Pampered By Power: The True Heiress Returns

Chapter 357

“Elysia, are you seriously going to be so polite with me? Faelan said with a chuckle, his tone light and teasing. But Zane’s expression immediately shifted. He shot Faelan a sharp look, his eyes filled with unmistakable displeasure.

Faelan felt the weight of Zane’s cold stare like a physical force. His skin prickled. What did I say? Did I mess up? he thought.

He replayed his words in his head. It was just one sentence… right? he wondered.

He pondered it for a moment, then forced a nervous smile and tried to salvage the situation. “Well, as a senior. I should take care of these little things for her, right?”

Elysia glanced at Faclan, her gaze drifting over him before settling on Zane. Something felt off, but she couldn’t quite put her finger on it.

While she was lost in thought, Zane suddenly turned his head to look at her. His smile was cool, almost imperceptible, but enough to make her pause.

The more Elysia thought about it, the stranger it seemed.

Sensing the awkwardness in the air, Vincent followed Elysia’s line of sight. When he saw Zane standing there, his brow furrowed. “When did you get here?”

Zane didn’t say a word, just standing there silently.

The atmosphere thickened, and Faelan’s smile faltered. He thought, ‘Mr. Hartley came in with Elysia, but why is Vincent only acknowledging her? With Mr. Hartley here, there’s no way he should be so invisible.

‘Mr. Hartley’s status may have been low before, but now… he’s almost irrelevant, Faelan thought, sighing inwardly. Well, I can’t just sit here while things get uncomfortable. I’m Vincent’s student. I can’t just do nothing.

“Uh, Vincent, Mr. Hartley came with Elysia,” Faelan said quickly, trying to smooth things over.

Vincent nodded curtly, his expression tight. “I figured as much. I turned around and only saw you.”

There was a hint of disdain in his voice, and then he added, “If you don’t have anything important next time, you don’t need to come.”

Faelan couldn’t help but think, ‘Does Vincent really dislike Mr. Hartley that much?”

He sighed internally, thinking, ‘Vincent, could you just say a little less? You’re fine, but I’m stuck in the middle, feeling uncomfortable.‘

He tried to ease the tension, but it was clear that it wasn’t working. If the situation didn’t change, Faelan was going to feel

even worse.

the corner of his eye, Faelan glanced at Zane. Fortunately,

just as he thought the situation might calm down, Zane’s deep voice broke the

shifting to Elysia. If Zane brought

won’t say anything more,” Vincent replied, his tone softening slightly.

relief, thinking, ‘Finally, Vincent’s keeping

do with Elysia came up, Vincent was much easier

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Chapter 357

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the passenger seat, unable to stop herself from

who ruled the business world, could end up being totally ignored

the way Vincent had looked at him today had definitely been a little judgmental

wasn’t just today. Vincent always looked at him like that–with

head to glance at Zane’s profile. He was so handsome. How could his grandpa not like

he spoke, and for some reason, Elysia found herself staring at it. Before she even realized it, her hand started

fingers were about to touch the Adam’s

skipped a beat, and she froze. He

the corners of his lips as he kept his other hand firmly on the steering

to a complete stop that Elysia realized something was off. She tried to pull her hand away, but as soon as she moved, Zane’s deep voice came through the silence. “Don’t move.

more she

one sentence, though, was easy to misinterpret, and

even realize what he had just said?” she thought.

his slip–up, but he didn’t show any sign of wanting to

now–Elysia wasn’t as clueless as

unbuckled his seatbelt. He turned to look at Elysia, his voice lowering slightly with a teasing tone as he said, “So, Elysia, what were you trying to

he was still holding her hand. As she recalled what she had just

too late to tell him it was an accident? she wondered.

Elysia didn’t respond, Zane piped up again, “If you

slowly, almost teasingly. “Elysia, do you know that a man’s Adam’s apple shouldn’t be touched? If it is, you’ve got to take responsibility for

to meet his. She didn’t

curved into a sly smile. “Elysia, if you’re staring at me like

her head slightly. “But I didn’t touch it on my own. You grabbed my hand and made me do

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