Please Give Me Another Chance, Mrs. Hamilton novel Chapter 13

Brad had always been stoic, and he hardly ever showed emotion. However, when he saw Jean leave the dining room in tears, the look he gave Nadine was nothing short of mutinous.

"Are you happy now, Nadine?" he hissed.

He stormed out of the dining room before Nadine could respond, cutting past her like a shadow.

Bitter disappointment filled Nadine as she watched him leave in a hurry.

At last, she had come to terms with the brutal reality, which was that Brad loved Jean as much as he hated Nadine.

Thus came the straw that broke the camel's back—and broke her heart in the process too.

She wasn't sure if heartbreak had anything to do with the hollow sensation in her, but she felt such a sharp ache in her chest that she couldn't breathe.

It was as if an invisible weight was pinning her down. No matter how hard she struggled, she couldn't seem to break free.

Nadine shoved a spoonful of food into her mouth and forced herself to chew, but no amount of food could fill up the hole in her heart.

Evelyn was furious to see Nadine eating as if nothing had happened. "You bitch! How could you eat after you've ruined dinner for everyone? What are you, a pig?"

Evelyn was lashing out at Nadine after the latter had gotten Gigi punished and made Brad stalk off in anger. She wanted nothing more than to rip Nadine to shreds.

Nadine chewed the mouthful of food slowly. It was tasteless, but she forced herself to swallow it nonetheless.

She then slowly looked up at Evelyn. "I'm not the one who's grunting at the dinner table."

Despite Nadine's ever-pleasing disposition and kindness in the past, Gigi and Evelyn had never accepted her as part of the family.

It was time Nadine finally stood up to them. There was no hope for turning things around at this point, anyway.

Evelyn's nostrils flared when she heard Nadine's insult. She reached for the plate next to her and tried to hurl it at Nadine, but Daniel stopped her.

He pinned the plate down and snapped, "Will you look at the state of yourself? Is this how you should behave as an elder? Come with me!"

Before Evelyn could argue any further, Daniel grabbed her wrist and forcefully dragged her upstairs.

Now, Nadine was alone in the spacious dining room. The air seemed to have grown cold, the tension in it weighing her down and suffocating it.

Even the housekeeping staff kept their heads down and dared not make a sound.

Nadine surveyed the empty seats at the dining table. A corner of her mouth lifted in a wry smile, and she resumed eating her dinner slowly. She couldn't very well be sad on an empty stomach.

"I don't understand what's wrong with you, Nadine!"

Just then, Brad returned, his thunderous voice cutting through the air.

Raindrops glistened on the hair that flopped over his forehead and his dark shirt, dripping off the edge of his shoulders.

There was feral rage written on his face that made him look like the devil himself. He cast a vicious look at Nadine, who was still nonchalantly eating at the dining table.

Jean had refused to come back to the house with him after he'd chased her down the rain-covered streets, and he had to watch her run away in tears.

He had searched the entire neighborhood but found no trace of Jean anywhere. Defeated, he went back to the house and took all his anger out on Nadine.

Brad was apoplectic when he saw Nadine dining nonchalantly. He stormed up to her and grabbed her wrist, ignoring her struggles as he dragged her upstairs by force.

Nadine found herself pinned to the soft mattress of the large bed before she could even respond. Her slender flame swayed as the mattress absorbed her weight, and her heart felt like it might fly out of her chest.

Brad's towering frame hovered above her, casting a shadow over her face.

His icy fingers snaked around her delicate neck as he growled, "Why do you insist on picking on Jean?"