Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 401

They only knew the donor was a wealthy man, never realizing it was Sean himself.

In their minds, the plan was simple: if the child's kidney turned out to be a match for Sophia or Vanessa, they'd keep her around as a failsafe; if not, it didn't matter -after all, wasn't the child's biological father a rich man?

At that point, they could track down the father and blackmail him for a hefty sum.

No matter how things played out, they stood to gain either way.

What they never anticipated was that before Sophia's kidney failure even occurred, Mandy killed her-and then, in an unexpected twist, Mandy managed to find Claire and Sean's child.

Jeffry had uncovered every sordid detail. Even with all his years as a seasoned special forces operative, the truth hit him like a bombshell. He couldn't help but ache for Claire.

Her life had been a constant struggle, mired in pain and betrayal. Sean's arrival had once been like a ray of light, breaking through the darkness that consumed her world.

Now that she was gone, perhaps only their child could heal the wounds Sean carried.

Jeffry's voice echoed through the sitting room, each word landing like a hammer blow on Sean's heart.

A spark flickered to life in his eyes—a spark that hadn't been there in a long

trembled, raw with urgency. "Where

expression and felt a pang of

and now,

be at his house now. I've called him countless times, but his phone's been off. Sir,

combined with days of not eating, left him dizzy and weak. He collapsed back into the chair, breathless. “I—

as the words left his mouth,

at Jeffry,

I'd only scare her like this.Oneed to pull myself together before

upright. He was still frail, but for

ages, his

determination. Conte

first time

with

news that he and Claire had a daughter

go get Ms. Claire's daughter on my own?" Jeffry