Return of the Crowned Heiress

Return Of The Crowned Heiress 41

Chapter 41

Stephan shot Mike a glance, his tone light and dismissive. "It's not what I did to her. It's that she wanted

to throw herself at me."

Mike's ears immediately perked up. "Go on, tell me more."

"Get lost."

"How stingy," Mike muttered, disappointed at not hearing any juicy gossip.

Then, as if remembering something, he raised an eyebrow. "If nothing unexpected happens, Ms. Fuller will soon be engaged to my nephew, Arnold. She's about to become part of the Lawson family." The news of Matthew proposing the engagement between her and Arnold had already spread throughout Khogend. Even though Felicia had rejected it at the time, it didn't seem to matter.

Everyone else saw her refusal as being ungrateful, playing hard to get. To outsiders, this engagement was as good as set in stone.

Stephan's lips curved into a faint, amused smile. "But what if something unexpected does happen?"

"Unlikely. My grandfather personally investigated Felicia's entire background. After that, he was dead set on arranging her engagement to Arnold. And once he makes up his mind, no one can change it."

Mike clicked his tongue. "Besides, Arnold himself isn't on board with the whole thing. Just the other day, I overheard him planning to give her a hard time, hoping she'll back out on her own.

Instead of confronting our grandfather, the one who forced this engagement on him, he's making life difficult for that poor girl. He seriously has a

head in disdain. "It's just one of those cruel twists of fate. If Felicia hadn't been switched at birth, she and Arnold would've grown up together as childhood sweethearts. Their engagement would've been natural, Such a shame." After ranting for a while, Mike suddenly realized

unexpected happens, Ms. Fuller will soon be engaged to my nephew, Arnold. She's about to become part of the

"What if something

eyes. "Stephan, you're not interested in Ms. Fuller,

"Do I look like I have that much

"Good point..." Mike mused.

but he was notorious for not showing any interest in them. Not a single woman had ever

was even more terrifying. Mike crossed his arms, looking horrified. "Wait, don't tell me...

deadpan look. "Where's my

just kidding." Mike laughed nervously, though he quickly put some distance

for me to change her diaper,

him with disdain and casually tossed a neatly wrapped gift

Mike accepted it without

one year old now, right? Still no sign of her

single clue. It's like she vanished into thin air." Mike smiled

starting to talk now. She calls for her mom all the time. When she cries, I'm the only

comment further and simply said, "It's

""Yeah, will do."

walked through the door, a little girl came stumbling toward him.

voice,