Chapter 32

Arthur pointed a shaky finger at Zoey. "I should've never had you."

Zoey's face was ice-cold. "Too late for that now. Since you failed to trap me back then, you should've known that I'd come back to settle the score."

"Dad, why bother talking to her? Just make her sign the contract to give up her shares. There's three of us, we can handle her." Catherine rubbed her aching head and spat out her words as she headed for the door.

Just then, the door swung open from the inside, and Claire stepped in. "Zoey, you're finally here. I think I heard Dr. Green's voice too."

As soon as she finished, a painful scream echoed. "Ah!"

Claire had opened the door so fast that Catherine didn't have time to dodge, and her face smacked right into it.

Her nose started bleeding instantly, and tears of pain filled her eyes.

Zoey chuckled and gave Claire a thumbs up. "Nice one, Claire."

"Catherine!" Caroline, seeing her sister's nose bleeding, rushed over in a panic.

Catherine, with tears streaming down her face, covered her bleeding nose and shot a fierce glare at Zoey, who was still giving Claire a thumbs up. Zoey's bright smile only fueled her rage.

She shoved Caroline aside, grabbed her bag, and swung it straight at Zoey's face. "Go to hell!"

The bag was studded, and if it hit Zoey, it would be bad news.

Joseph, who had been watching, decided it was time to step in.

If Zoey got hurt on his watch, Henry would be furious.

But then, Joseph was stunned.

Zoey ducked, dodging Catherine's swing, and kicked the bag, sending it flying back and hitting Caroline in the head.

Caroline didn't have time to react, and her face twisted in pain.

"Mom!" Catherine, seeing her bag miss Zoey and hit Caroline instead, lunged at Zoey in a rage.

Zoey's eyes went cold. She grabbed Catherine's outstretched hand, spun around, and threw her over her shoulder.

Catherine's back and head hit the marble floor hard, and she felt like her butt was split in two. The pain was so intense her face went pale, and she almost blacked out.

Arthur, seeing this, rushed to grab Zoey's arm, but she dodged again.

In the next second, Zoey lifted her leg and aimed a kick at Arthur's head.

Arthur was so scared he froze, forgetting to dodge.

Zoey's kick was just about to hit Arthur right in the temple when he felt the wind from her swing. But at the last second, she pulled back and quickly dropped her leg.

She smiled innocently. "You're my dad, how could I hurt you? But I suggest you take Caroline and Catherine to the hospital now, or I can't promise I won't accidentally hurt you if I get mad again."

Arthur tried to convince himself he wasn't scared of Zoey, but it was because Caroline and Catherine needed to get to the hospital fast.

Arthur dragged Caroline and Catherine into the elevator, and before pressing the button, he spat out at Zoey, "How dare you treat your father like this? You'll pay for this."

Zoey just gave him a cool smile and said, "My biggest punishment was being born your daughter."

Arthur wanted to say more, but the elevator doors closed on him.

Claire hugged Zoey excitedly. "Zoey, you're incredible. That trio is so gross, they needed a good lesson."

Zoey smiled a bit. "Glad I didn't scare you."

Claire noticed Joseph and her eyes lit up. "Dr. Green, you really came? But Zoey came from Mr. Windsor's place, did you go there too?"

Joseph nodded. "Mr. Windsor had a fever, so I gave him a shot to bring it down."

"Mr. Windsor had a fever too?" Claire looked puzzled, then glanced at Zoey's healthy complexion. Something clicked, and she grinned knowingly.

She whispered to Zoey, "Did you do something last night that got Mr. Windsor sick? No wonder you're so full of energy today to deal with your awful dad."

Zoey gave her a speechless look, not wanting to say anything in front of Joseph.

She just told Claire, "Don't overthink it."

Then she turned to Joseph. "Dr. Green, thanks for coming with me. I'm good now, you should go back and take care of Mr. Windsor."

Joseph pretended not to hear Claire's comment and just smiled. "Alright, I'll head back."

Claire called after him, "Dr. Green, it's almost lunchtime. Why not stay? Last night you didn't eat much of my pasta, maybe you didn't like the curry flavor. Today I'm making a chicken flavor, you'll love it."

Hearing this, Joseph quickly stepped into the elevator, pressed the button, and waved goodbye with a smile. "Sorry, I need to get back to Mr. Windsor."

The elevator doors closed, and Claire couldn't stop him.

"Is Mr. Windsor's fever serious? Dr. Green seemed really worried."

Zoey didn't want to tell the truth and also didn't want to eat Claire's pasta, so she said, "He's fine. By the way, I need to work on a movie score, so I'll get busy."

She opened the door and went in.

Claire called after her, "Are you sure you don't want any? My chicken pasta is great."

Zoey didn't look back. "No, you enjoy it."

Joseph drove back to Henry's mansion. Henry had just woken up and was drinking the fever medicine Lally had prepared.

Before Joseph came in, Lally had already told Henry about Zoey leaving and mentioned that Joseph followed her, though she didn't know why.

Seeing Joseph, Henry asked, "What happened with Zoey?"

Joseph didn't hold back and told Henry, "Her dad brought her stepmom and stepsister to her place, trying to force her to give up her shares."

Hearing this, a cold, icy look settled in Henry's eyes.