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.

Clearly, it was for that woman. If Imogen hadn’t been so upset that she almost lost

out of the ward, closing the

went on a little trip

casing slightly.

always busy running her clinic. Does it make sense for her to just disappear without a word?” he questioned, his tone sharp. “And even if she did, why are there no

thin air for seven days. Even with all

Stephan pressed. “What

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

of attempts on his life over the

he said curtly, ending the

checked his call history. Sure enough, Felicia had called him two

expression darkened. That woman’s

line rang seven or eight times before it

voice

of the shower, her damp hair dripping water down

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