Chapter 279

The hatred was like lava, scalding Brielle’s heart until it trembled. She feared Cameron might take another drastic measure, but he merely gazed at her with profound intensity, barely clinging to his sanity.

“Lillian’s lost three fingers, Brielle. If you want Grandpa to live out his days in peace, you’ll tell Max to back off. Lillian should be out of the station by now. Three fingers should suffice to quench your grudge, right? If I don’t get your call by six tonight, I’ll pay Grandpa a visit.

With that, he followed the doctor who had entered, helping Miranda as they left.

The moment the hospital door shut, Aubree retched again, her face deathly pale. “Were those really Lillian’s fingers?”

Brielle leaned back against her pillow, her voice calm. “Yeah.”

This was Aubree’s first brush with such a scene, her stomach churning with acid, feeling as if her very teeth were souring. “Bri, Max couldn’t have done this, could he?”

“No, it wasn’t him.”

Max had another side to him, but he’d never

Lillian? Her head throbbed with the effort of thinking, but no clear leads

it into the trash can. “Could it be someone. else from

act served them no benefit. Besides, Ryan was still searching for

“I don’t know.”

her mind. And now. with

through. The downfall of the

torn, feeling as though something was drilling into

the Haywood’s responsibility, not yours. They have no right to use him to manipulate you. Think about all the

circles of Beaconsfield, you had to let go of

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you discarded, the higher you rose. Those who couldn’t let go ended up achieving

she continued to be shackled by the Haywoods‘ demands,

kind and benevolent, one of the most significant figures in

both had become leverage against her.

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