Return of the Crowned Heiress

Chapter 342

Mike glanced down at his now damp pants and shoes, shaking his head in mild annoyance. Without a word, he turned and walked after Felicia.

Inside the Walsh residence, Myra finally calmed down after throwing that basin of water. She replayed her words in her head and realized how harsh they had been.

Kayla stepped forward in perfect timing and gently supported Myra’s arm. Her gaze followed Felicia as she disappeared beyond the gates.

“Mom, why would Felicia be hanging out with Mr. Lawson?” Kayla’s tone was casual, her expression innocuous. “You know, he has a daughter. Felicia wouldn’t… I mean, she wouldn’t be thinking of becoming someone’s stepmom, would she?”

The words were seemingly innocent, but they hit nerve.

Myra’s expression darkened immediately. The thought was unacceptable to her. Any flicker regret she might have felt moments ago vanished completely, extinguished by Kayla’s planted seed of doubt.

With a voice full of disdain, Myra muttered, “Don’t bother with her. Let her do whatever she wants!”

“Okay…” Kayla nodded obediently, pressing her lips together like she had said too much. But inside, she was positively gleeful.

days, she had been carefully dropping comments about Felicia in front of Myra, stoking her anger little by little. Myra’s frustration had already reached a boiling point with Felicia missing

completely

exactly

Felicia being taken away that night and assumed she was as good as gone. But here Felicia was, alive

hadn’t done their job.

though

The stint in the clinic and that unsettling dream had changed her she

worm her way into Myra’s and Dexter’s good graces, replacing every trace of affection Felicia once

see to it that Fellela was

her head slightly, hiding the glint of ambition

you another four years

the Walsh residence, Felicia stood by

pull up, Mike’s car rolled to

need a ride?” he

a moment’s hesitation, she

“Where to?” he asked.