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Chapter 365
Chapter 365:
June turned around and began walking slowly toward the main VIP elevator bank, the rhythmic, metallic click of her crutch echoing in the quiet space.
The hallway was completely empty.
This gave Alycia the perfect, isolated opportunity she had been waiting for. Her eyes darted quickly down the corridor. Two nurses had just turned the corner, and she knew from earlier reconnaissance that this particular stretch of hallway was a blind spot for the hospital’s security cameras. She stepped out of the shadows, forced her facial muscles into a grotesque, exaggerated smile, and walked quickly toward June, her heels clicking sharply against the linoleum.
June reached the elevator and raised her hand to press the call button.
“Well, well,” a sharp, shrill voice echoed directly behind her.
June stopped.
“If it isn’t Mrs. Compton,” Alycia mocked, her voice dripping with venom. “Oh, wait. I apologize. Should I call you the future Mrs. Clements now p>
𝘙e𝘢𝘥 w𝘪𝗍𝗁o𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝖾𝘳𝗿𝘶p𝘁𝗶оns 𝗈ո
June slowly lowered her hand. She turned around, pivoting carefully on her medical boot.
She looked at Alycia with eyes so cold and empty it was like regarding a clown performing a particularly tired trick.
Alycia’s gaze swept up and down June’s body, pausing with a sneer on the medical sling and the bulky boot. The jealousy burned in her chest like acid.
“Your tricks are really impressive, June,” Alycia sneered, stepping closer. “Cole kicks you to the curb, and before the bed is even cold, you have already climbed onto the lap of the oldest money in New York. I really underestimated your greed p>
June’s face did not change. She did not show a single flicker of anger.
“If you followed me all the way here just to showcase your ignorance and shallow mind,” June said, her voice perfectly flat, “then congratulations. You succeeded p>
Alycia choked on her next breath. Her face flushed a dark, violent red.
She took another aggressive step forward, invading June’s personal space, and lowered her voice to a harsh, venomous hiss.
“What are you so proud of?” Alycia spat. “You are nothing! You are only acting tough because you have that old, half-dead Compton bitch protecting you p>
The moment those words left Alycia’s mouth, the air in the hallway froze completely.
June’s pupils contracted. The temperature in her eyes dropped to absolute zero.
The air inside the hospital corridor turned as thick and heavy as wet cement.
Alycia’s cruel, twisted smile looked exactly like a venomous snake preparing to strike. She leaned in closer, her face mere inches from June’s ear, and used a breathy, deliberate whisper — ensuring only June could hear the words.
“I truly hope that old, useless Compton matriarch dies in her bed soon,” Alycia hissed, her breath hot against June’s skin. “So she can finally stop getting in my way p>
Time completely stopped.
Old Mrs. Compton was the only person in that vast, freezing world who had ever shown June genuine warmth. The old woman was her absolute, untouchable bottom line.
June’s pupils shrank to tiny black pinpricks.
The thick glass wall of her extreme self-control shattered into a million jagged pieces.