Reborn with Nothing but My Farm and Vengeance in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 548

Chapter 548: Chapter 548: An Acquaintance

Joy Jennings had barely finished speaking when Carter Jennings flatly rejected her proposal.

Recalling the disgraceful state Robert Lancaster and Elaine Hughes were in just moments ago, he shook his head. "There’s something you don’t know. That Elaine Hughes who married into the Lancaster Family was born to the first wife. She and our aunt are half-sisters, same father..."

"There have long been rumors in Kyodo that our aunt’s mother was killed by that first wife. If you bring Elaine Hughes before our aunt, you’re just going to upset her, aren’t you?"

If it weren’t for this, Carter Jennings wouldn’t have let Melody Summers take Elaine Hughes and Robert Lancaster away. They weren’t full sisters, so who knew what our aunt would think upon seeing Elaine Hughes, this half-sister of hers?

The daughter of the first wife and the daughter of a mistress—what kind of sisterly bond could possibly exist between them?

They’d be lucky if they didn’t kill each other.

Thinking of this, Carter Jennings warned Joy again, "Alright, don’t mention Elaine Hughes in front of our aunt, lest you make her unhappy. Our uncle has taken a liking to her. As long as things are smooth on her end, our uncle can focus on his research."

Carter Jennings’s gaze darkened. He glanced up at the hospital floor plan taped to the wall and said in a low voice, "The family has already invested more than half of its fortune into this. It all comes down to this one shot... There can be absolutely no mistakes with our uncle’s research."

Hearing this, Joy Jennings’s smile faded. She nodded and replied, "Don’t worry, I understand all of this. I was the one who personally delivered the clinical data on the Tricolor Parasitoid Wasp to Yuri Walsh. There won’t be any problems."

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Meanwhile, Melody Summers led Robert Lancaster and Elaine Hughes out of the medical center and back toward The Metropolis Residences.

Melody was silent the entire way, but her expression grew increasingly grim.

The reason was simple—Elaine Hughes, trailing behind her, would not stop blathering on.

"Oh, sweetheart, I knew it. You have the softest heart. You wouldn’t just abandon your father and me..."

"Sweetheart, your father and I were wrong in the past, but we were just deceived by that Sylvia Lancaster. We see clearly now. If they’re not our own blood, they can’t be tamed. That Sylvia Lancaster is just a bitch! She’s not our daughter anymore. You’re the one who’s truly our precious daughter..."

"Sweetheart, your older brother and Xiao Yuan were both killed. You’re our only hope now. We only have you left. From now on, the three of us will live a good life together. Everything will be okay..."

"Sweetheart, we know you’ve suffered a lot in the past. We’ll slowly make it up to you from now on..."

"..."

With every word Elaine Hughes spoke, Melody Summers’s expression darkened another shade.

’The moment I remember that this chattering woman behind me is the one who drugged me in my past life, I can’t stop myself from wanting to twist her head off!’

If not for the people coming and going on this road, and the ambulances rushing the injured to the medical center, she really would have finished the couple off right then and there.

But Elaine Hughes was completely clueless, still rambling on. "Sweetheart, why are you so thin? It breaks my heart to see. Was your adoptive mother not good to you? ...Sigh, I knew it. An adoptive mother is just an adoptive mother, after all. Not your real one. How could she possibly take good care of you..."

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