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.

of confronting our grandfather, the one who forced this engagement on him, he's making life difficult for

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,

happens, Ms. Fuller will soon be engaged to my nephew, Arnold. She's about

"What if something

eyes. "Stephan, you're not interested in

look like I have that

"Good point..." Mike mused.

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

arms, looking horrified. "Wait,

gave him a deadpan look.

Mike laughed nervously, though he quickly put some

for me to change her diaper, so

and casually tossed a neatly wrapped gift box from the back seat toward him. "For

accepted it

old now, right? Still no sign of her

she vanished into thin

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

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

""Yeah, will do."

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

voice, she