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.

If Imogen hadn’t been so upset that she almost lost

of the ward, closing

as usual. “Felicia’s fine. She said she went on a little trip to

exhaled, his tense shoulders casing slightly. But his brows remained

her clinic. Does it make sense for her to just disappear without a word?” he questioned,

with all the resources he had mobilized, they

her?” Stephan pressed. “What

what I told you,” Mike replied, half–laughing. “Stephan, I

After all, the number of attempts on his life

he said curtly, ending

Sure enough, Felicia had called him

darkened.

line rang

Her voice was calm,

out of the shower,

towel when the call came through. Seeing the unsaved number, she answered cautiously and only said