NovelEnglishChapter 173 Nathan and Adah paced anxiously outside the emergency room.
When they saw Brian approaching, his head wrapped in bandages, Nathan couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Mr. Cole, what happened to your head?" Brian hesitated for a moment before brushing it off. "Just a little accident. What's happening with Ethan?" Recalling the distressing sight of Ethan coughing up blood, Nathan's eyes turned icy. Words of anger towards Claire spilled from his lips without a second thought.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"It's all that wretched Claire's fault! Who knows what she said to Ethan to drive him to such a state." "That woman can't stand the success of the Linwood family. Even though she's no longer with us, she keeps causing trouble behind the scenes. Truly despicable." Nathan's face was flushed with anger, as if cursing Claire could somehow mask the wrongs they had done to her. Adah echoed Nathan's sentiments, her face filled with sadness. "Claire has always been so troublesome, like a curse. All she does is bring chaos to the family." "To think she drove Ethan to such a condition-it's simply heartless. Our genuine care meant nothing to her. What a shame!" Brian quietly listened, his expression unreadable. His eyes revealed a hint of contemplation, as if weighing the truth of Nathan and Adah's words.
Whether he believed them or not was unclear. He stood there with a neutral expression, eyes lowered in thought. Just then, a mocking laugh suddenly echoed through the corridor, its hoarse tone cutting through the silence. Nathan, Adah, and Brian turned simultaneously to see a nurse pushing Irene in a wheelchair towards them. The sight of Irene caused Nathan and Adah's pupils to contract sharply. Their earlier bravado evaporated, replaced by deep fear and panic.
Nathan's face turned ghostly pale, sweat beading on his forehead. Adah, as if her heart was being squeezed by an invisible hand, leaned back involuntarily, her eyes wide with terror.
They knew the truth of what happened years ago better than anyone.
Nathan had watched as Vanessa pushed Irene down the stairs.
Adah, although she hadn't witnessed the fall, chose to ignore Irene's pleas for help. She even pointed at a shocked Claire, accusing, "Claire, why did you harm Mr. Cole's sister?" With her cue, Vanessa and Nathan coordinated their stories, pinning the blon Claire for attempted murder.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmLater, Adah had deleted the only surveillance footage that could have proven Claire's innocence.
Guilty as they were, it was no wonder they felt uneasy seeing Irene now.
Yet Nathan, seasoned by years in the business world, had honed the ability to regain his composure quickly. In veix ap an instant, he suppressed all his emotions, though the unease lingered beneath the surface like a dark current.
Adah, on the other hand, having settled into the role of a delicatem housewife since marrying Nathan, was overwhelmed with fear at the sight of an awakened Irene. Her voice trembled, "Wh-what do you want?"
Irene's laughter abruptly stopped, leaving her face devoid of expression. Five years as a comatose patient had left her face pale and gaunt, her large eyes appearing unnervingly hollow and chilling. Seeing her, Brian quickly stepped forward, concern etched on his face. "Irene, why are you out here? You haven't fully recovered; you need to rest more."
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