Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 467

Under the joint pressure from both families, Adah and Nathan were sent straight to jail.

As for the security footage showing Sean pushing Ethan and Vanessa down the stairs, it had long since been deleted.

Claire's birthday party was nothing short of extravagant. In front of Northcrest City's entire elite, Mr. and Mrs. Tempest personally introduced her to the world.

From that night on, everyone in Northcrest's high society knew Claire as the cherished little princess of the Tempest family, and their gazes turned warm and welcoming whenever they met her.

In her previous life, when Claire lived in Cresthaven, she'd never once received a kind look from anyone among the wealthy families.

But this time, everything was different.

Now, not only did everyone in Northcrest's upper circle know her name, but she also had the Tempest family's backing, along with the protection of Sean, York, Zachary, and several other young men.

Zachary's little sister, Daisy Quinn, was especially fond of her. At every party, Daisy flitted around Claire like a butterfly, hardly leaving her side.

"Wow! No wonder my brother can't stop praising you. You're just as adorable as he said—so cute and cuddly! Like... like the softest little marshmallow."

... Well, thanks,

threw an arm around Claire's neck. "Claire, when school starts, I'll watch out for you. No

elementary school. Even though you're taller, technically you're supposed to call me 'senior.' I don't really need

grinned, her smile wide and

still so little that, before the party even ended, her eyelids

back to the Tempest estate that night,

she slept

to jail, and in

of Northcrest's fou major

two of them were released, two weeks later, the

earlier

Linwoods who suffered; the Chase family

Mrs. Tempest learned that Cordelia had tried to "teach Claire a lesson," they

clearly showing disregard for

had clung to Sean until she was twenty-two. To keep other women away from him she had spread rumors about

gossip, but he grew sick of her relentless pursuit. In the end, he destroyed the Chase family and sent Cordelia packing