Chapter 453
Jessica pasped in shock, almost certain the had misheard.
Stanley had actually just told her to grovel to Wendy!
She staggered bark, nearly losing her balance, but Lilian quickly caught her.
“Mr. Hawk, how could you do this to Jessica? You’re helping Wendy bully her!” Lilian said, her voice trembling
dith disbelief.
Stanley shot Lilian a cold glance, his eyes sharp and unwavering “And you? Isn’t Wendy your own daughter? How do you explain what you did?”
Lilian was caught off guard, unable to respond to the biting retort.
Wendy’s clear, sharp eyes were fixed on Jessica. “Are you going to grovel or not? My time is precious. I don’t want to waste it on you.
Halsey let out a laugh“If you don’t grovel this time, next time, even if you want to, you’ll have to wait in line to do so.”
Jessica, already pale, turned even more ashen.
Wendy didn’t wait for her response. “It seems like you haven’t made up your mind. Well, I’m leaving.”
“Yeah, let’s go.” Halsey looped her arm through Wendy’s, and the two of them started to walk away.
But Jessica wasn’t going to let them leave just like that. Her hands clenched into tight fists at her sides, and she shouted after them, “Fine, Wendy, I’ll grovel!”
Wendy stopped in her tracks and turned around, her gaze locking onto Jessica.
And then, Jessica groveled.
In front of the entire elite of Hovendale, Jessica groveled before Wendy..
Her eyes filled with tears, burning with humiliation. This was the greatest disgrace she had ever experienced. ‘ Wendy, please, I beg you, save me.
Jessica had groveled and begged Wendy.
Lilian’s heart felt as if it were pierced by a thousand arrows. In that instant, the hate she had for Wendy reached its boiling point.
Edith stomped her feet, wailing in frustration, “What is happening? Our family is ruined! We’re truly finished!”
Edith had prided herself on the two shining stars she had raised, only to watch them both be destroyed by Wendy. Wendy looked down at Jessica, her lips curling into a slow, cruel smile. “I’m not going to save you.”
Jessica froze. “You told me to grovel! How could you-”
“Yes, I told you to grovel, but I never promised you that groveling would save you.”
Lilian immediately pulled Jessica up from the floor. “Wendy, you’re going too far!”
Wendy’s gaze swept over Edith, Lilian, Jessica, and Trish, each face meeting her chilling eyes.
“How did my father die?” she asked, her voice cold and steady.
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The question struck Edith and Lilian like a slap.
Wendy continued, “How did my father die? Who killed him I want you to give me an answer. In three days, at my father’s grave, I want all the people who killed him to prove before his grave, confess their sins, and turn themselves in.”
Edith and Lilian stared at Wendy, their faces pale. In her eyes, there was a cold, lethal glint, like a sharpened blade ready to strike.
Wendy’s voice was icy as she spoke again, “You think todays the end? No–I’m telling you, today is just the beginning! All these years, you’ve walked all over my father’s grave, enjoying wealth and luxury. Now, it’s time for you to pay it all back!”
With that, Wendy turned and walked away.
Her slender, graceful figure quickly disappeared into the night.
Edith and Lilian knew the truth now: Wendy was declaring war on the entire Crone family. She had made Jessica grovel and Tish bow before her as a warning.
She was just getting started.
The dinner party ended, and Stanley stepped outside. At that moment, Edith, Lilian, and Jessica all rushed up to
him.
“Mr. Hawk, are you really just going to stand by and watch Wendy destroy us?
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