The Heiress Nobody Saw Coming (Natalie and Marcus) novel Chapter 558

On the ride over, Diana slapped Charlene so hard that the latter didn't know which way was up.

It wasn't until Victor, worried Diana might actually beat Charlene to death in a fit of rage, reached out and stopped her. "Honey, don't hurt your hand. Once we get to Uncle Kenton's hospital, we can deal with this little bitch properly."

Diana panted heavily, shaking out her sore hand. "Fine, we'll wait until Amberton."

Charlene was in so much pain that she couldn't stop crying. Without a phone, she couldn't contact anyone. She helplessly shrank into a corner, trying not to make any sudden moves around the Langley family trio.

Selena didn't bother with Charlene in the car. She was looking through her phone, reading up on news about the Langley family.

Grace was critically ill, while Langley Group had already gone bankrupt. As such, the Langley family was no longer the richest in Amberton.

Elsewhere, Grace was now hospitalized, with a caretaker looking after her, arranged for by Kenton.

The news said she was holding onto life by a thread, though fully unwilling to let go. Apparently, she needed to fulfill her last wish before she could finally rest.

Selena guessed that Grace wanted to see her biological daughter, Megan, before she died. That was also the real reason Kenton had captured Charlene and lured Lina—so she would be forced to choose between Yvette and Charlene.

If Yvette wanted to live, Kenton would force her to hand over Megan. And if Megan had already died, then Yvette would die by the hand of her own daughter. Regardless of whether Lina was her biological daughter or not, she still came from Yvette's womb. Ten months of pregnancy couldn't be faked.

Still, Selena was still wondering; Marcus and Natalie hadn't yet shown up and seemingly weren't involved in the grudge between the Langley and Jenkins families. Were they really staying out of it, or were they just waiting for the right moment?

But regardless of what Marcus and Natalie did, Selena no longer dared to cross them. The last time, when they let her family off, it was purely out of their kindness.

The car smoothly continued to its destination. After arriving in Amberton, Kenton told Victor and his family to get out and grab something to eat, while he stayed in the car to keep an eye on Charlene.

"Kenton, I've always seen you as my great-uncle for years too. Do you really have to go this far with me?" Charlene finally dared to speak once Selena and her parents were gone.

Her face was bruised and swollen from Diana's beating. Her teeth had nearly been knocked out. Helpless to save herself, she had been silently enduring the pain the whole time.

"Charlene, do you even know what Selena went through all these years?" Kenton lit a cigarette, taking a slow drag. "What Diana did to you is already merciful. Us Langleys owe nothing to the Jenkins. If anyone's to blame for all this, it's Vivian and Yvette. The Jenkins family's mess ended up dragging so many others into it.

"Selena and I may not be related by blood, but she calls me Great-Uncle Kenton. And I, for all these years, was nothing but Yvette's dog. I didn't have the power to fight back then—so I waited, and I waited.

"Eventually, my chance came. If Yvette hadn't contracted a terminal illness, or if she didn't want to see Charles devastated before she died and boast to Hector about how flawlessly she'd orchestrated everything, I wouldn't have had the opportunity.

"In truth, I wouldn't have been able to take on the forces Yvette raised. If she had just died quietly, if the Holden and Walker families didn't find out she was behind the baby swap, I'd never have gotten my revenge.

"If you ask me, it's her own pride that ruined her."

Kenton let out a laugh. "Your grandmother got too cocky. Sure, she managed to gloat to Charles and the Walker family, but did she really think Marcus and the Walker family are idiots? Why blame Charles and the Walkers for the fire at the Jenkins family estate?

"Vivian set the fire, and Charles was deceived. The Holden family were victims in all this too. Where does Yvette get off acting like the victim here?

"Does she really think that since she's dying, she can be fearless? That airing out the truth would hurt the Holden and Walker families, making them continue to suffer? What a joke.

"Charles loved Vivian. Charles couldn't handle the brutal truth, and in the end, died just as Yvette wanted him to. But once Charles was gone, who could keep Marcus in check?