The Fragrance Queen's Final Note novel Chapter 38

"Queenie, I'm sorry, I am so truly sorry. It's true that my heart breaks for you, but it's also true that I'm terrified the Calvert family line will end. I had completely given up hope, but when I heard that Zander can still get aroused, I was so happy. As long as he can have a reaction, it means he can still reproduce, and the Calvert family won't die out..."

This time, Queenie heard it clearly.

Incredibly clearly.

She suddenly smiled.

Not a smile of relief, but the kind of smile someone forces out when they've been stabbed in the gut—laughing at the sheer absurdity before they even have time to scream in pain.

All this time, she had just been moving herself with false sentimentality.

She thought her mother-in-law's heart broke for her, that her mother-in-law felt immense guilt toward her, that her mother-in-law was suffering a devastating emotional blow.

But it turned out her reaction had absolutely nothing to do with feeling guilty toward Queenie.

Nor was it because she was ashamed of her son's betrayal.

She was excited.

Excited that her son wasn't completely broken.

That her son could still pass on his legacy.

It was just that the useless person in this equation needed to be discarded.

That was the harsh reality.

So harsh that, in the end, Queenie was the one who took the hardest blow.

She had never anticipated this outcome, this completely unprovoked stab in the back.

A tearing pain ripped through her chest, and she forcibly swallowed back the tears welling in her eyes.

Just like the sudden discovery of Zander and Renata's affair, the Calvert family had betrayed her once again.

Her world didn't collapse; a collapse would at least make a sound.

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