeleton might shatter. Before she could react, large hands gripped her slender shoulders, spinning her around.

She found herself staring into a pair of deep eyes.

For the first fourteen years of her life, those eyes had gazed upon her with endless tenderness. Now, all she saw was disappointment and reproach.

brewing storm. "Claire, what's happened to you? Are you still that kind, innocent girl I once knew? Give me

yet distant Vincent, tears spilled uncontrollably from Claire's eyes, filled with

admitted to his

slightly, her arms hanging helplessly at her sides

she

if she were a lunatic trying to cover

next moment, she was met with even harsher treatment. A large hand suddenly clamped down

as he loudly demanded, "We all saw it, and you dare deny it? If it wasn't you, where did

silence

over the mistreatment she suffered

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