Chapter 277 Clara Discovers Catherine's Identity
Esme shot a desperate look at Alexander, pointing at Clara who was standing behind her. "Mr. Howard, Clara is Catherine's adoptive sister. She claims Catherine had a wild past. Why don't you believe her? I swear, I'm not trying to hurt you!"
Clara felt the weight of everyone's stares and started shaking.
Catherine smirked at Clara. "Oh really? How wild was my past? It's a wonder you're even standing here with your condition."
If Esme knew what was really going on with Clara, she probably wouldn't even want to be in the same room with her!
Clara stuttered, "Catherine, what are you implying?"
"You know exactly what I mean," Catherine shot back.
Juniper put her hands on her hips, glaring at Esme and Clara. "Move it! If you want to play the sisterly love act, do it somewhere else. Catherine and I don't have time for your nonsense! Esme, the cops are coming for you. Better get yourself a good lawyer!"
"Juniper, I'm innocent. Can't Philip defend me?" Esme pleaded.
Juniper raised an eyebrow, realizing Esme wanted Philip to be her lawyer. "Are you serious? You want Philip to defend you against Charles and Richard? That's a dangerous game."
Esme's face turned red with anger and humiliation. "Juniper! Who do you think you are? You're just an adopted daughter of the Windsor Family. Catherine is their real daughter. Do you think being her sidekick makes you one of them?"
Juniper slapped Esme hard across the face!
Her expression was icy as she stared Esme down. "That slap was for talking trash about Catherine. Insult her in front of me again, and you'll regret it!"
Esme was still holding her face, trying to get up, when she got slapped on the other side!
This slap was even harder, making her taste blood and feel something loose in her mouth.
After coughing and spitting it out, she saw it was three of her teeth!
Catherine rubbed her wrist. "That slap was to remind you, insult Juniper, and you'll get hit. Didn't I slap you last time? How did you forget so quickly? Seems like last time's lesson wasn't enough."
Esme remembered how her face was swollen from Catherine's slap at the gallery entrance! "I know I was wrong! I'm sorry, Juniper. And you too, Catherine. Clara tricked me!"
Alexander gently took Catherine's hand, rubbing her wrist. "Just throw them out. No need to get physical."
Evander's gaze was cold. "Juniper, does Marcus have feelings for Esme?"
"Of course not!" Juniper replied, thinking if Marcus had feelings for Esme, she wouldn't still be a Hughes.
Evander nodded, his gaze chilling. "Good. Alexander, take your sister and Catherine to dinner. Arabella said she caught a lot of fish and sent them to the kitchen."
Alexander glanced at Evander, seeing that he was indeed angry.
Even though Evander usually had a mild temper, he was still a Howard, with Felix's ruthlessness and Arabella's vengefulness in his heart.
"Got it," Alexander said, leading Catherine and Juniper away.
Esme watched them leave, her mind racing. 'Did Evander just say, "your sister and Catherine"? Does that mean the Howard Family adopted Juniper? Or is she actually their daughter? This can't be! Why did I fail to become Ezekiel's daughter despite all my efforts, while Juniper easily gains the Howard Family's favor? Felix, as the head of the Howard Family, has no granddaughters. If she becomes Felix's only granddaughter, her life will be amazing! Why aren't those good things mine?'
Esme was still lost in thought when she looked up and saw Evander's cold, icy face, making her shiver on the spot! "Evander, what are you planning to do?"
Evander gestured, and several resort security guards appeared behind him. "Take care of them and show them just how 'welcoming' the Howard Family can be. Don't let anything happen to them; they still have to go to jail."
Esme and Clara were still facing prison time. If they were beaten to death now, it would be a waste!
"Yes!"
Esme screamed in terror as the security guards approached them!
Seeing the situation turn bad, Clara ran towards Ezekiel's room on her short legs!
Her mind was in chaos, realizing Catherine was actually the Windsor Family's biological daughter!
Thinking about the birthday scene she saw on her phone, Clara was consumed with jealousy. 'Didn't Oliver say Catherine is just feeding chickens in the mountains? How did she become the daughter of the richest family in the country and the fiancée of the Howard Group's heir!' Clara wondered.
Ezekiel wasn't in the room, and Clara, hearing the commotion behind her, was terrified. She grabbed a fruit knife from the room and threatened the approaching security guards.
"Are you trying to commit suicide? It's useless. Even if you are still breathing, we'll throw you out!"
Clara gritted her teeth and steeled herself. "I have AIDS. If you don't want to get sick, stay away from me. And Esme, she lived with me, not much better."
The security guards' faces changed!
Esme, being carried by one of the guards, almost fainted upon hearing this!
The guards, worried, went back to ask Evander what to do.
"AIDS? Our resort doesn't discriminate against guests, but using it to threaten staff? Call the police and have the CDC take her away!" Evander ordered.
"Yes!"
Esme and Clara were locked in a room, with guards watching outside.
Clara looked at Esme. "You said Catherine is the Windsor Family's biological daughter? What's going on! Weren't Catherine's parents poor?"
Esme, seeing the fruit knife in Clara's hand, was terrified of being infected by this crazy woman! "What nonsense are you talking about! The Windsor Family is poor? No wonder you dared to mess with Catherine. You had no idea about the Windsor Family's status."
Clara's vision went black as she thought, 'It's over! So Oliver's business was sanctioned by the Windsor Family because they were standing up for Catherine?'
She quickly grabbed her phone and called Oliver. "Dad, did you know Catherine's parents are the Windsors?"
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