NovelFinishChapter 490 "Claire was right. Even if she didn't want to make a fuss or seek revenge, Ethan would still run to Nathan and spill everything." It didn't matter if it was the past or this life-her kidney had been ripped from her body and given to Sophia.
Nathan was ruthless enough to orchestrate that horror before, cutting Claire open just to save Vanessa. Why would he hesitate to dream up the smonstrous schagain? Adah's gaze dropped, shclouding her face.
"Claire, I'm so sorry. I failed to raise your brother properly." Claire didn't answer.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtEthan was always the hypocrite-whether in her last life or this one. Every time, he was the one who hurt her first. But after the damage was done, he'd put on a show of heartbreak, as if he was the world's most devoted brother. Anyone who didn't know better might've believed he truly cared.
But she knew. He'd never cared for her, not once. All she'd ever received from him was endless humiliation, sarcasm, and cruelty.
"Ms. Jones, will you helpor not?" Adah nodded stiffly. "Yes, I'll help you..." She paused, looking up at Claire, her eyes filled with hope.
"Claire, if I do this for you, will you move back home? Will you live withagain?" "This time, I promise the biggest, best room in the house will be yours. I'll never make you stay in the attic again." Claire's lips curled into a mocking smile. "You really are greedy, Ms. Jones. The fact that I'm willing to let go of everything you did tobefore is pure mercy on my part. Yet you still want to trapin that miserable Linwood mansion?" "Do you really think I haven't suffered enough in this house?" "Letmake it clear: every brick, every leaf, every inch of this place is a reminder of my humiliation. I've never felt a shred of love here-only your relentless, unreasonable scorn." As Adah listened, memories of the old Claire-humiliated and broken-flashed through her mind. Each image cut deeper than the last, as though she herself was being torn apart.
"Oh, wait." Something seemed to occur to Claire, and her tone softened.
"That's not entirely true. There was one person here who really cared about me. May always looked out for me." Just thinking about May warmed her heart.
"All my life dreamed of growing and making something of myself justs & up could buy May a big house and give her the retirement she deserved." "But I never managed it-not before I died." "This time, I think I finally can." Adah's hands clenched tightly.
Her own daughter-her whole world revolving around a housekeeper.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmgla For the first time, Adah tasted the pain of being overlooked, of not mattering at all. It hurt so muck her chest ached. She wished Claire would spare her even a Was this what Claire had felt all those years ago? Only by living through it herself did she realize how much it hurt.
"Claire, I'm sorry."
Claire's lips twitched. It was hom impossible to tell whether he m was expression was one of relief or mockery. "I've said what I needed to say. I should go." "You're leaving already?" Adah's voice trembled with reluctance.
Ever since she'd awakened to the truth, Adah had been thinking about Claire constantly. Especially now when Claire looked exactly as she had in her past life. Every tshe saw her daughter's face, she wanted to pour out all the love she'd withheld, to make up for every debt she owed. "Claire, it's late. Why not stay the night and leave in the morning?"
"That won't be necessary. Nightfall just makes it easier for gertain easier people to make their move." With those words, she turned and left the study.
Her heels clicked smartly on the polished floor.
As Ethan glanced up, he saw Claire descend the staircase, poised and unbothered, the very picture of grace.
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