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?

understand what Wendy had done to Ted

like a trained dog.

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

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

for me."

Wendy stepped closer to Lilian, standing

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

you didn't

watery eyes now carried a coldness devoid of warmth. They were dark, deep, and foreboding, like

couldn't respond as Wendy

as a Rolls-Royce

of elegance and power. Jessica, in a striking

they appeared to be the

stopped in her tracks. 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

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come home last night. She stayed at Mr. Hawk's private villa, West Court,

didn't return until now."

and Stanley had

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