Chapter 327
Hatred radiated in violent waves from Celeste’s eyes.
Her otherwise pretty face contorted into something genuinely grotesque.
“Sienna, you are never going to have a better life than me. Anything I can’t have, I’ll make damn sure you can’t have either.
You could have stayed out of it, but you kept ruining my plans over and over. You signed your own death warrant. What was I supposed to do?
I’m going to watch the man you love destroy you piece by piece. Or rather, I’ll watch the people who care about you drop dead because of you.
I’m not the one killing them. They’re dying because they got too close to you p>
As she spat out those words, a terrifying, poisonous malice settled into Celeste’s gaze.
It wasn’t the look of a sane person; it resembled filthy, putrid sludge bubbling up from the darkest depths of an abyss.
Sienna had never seen such concentrated, toxic hatred in anyone’s eyes before.
Strangely, however, the hatred didn’t entirely seem directed at her.
Sienna frowned slightly.
She couldn’t understand what possible reason Celeste had to despise the Sterling family.
The Sterlings had been nothing but her absolute saviors when she was at her lowest.
Jarred had given her endless indulgence, Helena and the grandmother had showered her with warmth, and even Grandpa had never been anything but generous to her.
Shoving her suspicions aside, Sienna maintained her perfectly composed, perceptive demeanor.
She looked at the increasingly deranged Celeste and spoke slowly. “You resent Jarred because he could have given you everything, but he refused. So since you can’t have him, you don’t want him to have anyone else.
You hate me because I ended up marrying the man you thought was yours p>
She looked directly into Celeste’s eyes, devoid of any unnecessary emotion.
“Even the grandfather you supposedly respected so much completely refused to add your name to the family registry in the end p>
A brief flicker of vulnerability crossed Celeste’s eyes.
Sienna caught the micro-expression immediately.
Her lips curled up slowly. She absentmindedly traced the bracelet on her wrist, her posture lazy but her gaze as sharp as a razor.
“They had the power to give you the world, yet they chose to give you absolutely nothing. Must really sting, huh?
So, is that the real reason you and Grandpa got into that fight p>
Celeste’s hate-filled eyes snapped wide open upon hearing that last sentence.
A second later, she burst into a fit of uncontrollable laughter.
“Keep guessing. Let’s see if you figure it out before I finish what I started p>
Sienna’s brow furrowed tightly.
Celeste was incredibly sharp. Her mental defenses had engaged just in time, leaving no opening whatsoever for hypnotic suggestion.
She decided to drop the act, her tone plunging to sub-zero. “If you’re done. talking, get the hell out of here. Next time strike, promise I won’t hold back p>
Celeste laughed again, her grin completely unhinged. “I’ll leave. But I’m not finished talking yet p>
She rolled her wheelchair right up to the edge of the bed.
Her vicious eyes locked onto Sienna, a sinister smirk tugging at her mouth.
“Dealing with you is a bit tricky, but the people around you are fair game. Who told you to wade into these muddy waters in the first place p>
Sienna’s eyes sharpened into a lethal glare.
Celeste smirked in smug triumph. “Remember this-no matter how much Jarred allegedly loves you, and no matter what he’s willing to do for you p>
He will never, ever let you hurt me. Even if Luna ends up dead, he won’t let you touch a single hair on my head p>
With that parting shot, she spun her wheelchair around and rolled out of the hospital room.
Sienna sat perfectly still, watching her leave until the echoes of her laughter faded down the corridor.
Only then did she calmly retrieve her phone and dial a number. “The bait is set. She took it p>