Once a Doormat Now Untouchable (Caleb and Sydney) novel Chapter 590

Chapter 590

Normally, with Albus backing her, Diana decided nearly all major and minor matters in the Hutton family.

Even so, she had never openly defied Theodore. She had always been a dutiful daughter. What she said today could be considered the first time she had publicly embarrassed him.

Faced with repeated confrontation from his children, Theodore’s expression stiffened. He took the recorder, his voice turning sharp. “Is there some kind of curse in jouleston that’s turned all of you siblings into this?”

Florence’s expression grew colder. “You should listen to the recording first.”

This was not the first time Theodore had defended Megan. This time, however, Florence had run out of patience.

She wanted only one thing: to bring her daughter, who had suffered so much outside, home as soon as possible.

Theodore’s face tightened slightly. He said nothing more and began listening to the recording.

The audio had been compiled from what Diana extracted from the maids during her last return to Brimcrest.

With each sentence, Theodore’s expression grew more complicated.

Before the recording finished, Diana’s phone vibrated. She stepped aside to answer it. “Any news?”

“Yes, but it isn’t good.”

After receiving the component analysis report, Nina had immediately mobilized every available resource. She traced the poison’s origin and the whereabouts of the antidote.

“Go on,” Diana said.

Nina briefly explained the poison’s background before continuing “There is only one antidote, and it was purchased at a high price by Ms. Megan.”

“And the formula?”

Nina’s explanation was concise. “There isn’t one. The person who developed the poison died last year. His family believed he had committed too many sins, so they cremated both the poison and antidote formulas with him.

“No one expected that his former assistant had secretly kept a finished dose and sold it at a high price to Ms. Megan ten days ago.”

Diana had not anticipated this outcome. By the time she ended the call, her face had gone completely cold. She did not even glance at Theodore’s reaction to the recording.

Her heels struck the floor sharply as she strode upstairs, each step landing with a sound that unsettled everyone who heard it.

The moment she shoved the door open, Megan jumped in fright.

“Diana, you’re in such a rush. What is it?” Her tone carried undisguised provocation.

She had already seen Theodore arrive from the balcony. Diana no longer frightened her.

Diana had no interest in trading words. “Give me the antidote. Name your price.”

She had to admit it. When it came to viciousness, no one surpassed Megan.

Years ago, out of jealousy, Megan had directly caused two-year-ol Vee to disappear.

Despite the Huttons exhausting every possible means, it had taken more than 20 years to find her.

Now, fearing that Vee’s return would threaten her position, Megan had gone to extreme lengths to obtain a one-of-a-kind poison.

Megan curved her lips, as if she had heard a joke. “Are you bowing your head to me? Someone like you is lowering yourself?”

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With no one else present, she dropped all pretense.

She knew better than anyone that the person in the Hutton family who disliked her most was Diana.

Diana showed no surprise at her true face. “You can see it that way

Lowering her head for her sister was not something she found difficult.

Megan folded one arm across her chest and wagged a finger. “Diana, that’s not how bowing your head works. Do you remember how I humbled myself back then, before your whole family finally agreed to let me stay with the Huttons?”

Diana remembered it clearly.

Back then, Megan’s parents had both died. They left no inheritance, only mountains of debt.

When Theodore first brought her home, he said it was temporary. Once her birthday passed, she would be sent away.

The Huttons thought a little help would not hurt. Letting her stay for a time seemed reasonable. Even transferring ownership of an unused apartment to her name and assigning a housekeeper would not have been out of the question.

They considered it a good deed for future generations.

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