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.”

him, but he’d never

who? Who harbored such deep resentment towards Lillian? Her head throbbed with the

trash can. “Could it be someone. else from the Dorsey family trying to scare you?”

act served them no benefit. Besides, Ryan was

“I don’t know.”

her mind. And now. with Cameron’s threat,

was a Haywood through and through. The downfall of the Haywood family would surely affect him. Julian didn’t have many

as though something was drilling into her

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

cutthroat circles of Beaconsfield, you had to

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higher you rose. Those who couldn’t let go ended up

to be shackled by the Haywoods‘ demands, she

conjured Julian’s face, kind and benevolent, one of the most significant figures

now, both had become leverage against her.

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