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.

engagement on him, he's making life difficult for that poor

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

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

thought, "What if something goes

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

"Do I look like I have that much free

"Good point..." Mike mused.

themselves at Stephan, but he was notorious for not showing any interest in them. Not a single woman had ever gotten close to

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

gave him a deadpan

just kidding." Mike laughed nervously, though he quickly

said, "My daughter's waiting at home for me to change her

neatly wrapped gift box from the back seat

Mike accepted it without

year old

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

mom all the time. When she cries, I'm the only one who can

and simply said, "It's getting late. You should

""Yeah, will do."

Mike walked through the door, a little girl came

a sweet, babyish voice, she called