Pampered By Power: The True Heiress Returns

Chapter 20

Chapter 20

Elysia turned to Elena, realizing she was the best choice among everyone else present.

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As Elena offered to help, Emma’s heart sank again. She and Elena didn’t interact much, and it was tough to figure out what Elena was thinking.

Emma started to panic. ‘Elena has been backing Elysia all day. If she finds the necklace on me, she’ll expose me without a second thought. What can I do now?”

She glanced at Natalie, hoping to pass the necklace to her. But despite all her hints, Natalie remained clueless, looking completely confused

Elena noticed Emma was still sitting in her seat, showing no signs of wanting to let her take a look. She frowned and said, “Ms. Emma Rosewood, do you not trust me?”

Emma was now in full–blown panic,

Natalie was confused by Emma’s behavior. Just as she reacted, Elena had strode over to Emma and grabbed the bag from her hand.

“Ms. Emma Rosewood, don’t worry. I won’t cover for anyone, Elena said and began rummaging through the

Emma was on the verge of tears, feeling utterly hopeless..

Then, without warning. Elena pulled out a blue necklace from the bag–it was right the Azure Ocean.

bag.

Everyone fell silent, shocked. Logically, the necklace should have been in Elysia’s bag since they had planned to frame her today. They couldn’t understand how it ended up in Emma’s bag-what a bizarre twist.

As they thought it over, they couldn’t help but gasp quietly. Luckily, the necklace wasn’t found in their bags. If it had been, their reputations would have taken a hit, whether they were guilty or not.

Selena lunged to grab the necklace, but as soon as her fingers brushed it, Elena clutched it tightly. “Ms. Hayes, this necklace isn’t yours anymore,” she declared, placing it in Elysia’s hands.

Natalie could still hardly believe her eyes. The necklace that should have been in Elysia’s bag was now in Emma’s. She nearly shouted, “No way! How could it be in Emma’s bag?”

“Then where else should it be?” Elysia raised an eyebrow, challenging her.

cleared her throat. She paused, holding back the words that were on the tip of her tongue.

is found, let’s wrap this up and never speak of it again,” Yolanda suggested, trying to snooth things

over.

a plan Emma and her friends concocted together. She had to admit that their acting

just let it slide, they would have spread rumors everywhere. By then, her stealing the necklace would be the talk of

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the chaos died down, Emma and her friends practically rushed out of the Cafe. They couldn’t handle being outsmarted by a girl from

sighed, wishing she could thank her properly, but Elena was gone in

onto her face. Since things had turned out this way, why not shake things up a bit? With that thought, she pulled out

Rosewood,” came Yuna’s cool

the other end

you. I want you to sell it under Arcanum House’s name to Lucas Hayes, and then donate the

“Yes, Ms. Rosewood.

the Scented Garden with Nicole as the representative. However, since the Scented Garden was part of Silverstream, using its influence would definitely alert Jack

Clusia. While the Scented Garden represented status and prestige, Arcanum House was seen as mysterious. As the head of it, Elysia always wore a mask, and no one knew her

Yuna was about the same age as Nicole but had a much

she was rescued. Feeling a surge of compassion,

overheard a little girl trying to charm the server. The girl had braids, wore

you look so pretty. Could you please let me go back

I’m sorry. I can’t do The server replied apologetically, “I’m sorry.

upset, her

and pay

for

server kept her smile, she was secretly mumbling to herself, ‘Is she planning to dine and dash? She looks

she’s going to get cash and not come back, is she expecting me to pay for that? She thinks I’in that kind of

continued to plead

“How about I lend you my phone: You can call someone at

lowered her head. “I don’t

server felt speechless.

was still dealing with jet lag. She had

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