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.

time, she was trying to shift the blame

must have been

Fuller family? I could help you look for it. Consider it a way to make amends. How does that sound?" Although Stephan had never explicitly stated his intentions,

l.ne

the chaotic events of the night he had lost control. He dragged a woman into his room and vaguely recalled

say

He couldn't remember clearly.

temperament felt vaguely familiar, and it

He wanted nothing more than to

if that woman was...

sent an ominous glint into Stephan's eyes, making Felicia's heart

that look

he beginning to suspect

took a cautious step back, feeling a bit

before shifting his gaze away and walking off.

en

relief, only to

longer have to live