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.

"What's wrong? Don't

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

like a trained dog.

continued, "I've never understood why you treat me this way. What more

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

for me."

Wendy stepped closer to Lilian, standing right by

was just a small warning. Let me reintroduce myself-I'm no longer the Wendy you used to know. Next time, it would

you didn't provoke

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 sent chills down

fear, Lilian couldn't respond as

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

usual aura of elegance and power. Jessica, in a striking red gown, looked

Walking together, they appeared to

had healed, but the memory of Stanley abandoning her last night to find another man for her came flooding back. The heart she thought

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out. "Jessica didn't come home last night.

didn't return until now."

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