NovelEnglishChapter 214 "I've paid the price of a broken leg and a kidney, surely that's enough to repay your parents for givinglife," Claire stated calmly, her voice void of any emotion. The memories of past suffering no longer left a mark on her face, as if the pain had turned her heart to ice.
Ethan knew Claire was speaking the truth, yet she was, after all, his parents' biological daughter.
Pointing at Sean, Ethan challenged, "Are you really so heartless? Do you care so little for our parents' fate just to be with that man?" Claire remained silent.
Mr. Foster was such a good and exceptional man; it would be hard for any woman not to fall for him.
But she knew, riddled with scars as she was, she didn't deserve someone like him.
Her silence was an admission in Ethan's eyes.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtSuddenly losing control, Ethan shouted at Claire, "You're an adult now! How can you not tell right from wrong?" "Our parents were left with broken legs! Do you even know how excruciating that is?" Claire suddenly laughed, a sardonic smile that cut Ethan like a knife, piercing his very soul.
His eyes involuntarily glanced at Claire's wounded leg, his pupils contracting sharply. In that instant, he seemed to be drained of all strength, his entire being crumbling into a picture of weary despair.
No one understood the agony of having one's legs broken better than Claire-she had lived it. Claire's voice was unwavering, "I believe Mr. Foster has nothing to do with your parents' injuries." She looked at Sean.
With a trace of amusement in his eyes, Sean smiled at her, indulgently. "It has nothing to do with me." Liam chimed in hastily, "I can vouch for that. Our CEO hasn't even seen the Linwoods today." What Sean and Liam said was indeed true.
Claire had no doubts; she had seen Nathan and Adah alive and well when she was dropped off at the hotel earlier.
Whatever happened afterward, only the driver would know.
She turned her gaze to the driver, and Sean and Liam followed suit.
The driver, unfazed under their scrutiny, remained composed and said, "The Linwoods fell down the stairs, breaking their legs." Claire: "..." Sean: "..." Liam: "..." "That's nonsense!" Ethan yelled at the driver.
The hotel steps were fewer than ten; even if they did fall, at most they'd scrape a knee, not break both legs-and both of them at that.
"If you don't believe me, ask the security guard at the door," the driver replied evenly.
The commotion had been clear to the security guards from the start.
Hearing himself mentioned, the security chief's heart pounded.
He hurried over, a smile plastered on his face. "Mr. Ethan, Mr. and Mrs. Linwood indeed fell down the stairs accidentally. We all saw it." The hotel security team echoed in unison, "Yes, we all saw it." Ethan's eyes widened in disbelief. He knew it was impossible, yet everyone said it was so.
Claire's lips curled into a playful smirk; Ethan was all too familiar with this feeling. Five years ago, Nathan, Adah, Ethan, Vanessa, Vincent Lewis, and Brian had treated her the sway.
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Meeting Claire's mocking gaze, Ethan felt like a knife had been driven M through his heart, leaving him breathless with pain. The searing truth without evidence suffocated him.
He abruptly looked up, seeking out the surveillance cameras.
But Sean's cold voice reached him, "My people always cover their tracks." The implication was clear; even if there were surveillance footage, it had already been erased.
Just like five years ago, when Adah deleted the footage that could have proven Claire's innocence.
Sean always believed in giving people a taste of their own medicine.
Ten meters away, the fountain suddenly lit up, startling the koi into shattering the moonlit water's surface.
In the shifting light, Sean casually toyed with his siring and said to the driver. "Welladne.
the driver, Well done. Your year-end bonus will be doubled." A smile finally broke through the driver's stoic expression, "Thank you, sir." Pausing, he turned to Claire, "Thanks to Ms. Linwood." A blatant provocation that nearly caused Ethan to faint from anger.
"You... you..."
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