Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 471

Hearing Adah's shameless words, Claire's disgust toward her only grew.

All that talk about making it up to her-did Adah really not remember how deeply she'd hurt Claire in their last life? Did she not know just how much Claire had come to hate the Linwood family back then?

If Adah truly wanted to make amends, then she should act as if she were dead— never appear in Claire's life again.

Adah gazed at Claire, her eyes brimming with a feigned tenderness. "Claire, I'm your real mother. Come home with me, sweetheart."

But Claire's face was icy, none of the warmth she showed the Tempests remained.

"This is my home," she replied coldly.

The sting of rejection from her own daughter pierced Adah's heart all over again.

"Claire, you have to believe me I love you. I carried you for nine months, how could I ever bear to abandon you? It was your father, that monster! He's the one who left you at the orphanage—I had no idea."

"Now that I've finally found you, can't you just come home with me? Please?"

"You always liked pretty dresses, didn't you? I can buy you as many as you want, any kind you like."

scoffed inwardly. She didn't care about dresses. She just cherished whatever the Tempests gave her—even a leaf, a stone, anything at all. As long as it came from them, she

from

into Mrs. Tempest's

"Mom, I'm so tired."

Claire's little back, her eyes

tired, just sleep, darling. You've had a long day with all

that, she scooped Claire into her arms and

lunged forward, desperate

Give her back to

between them. "You're not welcome here. Please

should I? If you wanted a daughter so badly, you should've had your own. Why

darkened. He had no intention of arguing with a

her out of

in black appeared, one on each side of Adah. Without a word, they hauled her out

and pounded

one last longing glance at the Tempest mansion before finally

A shabby apartment.