Chapter 406. Someone Else Behind It All

But with Sebastian around, there was no chance anyone could lay a hand on Caitlin.

The second Greta swung the thermos to scald Caitlin, Sebastian reacted with lightning speed, kicking it away mid-air.

The boiling water went flying—right into Millie’s face.

“Ahhh!” Millie shrieked, stumbling backward as the scalding water splashed across her cheek. “It burns! It burns! My face! It hurts so bad!”

She clawed at her own face in a panic, but the searing pain only intensified as the skin blistered beneath her fingertips.

“Millie! Oh my God—Millie!” Greta panicked, rushing to her daughter-in-law. But the pain only grew worse.

“My face... my face... what do I do?”

Greta’s heart burned with guilt and fury. She knew Millie had already been talking about divorcing her son, and in that moment of desperation, something cruel took over.

She reached into a nearby flowerpot, grabbed a handful of clay pellets used for planting, and began rubbing them i