Return of the Crowned Heiress

Chapter 427

The night was dark, and the evening breeze was cooling.

Felicia’s hand froze awkwardly in mid–air after being rejected, making her look particularly foolish.

Normally, Felicia would never humiliate herself by clinging to someone, much less insist on tending to someone’s wound. However, this time was different as Stephan had genuinely saved her life.

After all, he got injured because of her. Hence, she couldn’t just ignore it as that would weigh too heavily on her conscience.

Felicta quickly calmed down and reached out again. Her voice softened, carrying a hint of appeasement. “Mr. Russell, can you at least let me stop the bleeding? Otherwise, I won’t be able to live with mysell.

After hearing what Felicia said, Stephan turned his head to look at her.

In the dark, Felicia couldn’t make out Stephan’s expression, not even his silhouette. His deep and dark eyes churned with intense, unreadable emotions.

Felicia’s heart skipped a beat, and she felt an invincible pressure bearing down on her. She didn’t dare to contemplate what lay behind his gaze, nor did she want to.

thin lips carving into a smile as

instinctively wanted to retort but remembered the day when she had left with

bring her back, only to end up in a car

didn’t have the strength to defend herself. Her hand,

a second, Felicia froze. By the time she came back to her senses, the light in the back seat had turned

man could change his mind in

quickly. In a few deft moves, she tore open Stephan’s shim. The

on his

something

she

car had a small emergency kit. Opening it, Felicia swiftly and saltully disinfected the injury to stop

her parents had often scolded her, calling g her a jinx who brought bad luck to anyone near her. Now, it

least since meeting Staphan, she had caused him to be injured multiple

unsetting frustration surge in his chest when she stayed silent. Her emotions were unreadable. With a tense expression,