Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 306

Ethan wanted to run from it all, but when he caught Irene's icy stare, some unseen force drew him toward her.

Separated by a thick pane of glass, they both picked up the phones on either side.

For a long moment, the room was so quiet it was suffocating. Neither of them spoke.

Finally, Irene broke the silence. "Speechless now that you've seen me? Didn't expect this, did you?"

Ethan dropped his gaze, his eyes empty and unfocused.

His guilt-ridden, defeated look didn't stir even a hint of pity in Irene. If anything, it only made her see him as a coward through and through.

"Isn't there anything you want to ask me?"

Summoning what little courage he had left, Ethan finally met Irene's eyes. His lips moved soundlessly for a while as he struggled to find the words. "I already know the truth," he managed at last, voice barely above a whisper.

Irene let out a cold, humorless laugh. "You know? Please. You don't know a damn thing."

there was more beneath

of what really happened five years ago. From how Sophia deceived Nathan, to how Nathan dumped Claire in an orphanage, and why, after fifteen years, he suddenly decided to bring

knuckles white. He slammed them against the glass and shouted at her, his voice raw, "Lies! You're lying! You're trying to

prison, Ethan. Why

did to Claire, you deserve to hear it. You hurt your own

Until now, he'd convinced himself that maybe, just maybe, all that happened five years ago was just an accident-Vanessa pushing Irene down the stairs and being too

it.

the real truth: that Vanessa and his father, Nathan, had plotted together to take Claire's kidney, to use her body for organ donation, and, in the end, to hand her over as a

their plan by chance, Claire would have

she was framed, took the fall for someone else, and spent

how could this

Ethan

perfectly still in her wheelchair, watching

slammed his head

in, trying

desperately at Irene. "Go find Claire! I need to