Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 487

He turned to Adah and sneered, "See? I told you she was ungrateful. You care so much about her, but does she ever spare you a thought? She couldn't care less

about you."

He shook his head in disgust. “I just don't get it. Why are you so obsessed with her, Mom? She never spent a single day growing up by your side, and just because you share some blood, you put everything on the line for her? Is blood really that important?"

"What does she have that Vanessa doesn't?"

"Shut your mouth!" Adah snapped, her voice harsh with anger.

But Ethan wasn't done. "What did I say that's wrong? That's exactly the kind of person she is. Am I not even allowed to speak the truth?"

Adah glared, wishing she could silence him for good.

Whether in her past life or this one, Ethan's words had always been cruel. Back then, he was the one who humiliated Claire the most.

But today was different. Claire didn't even flinch.

She looked at Adah and said calmly, "I need to discuss something with you."

Adah, caught off guard by this rare request, lit up at once. "Of course. Let's go to my study."

of them headed upstairs, one after

rage. He shouted after Claire, "Who do you think you are? What gives you the right to set foot in my house? Get out- right

Claire didn't even pause.

refusal to acknowledge him, sent

talking to you! Are

word "deaf" made Claire's steps

insults, that was the one she hated the most. In her previous life, she had truly gone deaf-beaten until the world was plunged into a silence so absolute, it was suffocating.

she'd never

remarked, "Ms. Jones, your parenting

Adah flushed with shame.

and steely as she looked at Ethan.

this

house and never comet

turned back to Claire, her tone gentler. "Claire, let's not mind him." She reached for Claire's hand, but Claire sidestepped, letting Adah's hand hang awkwardly in the ai before she withdrew it in

two of them entered the study

you like to

been welcome to anything in this house

felt as if her heart had been stabbed. "I'm

that, then help

is it? If it's within

up and down, her eyes