Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 466

When Ethan leapt to defend Vanessa-just as he'd done so many times before- Adah's anger surged so fiercely she could barely contain herself.

Without thinking, she lashed out and kicked him hard, sending Ethan sprawling to the floor. The blow knocked the wind out of him, and for a moment he lay there, stunned, struggling to catch his breath.

"Mom, what is wrong with you?" Ethan finally gasped, bewildered.

Tears streamed down Adah's cheeks as she glared at her son. "Ethan, do you have any idea? Vanessa is actually your father's illegitimate daughter."

Of course, Adah knew Vanessa wasn't really Nathan's child from an affair, but that didn't matter now. There was no reason to tell the truth. All she wanted was to make her own son despise Vanessa.

From this day forward, that little brat would never have a moment's peace. The pain and humiliation Claire had suffered in her past life, Vanessa would suffer all over again every last bit of it. Adah wanted to see the look on Nathan's, Sophia's, and Garnett Brown's faces when they saw Vanessa endure the same torment.

Ethan's eyes went wide in shock. "Mom, what are you talking about? That's not true!"

"I'm not lying," Adah insisted, her voice trembling with emotion. "Vanessa is your father's daughter-with Dr. Sophia, the director at Cresthaven General Hospital." "Ethan, do you know why your real sister disappeared right after she was born?" Ethan frowned, thinking back. "Wasn't she kidnapped by traffickers?"

your sister at an orphanage and brought his illegitimate daughter home instead- forcing me to raise her, making fools of both me and

of this revelation hit ten-year-old Ethan like a tidal wave, leaving

this happen?" he

many times before. Now that he thought about it, there

real sister now?" Ethan asked,

was adopted," Adah replied, her expression growing even more somber. "And the people who adopted her are none other than the Tempests-the most powerful family in Northcrest City. The birthday party tonight? It's for your real

go to

written plainly across her

don't

little girl we saw at the children's clothing

and what had just happened flashing through his mind.

wrong-he'd just always chosen to stand by his own family, no matter what. Even

father's illegitimate child, and that the girl they'd bullied was actually his real sister,

"If we've made