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."

sensing there was more beneath

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 her back. Every grim detail, nothing

against the glass and shouted at her, his voice raw,

Ethan. Why

did to Claire, you deserve to hear it. You hurt your own sister over and over again for Vanessa's sake-do you regret it now?" Regret didn't even begin to cover what Ethan

himself that maybe, just maybe, all that happened five years ago was just an accident-Vanessa pushing Irene down the stairs

it.

had plotted together to take Claire's kidney,

chance, Claire would have died five

even though Claire survived, she was framed, took the fall for someone else, and spent five years in prison-beaten, abused, and

could

all this just to hurt me, aren't you?" Ethan was unraveling, pounding the

wheelchair,

roar, Ethan slammed his head

rushed in,

Ethan howled, still staring desperately at Irene. "Go find