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."

the two of them headed upstairs, one

are? What gives you the

Claire didn't even pause.

acknowledge him,

Are

word "deaf" made Claire's steps falter for a split

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

that, she'd sworn she'd never let herself

remarked, "Ms. Jones, your

Adah flushed with shame.

turned cold and steely as she looked at

this

house and never comet

reached for Claire's hand, but Claire sidestepped, letting Adah's hand hang awkwardly in the ai before she withdrew it

them

What would you

never been welcome to anything in

as if her heart had

mean that,

eyes widened with surprise. "What is it? If it's

down, her eyes full of