However, it was only fleeting, as Sheena quickly grasped the meaning behind Elliot's words.
"So, you're suggesting that if I can't bear to see Barbara suffer alongside Corey, I should forgive him?"
Elliot drove with one hand, focusing on the road ahead, smiling gently. "You know me well, Nana."
Sheena's expression darkened. "Cutting off sibling ties isn't just talk. If it weren't for my luck, I would've been killed by Sheila several times before. As my elder brother, defending a bastard child like that makes me shudder."
Elliot sighed. "Ultimately, you're just angry and unwilling to forgive him."
Sheena did not elaborate, her cold gaze fixed on the receding streetlights outside the car window.
"We need to clarify whether Anne is really Sheila. We'll have to make Barbara endure for a few more days. I'm sure we'll have an answer within a few days."
Elliot remained silent, driving back to E&S Haven.
Later, he happily held Sheena to sleep.
Over the next two days, Mountville remained quiet.
George called Sheena, reporting, "Miss, no one else has entered the altar room recently. Mr. Corey's leg injury has worsened these past two days, and he's lost his voice. This punishment is quite severe. How about…"
Before George could finish his plea, Sheena interrupted, "If his voice is gone, let him write out the scriptures."
George continued to plead for Corey, "Then, should we provide Mr. Corey with a cushion to kneel on? The altar room's floor is too cold, and Mr. Corey has weak knees."
Providing a cushion would show Anne that Sheena had softened, and Corey's suffering these days would be in vain.
Sheena clenched her fists, reminding herself repeatedly that Corey was no longer her brother, just the heir of the Lawson family, a member of the Lawson family who did not deserve her sympathy for his mistakes.
"Just do as I say. As long as he doesn't faint, execute it as planned. There's no need to inform me of these matters."
Her tone was firm as she quickly hung up the phone.
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The readers' comments on the novel: Wait, She’s a Billionaire (Sheena Lawson)
The novel is too abusive it spoils the joy of reading it. I hate the punishment part between sheena and Eliot....