The Wrong Girl and the Wronged Girl (Stella and Ethan) novel Chapter 405

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Chapter 405 The Weight of Betrayal

Chapter 405 The Weight of Betrayal

Seeing Susan’s number on the screen, Patrick felt his anger flare instantly.

The moment he answered, before he could even speak, Susan’s voice came through. “I want to see you.”

Her tone was unnervingly calm.

Lately, whether it was about my other family or Lillian, every phone call had been a battle.

But this calmness, how long had it been since we last had such a conversation?

Patrick forced down his anger for the moment, his voice low. “What do you want?”

“Is she at Grandmount Pinnacle?”

Patrick frowned. “What?”

Susan pressed on. “You put that woman in the villa at Grandmount Pinnacle, didn’t you?”

Her tone, which had been oddly composed, shattered into a furious roar.

All the restraint she had struggled to maintain crumbled entirely.

She was shouting through the phone.

Even with the distance between them, Patrick could hear the sheer desperation in her voice–it was as if she wanted to tear someone apart.

Already seething, Patrick was in no mood to listen, especially after being humiliated by Stella Dawson earlier.

Now, faced with Susan’s rage, his patience ran dry. “Susan Carter, we’re finished.”

She still had the audacity to dig into Grandmount Pinnacle? What was she scheming now?

There was nothing left between us.

Susan’s voice sharpened. “What did you say?”

Patrick growled, “If you dare go looking for her, you’ll regret it.”

And with that, he hung up.

To him, Stella’s cold demeanor was entirely Susan’s fault. She had failed to handle the conflicts between Stella and Lillian.

And now she wanted to cause trouble for him? He had nowhere to vent his anger.

My newborn twins… If Abraham kept pushing me into a corner, things would get really ugly.

On Susan’s end, she was still in the hospital.

If not for the emergency intervention earlier, she would have been gone by now.

Who would have thought–the person I trusted most had betrayed me.

I had cherished Lillian like a treasure…

After calling Patrick, rage consumed her, and she let out a raw scream. “Ahhh!”

It was a mix of fury and devastation.

Why? Why had things come to this? Why, Lillian?

Iwas the one who had brought her into the company.

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Chapter 405 The Weight of Betrayal

And yet–it had been her all along.

“Why? Why would you do this to me?” Susan clutched at her chest, her body trembling with grief.

Pain rippled through her, making her shiver violently.

She ran out of the hospital.

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She moved as fast as she could, heading straight for the Reed mansion. The entire way, the rage in her chest had nowhere to go.

But as soon as she reached the front gates, she suddenly fell silent.

She shut her eyes briefly, and tears slipped down her face.

The wind stirred.

It lifted strands of her disheveled hair, and with it, chilled her to the core.

Inside the mansion, the butler handed a set of photos to Jonathan. He examined them in silence.

Then, he instructed the butler to deliver the photos to Lillian Reed.

After viewing them, Lillian was filled with anxiety, unable to settle until Susan finally arrived.

By now, her fear had reached its limit.

Susan stood by the doorway, staring at her wordlessly. Her eyes held nothing but emptiness.

Lillian’s heart pounded. “Mom…”

Her lips trembled as she tried to say something, but it had already been three hours since she saw the photos.

She had been unable to come up with any excuse to explain them away.

Susan spoke slowly. “You knew from the start. You knew everything. Every single thing, you knew it all. And you brought it all into the company yourself. Tell me, why? Why did you betray me?”

She had restrained herself for so long, but now, it all erupted.

Susan’s furious shout echoed throughout the mansion.

Lillian shuddered. “Mom, I…”

Hearing her mother’s voice like this, Lillian completely panicked.

Susan pressed further. “That woman was with your father. She got pregnant and had his children. You knew. You knew everything. You were even the one who set it up.”

The hysteria in her voice dissipated.

Instead, Susan’s tone became eerily calm.

After everything she had endured, all the screaming, she now spoke as if she had no energy left.

Lillian’s tears streamed down her cheeks. She shook her head instinctively.

Susan murmured, “Why you? Why did it have to be you? For you, I even…”

She paused.

Memories flashed through her mind, everything she had done to Stella. And that car accident.