Return of the Crowned Heiress

Chapter 344

Stephan didn’t even glance at Johanna. In an icy tone, he said, “Get out.”

Johanna bit her lip, hesitated momentarily, then obediently turned toward the door. But as she reached it, she stopped as if remembering something.

She said, her voice deliberately soft and sweet, “Oh, by the way, Stephan, a call came in two hours ago. You were sound asleep, and I didn’t want you to miss something important, so I answered it for you.”

Stephan’s hand froze mid–movement, and anger flashed in his dark eyes. Before he could lash out, his gaze landed on the caller ID–Mike.

Mike wouldn’t call unless it was about Felicia.

“Hello?” Stephan’s focus immediately shifted as he answered the phone. His first question was short and tense. “Did you find her?”

Johanna’s expression flickered, though she kept her composure.

She hadn’t seen the contact name earlier, but the voice on the other end had been a woman’s clear and distant. Stephan’s anxious tone now made it obvious that this “her” was someone who mattered to him.

he had left that day without hesitation. Clearly, it was for that woman. If Imogen hadn’t been so upset that

the

she went on a little trip to clear her head and turned off her phone to

tense shoulders casing slightly.

make sense for her to just disappear without a word?” he questioned, his tone sharp. “And even if she did, why

for seven days. Even with all

Stephan pressed. “What else did

really. Just what I told you,” Mike replied, half–laughing. “Stephan, I think all those assassination attempts have made

attempts on his life over the years.

it,” he said curtly, ending

Sure enough, Felicia had called him two hours ago, only for Johanna

darkened. That

dialed’Felicia’s number without hesitation. The line rang seven or eight times

voice was

stepped out of the shower,

towel when the call came through.