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.

she'd been tossed into a crocodile pit. She barely escaped with her life, but

to everything her confidence, power, and chance to reclaim her place in the industry.

cut to the bone

mirror anymore. If she

fists

skin. Blood dripped. onto the floor as she

Why did she get to be treated like a

ragged, and her mind spiraled into

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

...

at the same time and place, Felicia performed

it, Maurice's legs showed even more progress. He could

seven days I

of

bath, exhaling deeply. His eyes glimmered

and neck, muttering to herself, "That's enough for today.