Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 243

The atmosphere was suffocating, almost as if the air itself had been sucked out of the room.

Claire's laughter, raw and desperate, was a sound torn from the depths of her soul. Each note carried the weight of her anguish and sorrow, resonating with a profound sense of heartbreak.

Standing silently beside her, Sean's usually sharp and insightful eyes were now clouded with a mix of emotions. He opened his mouth, struggling to find words of comfort, but his throat felt dry, and any attempt at consolation seemed futile against the harsh reality before them.

Jeffry, too, couldn't bear to watch any longer and averted his gaze.

Gradually, Claire's laughter faded into a long, weary sigh, as if she was trying to release all the grievances, pain, and resentment she'd held for over two decades.

"Adah, didn't you always say I was a harbinger of misfortune?" Claire murmured to herself. "But it seems like the true misfortune was your beloved husband."

misjudged Nathan, falling for someone so utterly despicable. Claire wondered how Adah would feel when she found out about the daughter her beloved husband had abandoned, the kidney he had arranged to be removed and transplanted into his mistress, and that the cherished daughter she had

heartbreak on Adah's face when the truth finally came to light. A

opened her eyes and wiped the tears from her cheeks, her gaze returning to the stack of papers in her hands, which felt as heavy as a mountain. Her

built through Nathan's extraordinary talent and relentless effort. She never imagined that Nathan was nothing but a gold digger, a man

recent development, driven by his affair with the mistress and their illegitimate daughter, Vanessa. But the documents

showered with love and admiration from the start. Nathan, on the other hand, had clawed his way out of poverty, his

his sights on Adah, the heiress who could change his destiny. Their meeting, their romance, and their love were all part of

Nathan's façade. He refused to let his daughter marry such a man.

the condition that Nathan would join the Jones

seethed with anger but was powerless to change it, resorting to subtle manipulations to drive a wedge between Adah and her father. Adah, seeing her father repeatedly belittle Nathan, only grew more sympathetic

but inside, he resented every member of the Jones family. To him, they all looked down on him. His frustration and bitterness festered,