The Sleeper's Wrath and His Wife's Strike novel Chapter 32

Most of the time, we just bicker a little, nothing serious. But I’ve always wanted what’s best for you. Can you understand, Lindsay, how a mother worries for her child?”

Lindsay slipped her hand out of Helen’s grasp, her face calm as she replied, “Okay.”

Helen’s face darkened; after all she’d said, Lindsay’s only response was a simple “okay”?

“Lindsay, listen to me,” Helen pressed on, her voice strained. “With Yves’ condition right now, IVF just isn’t an option. Do you really want your child to live the way you do, spending their whole life caring for someone in a coma?”

Again, Lindsay only answered with a soft, indifferent “okay.”

Two flat replies in a row left Helen completely at a loss.

“Lindsay, how do you intend to handle this?” Mr. Quigley Sr.’s voice cut through the tension, deep and commanding. “Out of everyone here, you have the final say. However you want to handle this, that’s how it will be.”

His words were like a final verdict. As long as Lindsay gave the word, both Helen and Althea would be banished from the Quigley family.

Helen and Althea immediately turned to Lindsay and began to plead. At this point, pride and dignity meant nothing to them.

All they wanted was to stay at Quigley Manor, especially Althea—if she left, where else would she have it so good?

“Lindsay, Lester’s always treated you well, hasn’t he?” Althea tried to bargain, thinking Lindsay might have feelings for her son. “He’s always seen you as a little sister, even when you were kids. Whenever he had something nice, he’d always think of you first.”

Lindsay snapped back to the present, her icy gaze settling on Helen. Her voice was cold and sharp. “Let’s call this incident my way of repaying Leif for what he did for me as a child. But if there’s a next time, don’t expect me to be so forgiving.”

Helen let out a shaky sigh of relief and thanked Lindsay over and over.

That just left Althea, who looked at Lindsay in a panic, wringing her hands. “Lindsay, about Lester—”

Before she could finish, Lindsay cut her off with a raised hand and a harsh question. “Althea, tell me the truth. Aside from destroying the sperm bank, have you ever done anything else to hurt Yves?”

She wasn’t giving Althea a chance—she just wanted to see if the woman had a shred of conscience left.