Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 511

"Absolutely. The application of this technology puts our country at least a hundred years ahead of the rest of the world."

"A hundred years? That's an understatement. Give the rest of the world two hundred years and they still might not crack the secret of holographic technology."

Online forums were flooded with praise for Claire.

Some users even unearthed the story of how Marina had hired thugs to kidnap her.

"Seriously, has Marina lost her mind? She actually dared to kidnap a scientist?"

"Isn't she dating Orion? Why would she go after his sister?"

"Rumor has it she thought Claire was a romantic rival and tried to get her out of the picture. Turns out, it was all a misunderstanding—she kidnapped Orion's sister by mistake."

"This Marina is too much. How do you go around kidnapping people without even knowing the full story?"

"It's just a misunderstanding. As long as the Tempest family doesn't press charges, Marina should be fine."

"Claire's a scientist, though. It's not just up to the Tempest family to let it go."

And that was true. Even though Claire hadn't been physically harmed during the kidnapping, Marina, her assistant, and the hired criminals were each sentenced to ten years in prison-a remarkably heavy punishment.

None of this concerned Claire in the slightest.

from the institute for

a month, she'd have to return

time off, Claire spent nearly every day with her family and

"Come on, Claire! You're finally home-don't you think you should

so much work waiting for me at the

mischievously. "Work is important, sure. But..." She winked at Claire. "Shouldn't you take this month to finally make

Seriously, we grew up together! Why does Sean, the

could give me

could respond, Sean swept her into his arms, possessive and

didn't quite understand it himself. He and Claire hadn't spent much time together, yet he felt this overwhelming need to claim her as his

you're mine," he said, locking eyes with her. "Let's

knew that once they were engaged, no one else could try to take

Claire's cheeks flushed instantly.

Sean in her

no

now. She was

her She was

Claire-the cherished youngest daughter of the Tempest

was finally

eyes, Claire smiled. "Sean, what if I told you I wanted to marry you in my last