Kendall's Sacrifice

Chapter 494

"Hello, Mrs. Zorn."

Kelly greeted Jacqueline politely, the same way she always did in the past.

As for Jacqueline, she greeted Kelly the way one would greet a mortal enemy. She shot up and raised her hand to slap Kelly.

However, the slap failed to land on Kelly's face.

Kelly had grabbed Jacqueline's wrist in time.

"I didn't do anything wrong, Mrs. Zorn, so you can't treat me this way."

Kelly flung Jacqueline's hand aside, but Jacqueline quickly moved to slap her again.

This time, Kelly wasn't quick enough to stop her and her right cheek started stinging from the slap.

"You sly vixen! You deplorable b*tch! If you want to seduce a man, go ahead and target any other man out there! Don't try to seduce my son. You didn't do anything wrong, huh? You bewitched my son, my perfectly decent son who has now fallen head over heels for you. I have every right to hit a shameless seductress like you! Shouldn't you be reining yourself in for the sake of your baby? You're a pregnant woman!"

This was what Jacqueline detested the most about Kelly. She didn't know how to take care of her body

despite being pregnant.

"Mom!"

Brian rushed forward to shield Kelly when he saw his mother slapping her. "Mom, how can you hit her?"

"Get out of the way, Brian!"

Kelly pushed Brian aside as well. She touched her cheek and said, "Mrs. Zorn, if it's wrong of me to stay at Brian's place temporarily, then yes, I was wrong. I accept the fact that you're admonishing me for that. That being said, I didn't seduce Brian, and you shouldn't call me a vixen or a seductress. I know that your opinion of me has been affected by my situation with Jackson. I suppose you won't believe me even if I tell you that Jackson schemed against me.

"I apologize for being the reason why you're so upset at this hour of the night, Mrs. Zorn. It's my fault. I'll leave now."

Kelly took out her phone and transferred some money to Brian immediately. "Brian, you took care of me while I stayed here with you for a few days. I've just transferred some money to you to cover my stay.

"I'm leaving now, Mrs. Zorn. Please don't be angry anymore. It's not worth it if your health gets affected because of me."

Kelly turned to leave at once.

"Hang on." Jacqueline stopped her. "Return everything my son gave you."

Kelly froze for a moment before taking off her necklace, earrings, rings, and everything else Brian had given her.

Once she was completely stripped of all the valuables, Jacqueline called out coldly, "All your clothes are out in the trash. If you want them, go out and retrieve them."

Kelly bit her lip and walked off without saying anything.

As soon as she stepped out of the house, she saw Adam's car on the road. Soon, it stopped outside the gates.

The car doors opened, and Adam and Charlotte stepped out.

"Kelly."

They called out to her from the gates.

Kelly's eyes misted over.

Regardless of everything—the mistakes she made in the past, the many times she hurt Kendall, and all of their disappointment toward her—they still came to her in her hour of need.

"Kelly!"

Brian ran out after Kelly and Jacqueline followed closely behind him.

When Jacqueline saw the Parkers, she said to Brian, "I already told Mr. and Mrs. Parker to come and take her home. Let them see how the wonderful daughter they raised tried to seduce my son."

"Mom!"

Brian growled.

Jacqueline scoffed.

Kelly ignored the two and ran to the gates.

"Are you alright, Kelly?"

Although Charlotte was displeased with Kelly, she still felt angry and upset to see Kelly's swollen cheek.

Before Kelly reached them, Charlotte came forward and grabbed Kelly's hand. "Come with me! These men are all scum. Haven't you suffered enough at their hands?"

Not every man was as distinguished and remarkable as Dylan.

Not everyone could be as lucky as Kendall.

Kendall and Dylan's relationship had been a product of their intertwined fate in their previous life, which they were making up for in this life.

Adam stepped past Kelly and Charlotte and continued striding forward.

"Adam? Adam!"

Charlotte called out to him, but he didn't stop.

Adam swiftly approached Brian and Jacqueline. The latter held her head up proudly with a haughty look in her eyes.

Adam didn't bother looking at her. He raised his fist and smashed it right into Brian's face. Brian immediately started bleeding from his nose and the side of his mouth.

"Adam Parker! What do you think you're doing? How dare you hit my son? You raised a lowly b*tch as a daughter who seduced my son! How can you even think about hitting my son?"

Jacqueline's heart was aching for her precious son.

"It takes two to tango. Do you think your son's so great? What gives you the right to hit my daughter? I raised her with love and care. Even though she's not related to me by blood, she's still my precious daughter. Since you hit my daughter, I hit your son. Do you think your son's the only one with parents? Do you think my daughter doesn't have parents who'll stand up for her?"

"Why, you…"

Adam snorted and walked off.

Jacqueline was hopping mad.

"You're just picking on the weak because you don't dare to go up against the strong, Adam Parker! You didn't even have the guts to lift a finger against Dylan when your actual daughter suffered at the hands of the Colemans and got chased out of the house! Do you think you can just walk all over the Zorns?"

Adam stopped in his tracks.

He turned around and retorted icily, "Don't bother trying to instigate me. Dylan loves Kendall dearly and sincerely. She suffered because of some black-hearted person's schemes. It wasn't Dylan's fault, so why should I hit him?"

Jacqueline had nothing to say to that.

Adam didn't want to waste any more time on them. He already took revenge on Kelly's behalf by hitting Brian, so he walked off without saying another word.

"Daddy," Kelly called out to him.

Adam raised his hand. He wanted to hit her, but when he saw her red and swollen right cheek, he lowered his hand again.

He marched straight toward the car without saying anything.

Charlotte quickly pulled Kelly along, and the two women got in the car as well.

No one spoke throughout the ride home.

Kelly's feelings were a mess right now.

She thought about getting the Parkers killed so that Parker Corporation would be left without a leader. That way, she could take control of the company and chase Kendall out.

However, she only thought about it and hadn't done anything to that effect.

She knew that her adoptive parents were taking Kendall's side more because they were disappointed by her actions, and Kendall wasn't the same as she used to be. Kendall was related to them by blood. It wasn't surprising if they showed her more favor. ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

Since they came to get her and Adam even took revenge on her behalf, she decided to try her best to avoid doing anything that would harm their lives.

There were other ways to claim the family inheritance.

She couldn't end up committing a crime just for the sake of gaining the inheritance anyway. Even if she succeeded that way, she would still end up in prison.

Keep a cool head!

You must remain calm and level-headed, Kelly!

You can't do anything rash again!

You'll lose if you do anything reckless.

Kelly couldn't afford to lose anymore.