Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom novel Chapter 280

Once Irene finished speaking, the others could barely contain their fury—they wanted nothing more than to tear Vanessa and Nathan limb from limb.

Claire stood frozen, her mind blank with shock.

Even though she'd already suspected that Vanessa and Nathan had orchestrated everything for the sake of her kidney, she'd never imagined that the truth was even more horrifying than she'd feared.

It turned out that Vanessa and Nathan's original plan wasn't to push Irene down a flight of stairs. Instead, they intended to stage a "tragic accident" right in front of a room full of witnesses—one that would leave Claire gravely injured.

The moment she was hurt, they would rush her to the hospital. Regardless of her actual condition, the doctors would be pressured to declare her brain dead immediately. After that, Nathan—acting as her father—could legally sign the organ donation forms.

Nathan's goal was to transplant both of Claire's kidneys into Vanessa. But it didn't end there. Every usable organ—her heart, her liver, even her corneas—would be harvested and donated.

They would even donate her body to medical science, spinning it as a noble contribution to research.

All this was set to happen on the night of Vanessa's graduation party, with the entire Cresthaven elite in attendance. In front of everyone, Nathan's "selfless sacrifice" would make headlines across Cresthaven and even the country.

Vanessa, once on the brink of kidney failure, would be saved. Nathan would be celebrated as a paragon of virtue—the loving father who gave up his daughter for the greater good. His reputation as a philanthropist would skyrocket, and the board of The Linwood Group would trust him even more.

With the board on his side, Nathan could pressure Adah to sign over the rest of her shares. Once he gained full control of The Linwood Group, he'd have countless ways to drive Adah to madness, then leak to the public that her breakdown was caused by the loss of her daughter.

Nathan would play the devoted husband, never once leaving his "troubled" wife's side, and his image would soar to new heights.

The day Nathan became the richest man in Cresthaven would also be the day Adah died. With Adah gone, he could finally marry Vanessa's biological mother, Sophia, openly and without shame.

As for Ethan—their son—Nathan considered him useful and would let him continue working tirelessly for the company. But in the end, Nathan planned to leave every last penny to Sophia, Vanessa, and his son living abroad.

Ethan would spend his whole life working for the family business, but in the end, he'd get nothing—everything he'd ever done would serve only to benefit others.