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?

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

like a trained dog.

why you treat me this way. What more could

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

for me."

that, Wendy stepped closer to Lilian, standing right by

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

if you didn't provoke

eyes now carried a coldness devoid of warmth. They were dark, deep,

Lilian couldn't respond as Wendy turned and walked

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

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

they appeared to

memory of Stanley abandoning her last night to find another man for her

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

didn't return until now."

implication-Jessica and Stanley had spent the night