Susan Caldwell's smile froze on her face. Seeing Vera Xavier's silence, she'd assumed Vera couldn't afford the half-million, and planned to lay into her with scornful remarks after stating the wager, grinding her into the dust.
But she never imagined Vera Xavier would counter like that! 'How unbelievably arrogant does Vera have to be to say such a thing!'
Vera Xavier's lips curved into a smirk. She looked at Susan Caldwell and said, "What? Scared? If you're scared, then take your little lackey and get lost. Don't be an eyesore."
'Besides, she and Susan Caldwell were fated to be mortal enemies in both this life and the last, so there was no reason to be polite.'
'And with a personality like Susan Caldwell's, the more courteous you were, the more she saw you as a pushover. In that respect, she was exactly like Rona Langdon—it was ingrained in their nature.'
Jack Judd immediately started applauding. "That's our sister-in-law for you! Badass, powerful, and utterly invincible!"
