Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 361

For more than a month, Claire had spent her days at home, quietly embroidering, blissfully unaware of everything going on outside her small world.

Vincent Lewis, however, hadn't been nearly so lucky.

He was supposed to be handling Asher's divorce case-a golden ticket, or so he thought, to finally turn his luck around. Vincent had pinned all his hopes on winning that lawsuit, collecting the million-dollar attorney's fee Asher had promised, and leaving his humiliating days of scraping by behind him.

But Asher had vanished without a trace. No matter how many times Vincent called, he only ever got a disconnected line. The silence was agonizing. If he lost this case, he'd be right back where he started-scrounging for scraps, living hand-to-mouth.

Just as despair began to set in, Vincent ran into Asher by pure chance on the street.

It took him a moment to even recognize his client. Asher had gained so much weight in such a short time that Vincent nearly walked right past him. Thankfully, despite the added heft, Asher's features hadn't changed much.

struggling to catch his breath with every step. "Asher? What the hell

looks-the heartthrob of his class, once upon a time. Now, he looked like a greasy, bloated mess, and he could barely stand to look at himself, let alone be seen

Apart from

in the direction of home, looking as if he could barely put one foot in

hurried after him. “Asher, didn't we agree over a month ago that I'd help you with the divorce? Why did you suddenly vanish? Where

me alone," Asher muttered wearily, his voice barely more than

to drop it. “Fine, whatever you were up to isn't my concern. But right now, the divorce is what matters. You wanted to walk away with your wife's inheritance, remember? We need to set up the

it anymore. In his current state, who would want him if he got divorced? Besides, Sean—the ruthless CEO of Foster & Co.-had already made it clear that no company working with Foster & Co. would ever hire him. There was no place left for him in

and said, "I'm not getting

you're not getting divorced? We had a deal! I win the case, get you your wife's assets, you pay me a million. You can't

to get home, collapse in bed, and ask his wife to take him to a doctor once he'd recovered a bit. But Vincent wouldn't stop pestering him, and Asher finally snapped. His face twisted with rage as he screamed, "What part of 'leave me alone' don't

Asher -who now looked like a washed-up slob-yell at