The Sleeper's Wrath and His Wife's Strike novel Chapter 35

“Lindsay, don’t you think you owe me an explanation?” Lester used her full name, entirely forgetting the lesson his grandpa had tried to instill in him not long ago.

Lindsay lifted her gaze, fixing Lester with a cool stare. Her tone was edged with annoyance. “What did you just call me?”

Lester faltered, only now realizing his slip. He clenched his jaw, obstinate. “Mrs. Quigley, why did you throw my mother out of the Quigley estate?”

“Good boy.” Lindsay’s lips curled in satisfaction, clearly pleased by his correction.

“But you’re mistaken, Lester. I didn’t throw your mother out. She broke the rules and was punished for it.”

“What did she do?” Lester demanded.

Resting her chin in one hand, Lindsay appeared to ponder the question. “She tried to make sure Yves could never have an heir. Just for that, she should have been sent to the chapel for penance under the old house rules.”

Sending Althea away from the Quigley estate was already the most merciful outcome.

If she had faced another round of family discipline, she wouldn’t have survived.

“And what proof do you have?” Lester pressed, feigning ignorance—though deep down, he’d always known what Althea had done.

He’d initially sent his assistant to take care of the matter, but his mother, frustrated by the slow progress, had gone behind his back and hired mercenaries to destroy the fertility clinic herself.

Lindsay looked him dead in the eye. “You want evidence? If anyone has it, it’s you.”

“Don’t try to pin this on me. There has to be a misunderstanding. My mother isn’t that kind of person.”

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