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.

this engagement on him, he's making life difficult for that poor girl. He seriously has a twisted

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

my nephew, Arnold. She's about to become part of the Lawson family," he had

"What if

"Stephan, you're not interested in

"Do I look like

"Good point..." Mike mused.

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

his arms, looking horrified.

deadpan look.

just kidding." Mike laughed nervously, though

home for me to change her diaper, so I'll be

and casually tossed a neatly wrapped

accepted it

offhandedly, "Your daughter's one year old now, right?

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

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

and simply said, "It's getting late.

""Yeah, will do."

Lawson residence, as soon as Mike walked through the door, a little girl came stumbling toward him. Sandra Lawson reached out with

babyish voice, she