Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 477

No. No, please. Don't do this.

She hadn't regained the memories of her previous life just to drift further and further away from Claire.

She knew she'd been wrong. In her last life, she'd paid the price for it.

Whatever she owed Claire, she'd repaid it in full-every last bit.

Suddenly, Adah threw her arms around Claire's small frame.

"Claire, please, don't leave Mommy. I know I was wrong. Please, forgive me, will you?"

Her sobs were messy and desperate, tears streaming down her face. The sight struck a chord with everyone around them.

"No matter what, she's still Miss Tempest's biological mother. And if anyone's to blame for what happened, it's Nathan-he's the one who abandoned his daughter. Mrs. Linwood had nothing to do with that."

"Exactly. Only a mother knows the pain of losing her child. I think we should let her have her daughter back."

"That's right, that's right."

Whispers began to ripple through the crowd.

Mrs. Tempest felt her mind go blank. She looked at Claire, her eyes full of heartbreak and reluctance.

nothing more than to snatch Claire back right then and there. But this was, after all, Claire's birth mother-however disastrously she'd

she really about to

her nose sting and

pleaded, her voice trembling with hope and fear, as if even making the request might scare Claire

good person. Just the other day in

herself free, shoving Adah so hard that Adah, caught off guard,

hope I had for you in my past life, you used it alfup. In this life, I refuse to

Claire turned

e'

shrieked, lunging forward to

daughter-my flesh and blood! I carried you for nine

looked back, her eyes filled with

that gaze and immediately lowered her head

accuse Claire of anything. In her last life, she had never once

girl, while Claire had been treated worse than the help in the

go." Claire's voice

clung on, desperate.

rushed forward and sank his teeth into the hand Adah

pain and instinctively

together they dashed back to Mr. and