The Heartbreak Prescription

Chapter 18

Wendy had been standing there for who knew how long, her clear, bright eyes silently observing Lilian's panic and embarrassment.

Lilian froze on the spot.

Ted quickly hurried over to Wendy, bending at the waist with a servile smile. "Ms. Crone."

Wendy pulled out a pen and casually tossed it into the outdoor pool. "Dr. Whalen, I dropped my pen."

"Ms. Crone, I'll retrieve it for you immediately!"

Ted dashed outside, not caring about the chilly late-autumn water. Without hesitation, he jumped straight into the pool.

Lilian walked over, staring at the scene in disbelief.

Moments later, Ted surfaced, dripping wet, holding the pen in his hand like a

prized treasure. He looked at Wendy with an

ingratiating smile. "Ms. Crone, I've got your pen!"

Lilian watched Wendy as if looking at something otherworldly.

smirked. "What's wrong? Don't recognize

to process what was happening. She couldn't understand what Wendy had done to Ted

like a trained dog.

why you treat me this way. What more could you possibly want? You

father's house, seized his company, abandoned his beloved daughter, and even tainted the wine he

for me."

stepped closer to Lilian, standing right

reintroduce myself-I'm no longer the Wendy you used

you didn't

Wendy in horror. Wendy's once bright, watery eyes now carried a coldness devoid of warmth. They were dark, deep, and foreboding, like a dangerous, mysterious abyss that

couldn't respond as Wendy turned and walked

lawn just as a Rolls-Royce Phantom pulled up. Stanley had

black suit, exuding his usual aura of elegance and

appeared to be

man for her came flooding back.

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voice rang out. "Jessica didn't come home last

didn't return until now."

understood Lilian's implication-Jessica and Stanley had