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.

further. It seemed clear to her that Lucius was merely indulging in a delusion, convinced that Nicola had reciprocated his feelings

role in Nicola’s death? What exactly did he do?” She sensed this might

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

the grandson of the

How could he be responsible for her death? Furthermore, Lucius repeatedly accused Nathaniel of murdering Nicola without detailing how. She

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mistakenly believed she accepted his accusation that Nathaniel had killed Nicola, and he stood up with a

me? You disregarded my warnings about

making wild assumptions,” Harlee retorted, rolling

explain why my father, who

correct him. There was no point. Over the past decades, if Lucius had simply taken the time to investigate, he would have discovered that Nicola hadn’t died. She

that Lucius would react with anger and become even more agitated when confronted, which might allow her to extract more information about Nola by

reaction

articulate Lucius suddenly became withdrawn. He stood up and moved toward the door, saying, “Let’s