The Billionaire's True Heiress From Fake Jewel to Real Crown novel Chapter 1764

Queenie was a bundle of nerves. Claire picked up on the tension immediately and subtly slowed her pace to give the older woman time to breathe.

Upstairs, Yvette was just as frantic. Her hands were sweating as she clutched her phone in a death grip.

"Yvette, why hasn't she called yet? Do you think she got lost trying to find the hospital?"

Evie was already losing her patience.

She had woken up at the crack of dawn just to deal with these poor relatives.

If it weren't for them, she could have slept for another two hours.

"It's my fault. I should have asked which hotel they were staying at last night and just gone to pick them up this morning."

As the daughter-in-law, it was her duty to greet her mother-in-law properly. Why on earth had she let the older woman navigate the hospital on her own? Yvette had never had a mother-in-law before, and the etiquette completely slipped her mind.

"Why would you go out of your way to pick them up? Don't you have to take care of Quentin?"

"Besides, if they really are just gold-diggers here for a handout, treating them like royalty is only going to make them bolder..."

Evie's rant died in her throat as the elevator doors slid open, revealing Claire leading a small group.

Because Yvette and Evie were standing right in the corridor by the elevators, every word of Evie's spiteful complaint echoed perfectly into the newcomers' ears.

Queenie and Pandora might have been older, but their hearing was sharp.

Queenie thought to herself, *Is this my daughter-in-law?*

She looked like the woman she had briefly spotted in the hotel lobby last night.

Yvette, however, didn't immediately notice Queenie. Her eyes locked onto Claire. She was just about to offer a warm smile when Evie beat her to the punch.

"You again?" Evie sneered, her voice dripping with venom.

Yvette quickly swatted Evie's arm. "Evie!"

"I didn't realize your family owned the hospital. I'll come and go as I please."

Claire wasn't about to coddle her.

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