Return of the Crowned Heiress

Chapter 148

It was because Felicia knew too much.

Stephan moved closer again, the distance between them now mere inches. It created an intimate tension. His gaze was piercing as he repeated, "How did you know I was drugged? Hmm?"

Felicia's heart raced with panic, but she forced herself to appear calm as she replied, "I found out later that the scar-removal ointment had issues. Two drugs went missing from the Walsh family's medicinal room. After I fell out with Kayla, I realized she had used this method to scheme against me.

"It was just an unfortunate coincidence that I gave you that scar-removal ointment. We have no deep-seated hatred, so when you came looking for me, I guessed it had to be related to this incident. It's all a misunderstanding, really."

Felicia put on an innocent expression, trying to smooth over the earlier gaps in her narrative.

Stephan let out a cold laugh, his tone sharp as he quickly seized upon another flaw in her words. "So, you mean to say that after discovering the ointment was problematic, you didn't think to warn me?"

Felicia's back was slick with sweat. She was caught between a rock and a hard place.

It would imply she had indeed schemed against him if she said yes. If she said no, she wouldn't be able to explain how she knew so much.

Her gaze darted around as she continued to feign innocence. "When I sent it, you were so dismissive that I thought you wouldn't use it at all..."

Her shamelessness almost amused Stephan.

was trying

must have been too

you look for it. Consider it a way to make amends. How does that sound?" Although Stephan had never explicitly stated his intentions, it was clear to anyone that a big shot like him had ulterior motives for sneaking into Khogend and infiltrating the

l.ne

woman into his room and vaguely

she say that or

He couldn't remember clearly.

woman's temperament felt vaguely familiar, and it nearly

he was furious. He wanted nothing more than to torture the

if that

an ominous glint into Stephan's

was that look

beginning

took a cautious step back, feeling

gave her a long, hard look before shifting his gaze away and walking off. He neither pressed her further

en

let out a silent sigh of relief, only to realize her back was

she no longer have to live in fear?