Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom novel Chapter 426

As expected, Nathan reached out his hand toward her.

His large palm came to rest on her tiny neck.

Claire’s eyes widened in alarm. What was happening? Wasn’t he supposed to pick her up and throw her away? Why was he choking her instead?

Did Nathan really intend to strangle her?

Her delicate, infant neck was squeezed tight, and she instantly felt herself suffocating.

Great. I just got a second chance at life, and now I’m about to be choked to death.

But the next second, Nathan released his grip and scooped her up in his arms.

Claire let out a silent sigh of relief.

At least he didn’t strangle me.

Last time, Nathan had abandoned her, and in this life, he’d made the same choice.

The only difference was, where she’d once been heartbroken, now she couldn’t wait to leave the Linwood family behind.

As before, Nathan dumped her on the steps of an orphanage.

Claire didn’t make a sound the whole way there; she just stared up at Nathan, wide-eyed, watching his every move.

After he set her down, Nathan looked down at her from above, a cold sneer on his lips. “Little brat, live or die—it’s up to fate now.”

With that, he turned and strode away without a backward glance.

It wasn’t until Nathan’s figure had disappeared completely that Claire finally began to wail.

It was late autumn, and the nights were bitterly cold.

If she just lay there quietly and did nothing, she’d freeze to death before dawn.

So she screamed at the top of her lungs, her cries echoing through the empty night.

Before long, the orphanage door creaked open. When the caretakers saw a newborn lying helpless on the ground, they hurried over and carried her inside.

And so, Claire found herself back in the orphanage once again.

She couldn’t remember what she’d been like as a baby in her previous life.