Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 187

Mrs. Foster beamed with delight as Vanessa complimented her, "Do you really think I look that young?"

Vanessa playfully rolled her eyes, "I'm twenty-three, and you look only three or four years older than me. You can't be over thirty, right? It's such a shame you got married so early."

Vanessa's words only made Mrs. Foster's smile grow wider. "You're just flattering me," she said.

"I'm not flattering, I'm stating the facts," Vanessa insisted.

Mrs. Foster looked at Vanessa seriously. "Vanessa, there's something I've never

told you."

"What is it?" Vanessa had a sneaking suspicion but feigned innocence.

"Actually, I'm already forty-eight," Mrs. Foster confessed.

"Come on, if you're forty-eight, then I must

am forty-eight," Mrs.

Vanessa was

"Would you still

Vanessa wrapped her arms around Mrs. Foster's. "Of course I would! But you have to share your secret to looking so young. If I look like you at

sweet words, Mrs. Foster was utterly

to like

you to my brother. It seems that's off the table now. Whoever married you is one lucky

tapped her nose gently, "You silly girl,

pouted, full of mock

mischievous glint in her eye, she asked, "So, do

question froze Mrs. Foster's smile. Kids? Her greatest regret

to have children made a flicker of resentment flash in her eyes. If her child had been born, they'd be in their twenties by

wretch in the Foster family. They caused her miscarriage and