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.

smirked. "What's wrong? Don't

struggled to process what was happening. She couldn't understand what Wendy had done to Ted to make him so

like a trained dog.

you treat me this way. What more could you

daughter, and even tainted the

for me."

closer to

Let me reintroduce myself-I'm no longer the Wendy you used to know. Next

if you didn't

a coldness devoid of warmth. They were

with fear, Lilian couldn't respond as Wendy turned and walked

Rolls-Royce Phantom pulled up. Stanley had returned

usual aura of elegance

they appeared to be

memory of Stanley abandoning her last night to find another man for her came flooding back. The heart she thought had just mended now felt as if it were slowly being

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Lilian's voice rang out. "Jessica didn't come home last night. She stayed at

didn't return until now."

Lilian's implication-Jessica and Stanley

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