Celestial Queen: Revenge Is Sweet When You’re A Zillionaire Heiress

Chapter 1403

Chapter 1403:

“I had promised her I would wait, whether it took a year or ten years. I was prepared to wait as long as needed to be with her.”

Lucius watched Harlee carefully and then gave a self-deprecating smile.

“You probably think Nicola was just appeasing me with her drunken words.”

That was precisely what Harlee had in mind.

“Nicola never really loved anyone. To her, both you and Nathaniel were like younger brothers.”

Lucius quickly retorted, “That’s not true! My relationship with Nicola was different. If Nathaniel hadn’t unexpectedly caused complications, she would have come back to the country to marry me!”

Right then, Harlee found herself missing Rhys terribly. She was certain that if he were present, he’d coldly dismiss Lucius’ wild fantasies with a scoff.

Lucius was merely indulging in a delusion, convinced that Nicola had reciprocated his feelings and that they might have ended up

Harlee’s eyes narrowed, and she asked, “Did Nathaniel play a role in Nicola’s death? What exactly did he do?” She sensed

he was behind Nicola’s death!” Lucius’ voice grew louder, his

ended up marrying the grandson of

Nicola’s situation on the deserted island. How could he be responsible for her death? Furthermore, Lucius repeatedly accused Nathaniel of murdering Nicola without detailing how. She would have to be gullible to take Lucius’ word for it. Honestly, if it weren’t

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accepted his accusation that Nathaniel had killed

now? What? Do you finally believe me? You disregarded my

making wild assumptions,” Harlee

murdered Nicola. Then explain why my father, who was closer

past decades, if Lucius had simply taken the time to investigate, he would have discovered that Nicola hadn’t died. She had merely gone into

anger and become even more agitated when confronted, which might allow her to extract

that reaction

moved toward the door, saying, “Let’s pause this discussion for today. I’ll