Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 316

Claire led Mandy by the hand into the house. "Mandy, have a seat. There's still some pasta in the pot-I'll get you a bowl."

Mandy grinned and plopped down. "Claire, you're so good to me. If I were a guy, I'd marry you in a heartbeat."

Claire shot her an exasperated look. "You and that mouth of yours."

Mandy stuck her tongue out playfully, earning a laugh from Claire.

Watching the two of them being so close, Sean couldn't help but feel a twitch of irritation.

As Mandy passed by him, she merely nodded in his direction—a half-hearted greeting at best-before cheerfully trotting after Claire into the kitchen.

From inside, Claire's voice drifted out. "Why are you following me in here?"

Mandy's tone turned syrupy. "It's not every day I get to see you. I'm sticking to you like glue!"

Claire couldn't help but laugh at her antics. The two chattered and giggled in the kitchen, leaving Sean to feel like a third wheel in his own house.

Just then, the front door opened and Liam walked in.

"Mr. Foster, are you ready to go?"

a bowl, froze in place at the sound

silver-gray suit,

made Mandy's eyes

the guy who'd

jerks, Victor

the Foster family home? And why was he

mind spun in

as if sensing her gaze, Liam turned and looked

and stood stiff as

studying her back.

her silhouette nagged at him with a sense of

from the kitchen with a

looked about Claire's

The longer he looked, the more certain

kept his eyes glued to Mandy, waiting

sweating bullets, nerves jangling in her

eaten? Want to sit down and

Claire, reaching to take

"He's already eaten."

up the bowl of pasta in front of him. "There's an urgent