Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 287

No one except the Fosters understood what Sean meant by that remark.

But that wasn't the point.

Karin and Irene both whipped their heads around at nearly the same instant, their eyes blazing with fury as they landed on Vanessa.

In stark contrast, Nathan's tense shoulders finally relaxed the moment he saw his beloved daughter step out of the holding cell. He let out a long, relieved breath.

It seemed that his reputation as chairman of the Linwood Group still carried weight—enough that even Sean wouldn't dare cross him.

Nathan gazed at Vanessa, his eyes filled with paternal affection. But then he noticed her shaven head, and a surge of rage overtook him. He erupted, "Vanessa, who did this to you? Tell me, sweetheart. I swear I'll make them pay. They'll regret ever laying a hand on the Linwood family's only daughter."

But Vanessa stood frozen the moment she saw Irene, as if someone had cast a spell on her. Terror flickered in her eyes.

When she met the burning, resentful glares of Jarrod, Karin, and Irene, her heart skipped a beat. Irene must have revealed what really happened five years ago.

Suddenly, it was as if some invisible hand had gripped her throat-she couldn't force out a single word.

I'll make sure

Vanessa could respond, a

was me," Sean said, his tone icy. "What are you planning to do about

rigid, staring

lazily on the sofa, his long legs crossed carelessly, his posture nonchalant yet exuding a natural, effortless

looked every inch the predator toying with his prey-aloof, untouchable, a man

if he were surveying the world

eyes-as if

moment, doubt crept into his mind. Had Sean really released Vanessa from the holding cell out of

Sean's earlier words: "The real show is about to

The real show?

him that whatever Sean had planned, it

in anxious self-doubt, Karin could no longer contain her rage. Her eyes bloodshot, she charged at Vanessa like a lioness protecting her cub, and

Vanessa's head to the side. Angry red finger marks bloomed on her pale

and yet you dared to frame Claire? You're not even human-you're a monster!"

Claire had been locked

Cole family had been made fools of, spun in circles by