Chapter 471: Chapter 471: Clearly Meant to Pave the Way for Raina North
Madam Shelby perked up, putting aside her anger, and rushed over to tightly grasp Raina North’s hand. However, her mouth felt glued shut, unable to ask anything.
It was Walter Shelby who finally spoke: "Miss North, how is my son?"
Raina removed her mask, revealing a tired face: "Beau Shelby is fine now. This time he was very lucky; although he was seriously injured, his brain and vital organs weren’t harmed. I think once the anesthesia wears off, he’ll wake up quickly."
Claire North abruptly turned her head, looking at Raina in disbelief.
Yet she saw Raina smiling calmly and confidently, with no hint of a failed surgery.
So the surgery was really successful, Beau Shelby was really fine...
...
Slap—
A slap, carrying the sound of the wind, landed heavily on her cheek, the force knocking Claire North out of her wheelchair and onto the ground.
"Claire!" Brenda Adler was startled and immediately rushed over, helping Claire North up.
Seeing her daughter’s swollen face, Brenda, both anxious and heartbroken, yelled at Susan Kensington with anger: "How could you raise your hand and hit my daughter!"
"Why wouldn’t I? Being this stupid, if she crawled out of my belly, I’d have killed her long ago! Just living is a waste!"
"Mrs. Hawthorne!" Brenda’s face turned grim, her voice icy: "I address you respectfully as Mrs. Hawthorne, but it doesn’t mean I’m afraid of you. If you don’t give me an explanation for today’s events, I won’t let this matter rest!"
"You still have the nerve to ask me for an explanation?" Susan’s chest heaved violently: "Why don’t you ask what your dear daughter did? If it weren’t for your stupid daughter cleverly calling Raina North to save Beau Shelby, how could he have turned from danger to safety!"
Brenda, hearing this, sharply turned her head to look at Claire North: "Claire, did you really do this?"
"I... It was indeed me who called Raina." Claire North hurriedly explained: "But I did it only to throw dirt on Raina. I thought if Beau Shelby died at Raina’s hands, Madam Shelby wouldn’t let her go, and neither would the people outside who idolized her. Only if Raina’s reputation was completely ruined would she no longer be a threat to me..."
"You... you fool!" Brenda couldn’t help saying: "You knew Raina was the Ghost Doctor Nowhere, didn’t you think she might cure Beau Shelby? At that time, her reputation would be pushed to the top! You were trying to destroy her, but you’re clearly helping her!"
Mrs. Hawthorne sneered, her tone mocking: "And now she has been helped. Mrs. North, your daughter truly is a saint."
"I... I truly didn’t expect things to turn out this way!" Claire felt utterly embarrassed, tears glistening in her eyes: "I just hate Raina too much, and I couldn’t control myself, Mommy..."
"You!" Brenda Adler harshly poked Claire’s forehead, feeling a mix of hate and helplessness, glaring sharply at her daughter: "Aren’t you going to apologize to your mother-in-law!"
Claire obediently said: "Mother-in-law, I’m sorry."
"Spare it. I don’t dare accept the title of mother-in-law."
Brenda smiled apologetically: "Claire really knows she was wrong, Mrs. Hawthorne. We are all elders, do we really need to argue with the kids? I promise, Claire will listen to you in all things in the future, so just for Baby’s sake, please help her one more time."
Susan Kensington knew exactly that Brenda bringing up Baby Hawthorne now was gently reminding her of the capital Claire North held.
Susan’s gaze turned cold, and she couldn’t help but sneer inside. After being flattered and treated as the birth mother of The Hawthorne Family’s young prince for so long, did she really think she was guaranteed to step into The Hawthorne Family and become the head mistress?