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Chapter 399

Author: Lean
Even now, Penelope was still dreaming.

Eloise flicked her fingers, and a maid rushed forward with a bucket of ice water, hurling it over Penelope. The shock drenched her from head to toe.

"Are you sober now?" Eloise snarled.

The bucket had been packed with ice. The cold struck like knives, and Penelope's body went slack. The chill sank into her bones until she collapsed, trembling uncontrollably on the floor.

Still, Eloise wasn't satisfied. She drew a slow breath, her face hard and merciless
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Regi.
all three of those women are as evil as evil can be, and I still think Penelope caused her husband's accidental sky diving accident, all because she wanted Caleb, the heir to the family, or maybe was in the beginning.
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Anne Amba-Myne
when evil meets evil, one must bow... Eloise takes being evil to a whole new level and Adeline takes being stupid to another level! she couldn't even ask Caleb before believing the scheming Penelope?
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Yvette
Eloise is an evil woman!
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