The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

Chapter 64

The soup had been kept in the thermos for two hours and was still piping hot when it splashed onto Sienna’s wrist, turning a large patch of her fair skin bright red.

Instead of feeling like she’d done something wrong. Ashlyn let out a weird, low chuckle at the sight.

“That’s what you get for trying to mess with me, you witch! Scram! Get out of here, now!”

Tears welled up in Sienna’s eyes as she fought through the pain and left the hospital room, only to bump into Noella who had just come from Marcel’s room.

Noella had heard Sienna was with Ashlyn and, worried that Ashlyn might give Sienna a hard time, hurried over after giving the meds to the two old gents.

“Mom, what happened to you?”

Seeing the burns on Sienna’s wrist, Noella quickly led her to the washroom to rinse it with cool water and then applied some homemade ointment she’d made.

Sienna had held back her tears until then, but seeing her daughter take such good care of her made her heartache.

“Noella, do you think your grandma is out of her mind? She calls me over only to give me a hard time! She rang me up at 5:30 am to bring her chicken soup. I stood in that room for three hours. and then she accused me of poisoning her!”

Noella carefully spread the ointment over Sienna’s burn. She had developed the ointment. herself, and thankfully, after a few hours, the soup wasn’t as scalding as it would have been straight off the stove. This kind of burn would heal in a week.

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Breathing a sigh of relief, Noella then took Sienna to Marcel’s room.

Marcel knew what had happened the moment he saw them. “Sienna, what’s this about? That old hag’s been bullying you again?”

the

“Marcel, you have to stand up for me! All these years, what have I ever done to displease the two of you since I married into the Schnabel family? We’re not some nobodies; our Horwich family has its own standing!” Sienna sobbed before continuing, “Why does she always have to make things difficult for me? Isn’t that just throwing her weight around? Does she want Tristan. to marry her niece from her side of the family? If that’s the case, just tell me, and Tristan and I can get divorced!”

expression turned awkward.

niece to Tristan. The Schnabels were an educated family, and how could they engage in such backward and corrupt practices like

gentle and beautiful Sienna

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around the Horwich household day in, and day

also respectable and Sienna clearly a good daughter–in–law,

Sienna snatched away a good match from her niece, preventing them from strengthening family ties. Over the years, she

her father–in–law, wanting to step into her shoes as Tristan’s stepmother. After back–and–forth squabbles, Sienna was too embarrassed to make a fuss, and Marcel found it

room and immediately crouched down to hug Sienna’s legs, bawling his eyes out. “My love! You can’t divorce me! You’re the one and only for me! You can’t leave me–ahhhh!

dumbfounded by

present; all he knew was that

You’re my one and only, my sweetheart, my

me; I have

Sienna’s reddened wrist, Tristan got anxious. He turned to Marcel and stuttered. “Dad, maybe you should divorce Mom, then Sienna won’t technically be her daughter–in–law, right? You can’t let me lose my wife! Anyway, you don’t need a

if your mom and I divorced, you’d still be her son, and Sienna would

of son schemes to use his own

legs from Tristan’s grip, sobbing. “I’m going back

followed, still calling after his “precious

been like this. Every time your mom argues with your grandma,

obediently. “I saw Grandpa Merrick, and

Marcel sighed deeply.

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you head back, take something for Merrick from me as an apology. Your mom has had it tough all these years. If

to Marcel and started massaging his calves. She had the perfect touch, hitting all the right spots, making Marcel feel a whole lot