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.

smirked. "What's wrong? Don't

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

like a trained dog.

treat me this way. What more

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

for me."

that, Wendy stepped closer to Lilian, standing right by her

myself-I'm no longer the

you

in horror. 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

with fear, Lilian couldn't respond as Wendy turned

Rolls-Royce Phantom pulled up. Stanley had returned

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

appeared

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

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"Jessica didn't come home last night. She

didn't return until now."

Stanley had