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 recognize

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

like a trained dog.

understood why you treat me this way. What more could you

house, seized his company, abandoned his beloved daughter, and even tainted the wine he cherished most

for me."

that, Wendy stepped closer to Lilian,

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

if you didn't

stared at Wendy in horror. Wendy's once bright, watery eyes now carried a coldness devoid of warmth. They were dark, deep, and foreboding,

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

Wendy stepped onto the lawn just as a Rolls-Royce Phantom pulled up. Stanley had returned

of elegance and power.

they appeared to

She thought she had healed, but the 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 torn apart

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her, Lilian's voice rang out. "Jessica didn't come home last night.

didn't return until now."

and Stanley had spent the night