Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 126

Vincent sighed and walked over. "Claire, after everything that's happened, you should know better by now. Apologize to Irene and Vanessa, and let's put this behind us."

Claire stared coldly at her older brother and childhood friend. They were the last people she wanted to deal with right now.

A CEO and a lawyer-both highly educated and supposedly sophisticated-yet when it came to Vanessa, they transformed into mindless fools. It was infuriating.

"You claim to be fair, but you're just protecting Vanessa, aren't you? Afraid I'll expose her hypocrisy in public?" Claire challenged.

"Claire!" Ethan raised his voice in reprimand. "Don't push your luck."

But Claire's voice rose even higher, "Ethan, shut up!"

Vincent's expression soured, and he opened his mouth to speak, but Claire rounded on him fiercely, "You shut up too."

"You have no right to lecture me, and even less right to control what I do."

slap you both. It'd be

knew all too

firmly pushed Vanessa

ghostly white, and she began to tremble uncontrollably. Her eyes were filled with a tangible

see that Irene wanted nothing to do with Vanessa—a far cry from the warmth

wrong with his sister's reaction. "Irene, what's wrong?" he asked, anxiety lacing his

making baseless accusations," Ethan reprimanded her again. "You'll see soon enough

her tone both gentle and firm. "Irene, I know you can't speak right now, and I don't need you to. Just blink once

Irene blinked once, forcefully.

smile spread across Claire's

today is

pounded

to struggle. "Sister, I don't feel well. I need to

Claire ignored her completely.

seeing Vanessa's struggle, helped Claire keep