The Heartbreak Prescription

Chapter 18

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.

wrong? Don't

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

like a trained dog.

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

seized his company, abandoned his beloved daughter, and even tainted

for me."

to

just a small warning. Let me reintroduce myself-I'm no longer the Wendy you used to

if you didn't provoke

coldness devoid of warmth. They

couldn't respond as

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

black suit, exuding his usual aura of elegance and power. Jessica,

together, they appeared to be the

man for her came

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didn't come home last night. She

didn't return until now."

understood Lilian's implication-Jessica and Stanley had spent the

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