The Scorned Heiress: No More Mercy novel Chapter 130

Eleanor treats Marian like family, and everyone knows Marian would rather die than see harm come to her.

"Wait. You're saying Grandma drank a bowl of restorative tonic every day since she returned? And Jade was the one preparing it?" Tara interrupts, instantly catching the fatal anomaly. The poison had to be in Jade's homemade soup.

"What exactly are you implying?" Jade's eyes instantly turn bloodshot, her voice quivering with absolute devastation. "Is it a crime for me to prepare a healthy tonic for our grandmother? I just wanted to show my respect! I want her to live a long, healthy life." Outwardly, she looks like a victim of a cruel witch hunt, but internally, she is drowning in blind panic.

Still, she is a master manipulator. She forces down her terror, perfectly adopting the posture of a wrongfully accused martyr. Stay calm. Do not let her see you crack.

"That is enough! You have zero evidence, so stop slandering Jade right now!" Charles barks, his patience entirely depleted. The others might view Jade as an adopted charity case, but Charles knows she is his own flesh and blood. Why on earth would his own daughter poison her grandmother? What could she possibly gain?

"Exactly. You just want to watch the world burn."

"This family hasn't known a single day of peace since you moved back in."

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