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

ignored, exploded with rage. He shouted after Claire, "Who do you think you are? What gives you the right to set

Claire didn't even pause.

outright refusal to acknowledge him, sent Ethan into a

talking to you! Are you deaf

Claire's steps falter for a split

all 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 knew that

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

"Ms. Jones, your parenting skills are as disastrous

Adah flushed with shame.

looked at Ethan. "If

this

house and never comet

for Claire's hand, but

them entered the

would you

welcome to anything

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

that, then help me

If it's within

and down,