Semua Bab Save the Tears for Someone Who Cares: Bab 221 - Bab 224

What really made Irene's skin crawl was hearing Eugene say he loved Jacklyn and he missed her, like he actually meant it.As the memorial service shifted focus back to the affair, Eugene started to panic, cold sweat breaking out across his forehead.Lloyd Group couldn't survive another blow. One more scandal, and it was over.Grinding his teeth, he jabbed a finger at Irene and barked, "You call yourself Jackie's friend? You knew today was her memorial, and you're still here, causing a scene? You can't even let her rest in peace, can you? Security! Get her out of here now!"The stunned guards jolted into action and closed in on her.Seizing the moment, Eugene shot Quentin a sharp look, silently ordering him to get PR on the reporters and shut the story down.Outnumbered and outmatched, Irene was forced out of the memorial service in seconds.Even as they dragged her back, she wouldn't let up. She pointed at Eugene. "You betrayed Jackie, and now you're up here pretending to mourn?

When Lydia heard it was a boy, she immediately reached for the baby. "I'm his grandma. Let me hold him."Her face lit up as she cradled the newborn in her arms. "What a blessing! The first Lloyd grandson, safe and sound."A few moments later, the doors opened, and Penelope was wheeled out of the delivery room.The pain from her C-section still pulsed faintly beneath the lingering haze of anesthesia, but all she felt in that moment was joy.She had given the Lloyds a son. They had to value her now. But that fragile hope crumbled the second she was wheeled into her hospital room.Penelope turned her head weakly toward the cup of water someone had left by the bed. Her mouth felt like sandpaper."Gene… Lydia… Water," she rasped.An IV needle was still taped to her hand, and the numbness from the epidural left her powerless from the waist down. She had thought that now that she'd given the Lloyds a son, they might finally show her some care.But instead, all their attention was on t