PopularNovel+5 Free Coins Chapter 417 The Door That Closed Chapter 417 The Door That Closed Back then, even John couldn't send a reliable housekeeper, and Victor hadn't wanted to alarm Madam either.
Victor's mind drifted to the memory of her, curled up in a ball.
He gave Tessa another long look.
Meanwhile, back in Rivermount, the Reed family was unraveling fast after Susan's arrest.
In what felt like a single night, the entire family collapsed.
Everyone in the Reed family spent the day on edge, anxiety etched into every face.
Just before midnight, Lilian arrived at the Keene family estate. She had cto see Ethan.
He was the only person she could think of-her last hope. No one else could help the Reeds now.
The Reed family... was finished.
And if Susan really got locked away this time, what would happen to her? She didn't have much tleft.
If she couldn't get the money... couldn't get the medicine.... she was going to die.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtRight now, Lilian was in a full-blown panic.
The security guard at the gate made a call inside, then turned to her. "Ms. Lilian, please leave. Mr. Ethan will not see you." "No. I need to see him. Tell him if he doesn't cout, I won't leave," she said firmly.
She sat bundled up in her wheelchair, but the Rivermount winter was biting cold.
She was freezing.
Hearing that Ethan refused to see her, her fingers tightened around the armrests of her chair.
"Please," she said again, a little softer this time, trying to coax the impatient guard.
That was her reality now. When the Reed family was at its peak, she was in the palm of Ethan's hand. Who would have dared treat her like this? Back then, wherever she went, people were either respectful or outright deferential.
But now...
Even a low-level security guard dared toss her aside with disdain.
Faced with this humiliation, Lilian was consumed by resentment. It only made her more desperate to get better.
If she could just recover-she'd make them all pay.
Only then could she show them the price of humiliating the wrong person.
Madeline appeared.
She stepped out just in tto catch Lilian sitting in her wheelchair, her expression sharp and venomous.
Their eyes locked. But Lilian quickly masked her emotions, too late..
Madeline had seen everything.
Her lips curved into a mocking smile. "That mask of yours really is something else." Lilian's breath hitched.
1/2 1:23 PM 0 e Chapter 417 The Door That Closed She lowered her head and forced a polite, subdued greeting. "Madam Madeline." Madeline let out a cold laugh. "Here to see Ethan?" "Yes." "Leave. He won't be seeing you again." If there was one thing that had pleased Madeline lately, it was Ethan finally cutting Lilian off.
Just look at her now.
+5 Free Coins Sick, weak, hunched in a wheelchair-if Ethan had insisted on marrying her, Madeline might've dropped dead from rage.
"Look, I-" "Lilian," Madeline cut in sharply, "a woman should carry her own grace. I'm not in the mood to humiliate you tonight, so don't push me." That sudden sharpness in her tone made Lilian's heart squeeze tight.
She knew Madeline had raised hell when Ethan kept visiting her not long ago.
Now that he'd finally stopped paying attention, if Lilian kept clinging on, Madeline would not hold back.
But she had no other choice.
"Just letsee him once. I promise, I won't bother him again Please," she pleaded her voice soft, defeated. Once so high and mighty, she was now humbled to her very bones.
She was terrified.
Her father, mother, and brother-once standing firmly behind her had an distanced themselves since Stella cinto the picture. She was completely alone now.
Madeline's tone turned icy. "Since you insist on doing this the hard way, don't blme for being rude." She was seething.
Between the recent upheaval in the Keene family and her own foul mood, she needed an outlet.
And she owed Lilian absolutely no kindness.
She turned to the guards. "Get her out of here." "Yes, ma'am." The guards nodded.
Madeline's cold dismissal made it even harder for her to breathe.
Before she could say another word, Madeline had turned away and walked inside, her back straight and proud.
That Keene family gate...
Lilian had once dreamed of walking through it with her head held high She truly believed Ethan's persistence would get her there one day. But now, looking at it...
She knew it would never happen.
Two guards stepped forward, ready to lift her wheelchair.
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