Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 222

Sean sat elegantly on the sofa, his long legs crossed and his voice resonating with a deep, magnetic quality. "It's getting late, Grandma. You all should get some rest."

"Yes, you should also turn in early," she replied gently.

Aberdeen, Grace, and May took the hint and retreated to their rooms, leaving Sean alone in the living room. The quiet was occasionally interrupted by Ethan's distant shouting and the rumble of thunder outside.

Ethan's voice had grown hoarse, yet he remained relentless, refusing to relent in his tirade.

Victor, frowning, tried to reason with him. "There's no point in shouting, Ethan. Let's just head back."

But Ethan was deaf to his words, his gaze fixated on Claire's window with unyielding intensity.

Claire, though not truly asleep, was attuned to every nuance of the situation. She sensed that something was off about Sean earlier.

She rose from her bed and peered through a gap in the curtains, spotting Ethan and Victor outside the door.

Ethan was pacing like a caged lion, his face twisted with rage and desperation.

watched him with a detached coldness, her eyes icy and indifferent, like a winter night. She

agitated state, he was likely distressed about Vanessa's

curled at the corner of Claire's lips, sharp and cold like the

opened, and

into hazy orbs of light in the downpour, while Ethan's distorted features flickered with the

water streaming down his black shirt and tracing the contours

Sean as if confronting a sworn enemy, and anger flared within him. "You bastard! How dare

charged like an enraged bull, throwing a punch at

blow, his movements tearing through the soaked fabric of

she gripped the edge of the curtain with white- knuckled

sent Ethan sprawling, landing heavily on

at Ethan, his voice icy. "You're not

his features, a twisted grin on his lips. "Not worthy? And you are? You claim to care for Claire, yet you indulge in your desires,

face, his soaked clothes clinging

Ethan. "Claire is now deaf, crippled, and missing a kidney.

those words, Sean turned and strode back into the villa, leaving Ethan crumpled on