Return of the Crowned Heiress

5

"Stay away! Don't come near me!" Kayla screamed. Terrified, she hid behind Myra.

Myra couldn't bear seeing Kayla in distress and immediately ordered the maids and bodyguards in the mansion to hold the intruders back.

However, that just made things worse. Howell swung his fist at the staff, and Tabitha, with all her audacity, started pulling her clothes off. She threatened them, saying, "Go ahead, touch me if you dare! I'll accuse you of molesting me!" The staff had seen difficult people before, but never anyone this shameless. Faced with such a scene, the bodyguards hesitated to act, and soon, the entire mansion echoed with Tabitha's sharp, grating voice.

Even Myra, who was usually composed, couldn't take it anymore. Her face hardened as she snapped, "Enough! Just tell me how much you want!"

Seeing that they had the upper hand, Howell stopped hitting people, and Tabitha stopped tearing her clothes off.

Shawn stepped forward with a smirk. "50 million dollars. Give us 50 million, and we'll leave right now. I promise you'll never see us again."

50 million?

Everyone except Felicia gasped. They had seen greed before, but never at this level.

"Absolutely not!" Dexter was furious. It wasn't about the money. He simply refused to be extorted.

Shawn sneered at his reply and said, "Well, then, let's go, Mom, Dad. We'll just take my sister and leave! Do you think being the richest man in town means you can hold our family hostage?"

Exactly. It was only right to take their daughter back. Without hesitation, Howell and Tabitha rushed forward and grabbed Kayla, refusing to let go.

Myra was beside herself with worry. Instinctively, she looked over at Felicia, who had been sitting quietly the entire time. After all, this was her adoptive family for 18 years. Couldn't she say something to stop this madness?

Felicia was looking back at her with an expression filled with disappointment, coldness, and hurt. Maybe Myra didn't realize it herself, but in that moment, her frustration and disappointment in Felicia were more painful than she knew. Felicia almost wanted to laugh, but all she felt was a wave of bitterness.

her first instinct was to protect Kayla from being taken, to feel anger at Felicia for not helping, rather than to feel compassion for

a loving gaze from her parents, only to receive nothing but beatings from Howell and Tabitha. Finally, after her real mother had finally found her, all her

felt a pang of regret. She opened her mouth to say something. However, before

her go. I'll go back with you," Felicia

matter as much as the bonds that were formed. My true parents are the ones who raised me,

"Kayla is right. The ones who raised me are the ones I am indebted to, so I should be the one to

life, but Myra wanted it all. She couldn't bear to lose either the daughter she had raised for

and swiftly writing a check before throwing it at them. "Take this and get out! And remember this: from now on, you have no connection to my daughter whatsoever! Got

lighting up with joy

did when she wanted something. "Mom, let Felicia go with them! We can just leave things the way they are. That way, no one's life has to change. Isn't

was ridiculous, but

that. Felicia is my daughter,

know, Mom. I misspoke," Kayla said, forcing a smile and

then turned back to Shawn and his family, her face darkened again.

family, satisfied with the money they had received, eagerly left.

turned to leave, but Myra grabbed her

Please don't be upset, okay?" Myra's voice wavered, her eyes reddened with emotion. "Felicia, are you going to abandon me? Don't you want your mother anymore?" Anyone hearing this

could have

Myra had been devastated for her, furious at Shawn for his cruelty, vowing to send him to jail. However, when faced with Shawn's threat to take Kayla away, Myra dropped the

make up for it, Myra had promised to throw a grand party to

cried and begged, fearing the mockery she might face as a fake heiress. Consequently, Myra changed her mind, letting Felicia assume the role of the

was the second time Felicia had been abandoned. And then there

Felicia didn't need to pretend. Just thinking about her past life brought tears

asked me to stay, but... what role am I supposed

real daughter, the one I carried for nine months and nearly died giving birth to!" Myra was overwhelmed with guilt, her voice