Chapter 264 Broken Allegiances
Chapter 264 Broken Allegiances
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Jacinda stood frozen. She had never imagined that every member of Quinn’s family had died in uniform, their entire bloodline scaled with military honor.
“Even if your whole family were heroes,” Jacinda shouted, still struggling, “you have no right to force me to kneel!”
“No right?” Quinn’s voice fell like sleet. “You insulted them, so why can’t I force you to kneel?”
Quinn’s palm clamped over Jacinda’s crown and drove her forward, forcing her to kneel and bow, smashing her head on the floor once, twice, three times.
“Let go of me–let go!” Jacinda howled between collisions with the stone floor.
Each time Penelope darted forward to rescue her daughter, Laura blocked her with a sharp elbow and a colder stare.
“Quinn, you bitch! How dare you treat my daughter like this? I’ll sue you!” Penelope shouted.
“Go ahead,” Laura drawled, still holding Penelope back. “While you do that, Quinn will sue your daughter first for defaming fallen soldiers.”
Penelope’s face blanched. “She… She wouldn’t dare.”
“Why wouldn’t she?” Laura’s smile cut deep. “You thought Quinn was soft clay you could squeeze. She tolerated you when you were her mother–in–law. Now, you’re nothing to her.”
Meanwhile, Quinn kept pressing Jacinda’s forehead against the floor.
Only after the eighteenth time did Quinn finally release her grip.
Jacinda scrambled upright, hair askew, cheeks streaked with dust and humiliation.
A masculine voice rang out. “Mom, Jacinda, what-”
The words died when Trent stepped inside and saw Quinn standing a few paces away.
For days, Quinn’s image had haunted him.
He had torn the mansion apart searching for something she had left behind, yet found nothing, as thought she had never lived there at all.
He meant to find her and apologize for everything he did wrong, but before that happened, he didn’t expect to run into her here.
“Trent!” Jacinda rushed over, terror instantly replaced by petulance, “I said a few harmless words to nn, and she forced me to kneel and beg for forgiveness!”
“Exactly, Trent. Your sister suffered terribly. Quinn went too far. You must defend her,” Penelope urged.
With her son present, Penelope’s confidence swelled at once.
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She was sure that a corporate titan like her son could crush a single woman.
Yet Trent stared at Quinn with something close to hunger, deaf to his mother and sister’s complaints.
“Trent Grafton, do you intend to avenge them?” Quinn’s cold voice sounded.
“Avenge?” Trent blinked.
Quinn said, “Your sister mocked me and claimed my brother’s disappearance was karmic retribution for my misdeeds. I made her kneel and admit she was wrong. But she seemed unconvinced. Perhaps we should continue.”
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“You really said that, Jacinda?” Trent turned to his sister.
“Why shouldn’t I?” Jacinda shot back. “She’s done plenty of awful things. Didn’t Sidonie lose her job and land in lockup because of her? If not for Quinn, Sidonie would be fine, and you two would still be together.”
Slap!
Trent’s palm caught Jacinda across the face. “Apologize to Quinn. Now.”
Jacinda stood in shock, hand cupping the red print.
What’s happening? He never used to strike me for ridiculing her.
“Trent, how could you hit Jacinda? If anyone deserves that slap, it’s Quinn!” Penelope cried.
