Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 509

Chapter 499

Lewis?

Claire's thoughts instantly flashed back to last night, when she'd run into Victor Lewis.

Could it have been Victor who called the police for her?

When the car finally pulled up in front of the Lewis estate, Claire had her answer. It was Victor.

She'd hoped Adah might have helped, but Adah, as usual, had managed to do absolutely nothing right.

If not for Victor, Claire suspected she'd be lying in a morgue by now.

Their arrival at the Lewis home was met with a warm, almost exuberant welcome for the Tempests.

Victor, spotting Claire, looked as if he might leap with excitement. He bounded over in three giant strides, grabbing both her hands in his own, his eyes shining

with disbelief and awe.

"Claire? Is it really you?"

"I can't believe it. In my lifetime, I finally get to meet our country's genius scientist."

"Professor Tempest, you're my hero. Truly, you're an inspiration for all of us."

Victor was so excited, he could barely string a sentence together.

a little overwhelmed

life, Victor had always treated her with biting sarcasm and dismissive arrogance. Even after learning the truth,

who took nothing

to see such open admiration in his

tried to pull her hands free, but Victor's grip was

pried Victor's hands away,

scowled. "And you

expression was cool.

Victor: "..."

has a

possibly have a

and still so young. What could possess her

genuinely heartbroken. He hadn't even had a

holding Claire so intimately and

to

were beside

already considered elite in Cresthaven, but

families of

an entirely different

s of Northcrest lo

this contract would make the Lewis family

was as if fortune itself had dropped into their laps, and the Lewis couple could

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