Return of the Crowned Heiress

Chapter 312

When the woman saw Felicia, her eyes locked on her, filled with shock and something deeper. It was almost too intense.

Felicia raised an eyebrow. "Do you know me?"

The woman quickly shook her head, lowering her gaze, refusing to make eye contact again.

Felicia didn't press further. She wasn't interested in interacting with anyone under Maurice's thumb. Whether it was his staff or his so-called maids, they were all just extensions of his watchful eye. Without another word, Felicia returned to her room.

Left alone, the scarred woman finally lifted her head, trembling as she stared after Felicia's retreating figure.

She was Abbie.

When Abbie had been assigned to care for a special guest, she never imagined it would turn out to be Felicia.

They'd crossed paths before-back when Abbie was a rising starlet in the entertainment industry. At that time, she had it all-endless resources, every industry headline, and fans' undivided attention everywhere.

Now? She was scrubbing glasses and fetching errands for Maurice's household, a far cry from the glamorous life she once knew.

been tossed into a crocodile pit. She barely escaped with her life,

her ticket to everything her confidence, power, and chance to reclaim

wounds cut to the bone in

look in the mirror anymore. If she couldn't recognize herself, how could

clenched her fists so

skin. Blood dripped. onto the floor as she stood there, trembling

to be

breathing grew ragged, and her

she whispered, her voice low and venomous. "I'm already in hell. You should

...

and place, Felicia

showed even more progress. He could feel pain when pinched

I need. You've got five- moons, and after

of

reclined in the steaming hot bath, exhaling deeply. His eyes glimmered with

to