A False Heiress's Guide to Love and Power

Stella Laine stood protectively beside her friends as Alessia Morton pressed her fingers gently to Queenie Windsor’s wrist, checking her pulse.

The woman at the center of the commotion backed away, panic flickering across her face.

“I swear, I didn’t push her! She has a heart condition… but that’s not my fault, is it?”

“Alessia, how is she?” Xander Dawson’s voice was tense with concern.

“What’s going on here?” The police officer, already exasperated by the chaos, frowned as he tried to make sense of the situation.

“She smashed my friend’s phone, refused to pay for it, and then pushed her! My friend just had a heart transplant–if anything happens to her, what are we supposed to do?” Stella’s voice was trembling, her eyes glistening with unshed

tears.

“I didn’t push her! I just lifted my hand and she fell on her own. At most, I might have… might have brushed her arm a little.”

“So you didn’t touch her at all, but now you ‘brushed‘ her arm? Which is it?” Justin Keane immediately seized on the contradiction.

“Alessia…” Amid the standoff, Queenie stirred. Her voice was so faint that Alessia

had to lean close to catch it.

“Queenie, are you alright?” Alessia asked quietly.

her head, her expression weary. “If they’ll just pay

it takes–I’ll pay!” The woman

that’s the end of it! Here, there’s thirty thousand on this card–take it! I’m done with this!” The woman, obviously rattled, threw her bank card at Queenie, eager to wash her hands of

mess.

Blake, held back by Carlson Blake,

woman tossed the card.

the officer finally asked, his tone a

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she’ll let it go, we won’t press charges. We’re just going to take her to rest and

her feet. She was pale,

this,” the officer grumbled, casting a pointed look at Queenie and her

the group away.

the police and the others had gone, only their close–knit circle of

remained.

Stella

death’s door just moments ago stood perfectly

to death! I thought you’d really taken a turn for the worse. If Alessia hadn’t

Thank goodness Alessia kept her cool, discreetly

a few seconds, the three of them had pulled off a flawless act, leaving everyone else