Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 123

Claire heard Brian's roar, and her body trembled slightly, but she quickly steadied herself.

Irene had woken up, and soon she would be exonerated from the murder charge. Now, it wasn't Claire who should be afraid.

It was Vanessa.

And Ethan, Vincent, Brian-all those who had wronged her.

She was intensely curious about the expressions they would have once the truth was revealed.

Claire straightened her back, feeling more confident than ever before.

A faint, cold smile played on her lips as she looked at him mockingly.

When Brian met her calm gaze, his heart skipped a beat.

In that moment, he realized Claire had changed.

Her entire demeanor had undergone a radical transformation, inside and out.

a mouse before a cat whenever she

looked at him with a mocking gaze,

stood beside the hospital bed, holding the hand of the

equally emaciated, their complexions sallow, and even

felt an uncanny sense of empathy between Claire

spread through him; he dared not ponder why he was afraid or what he was truly afraid

all out, he would fall

shifted his gaze away from Claire, suppressing a flood of emotions, and instructed the doctor

fell into a

Irene, except for Claire, whose piercing gaze

a startled bird, her body

internally: Why wasn't Irene strangled to

terror was not just about pushing Irene down the stairs, but also because Irene had overheard every word she and Nathan had spoken years ago. Once Irene spoke out, there would be

had pushed Irene down the

everyone's attention was on Irene, Vanessa planned to escape, inform her father, and flee with her family

door, Claire's taunting voice echoed like a ghost, "Miss Vanessa, leaving so soon? Don't you want to witness your best friend's miraculous

looking at

everyone's focus onto