Return of the Crowned Heiress

Imogen rubbed her temples, “Go ahead. What is it?

The maid confessed, “Ms. Russell, when we changed Mr. Caleb’s clothes earlier, we noticed a fresh scratch on his skin. It was caused by a fingernail and seems to

have been made very recently!”

“What?” Imogen thought she had misheard. She instinctively responded, “How could you be so careless?”

“Ms. Russell, it wasn’t us! All of us have kept our nails trimmed short and smooth for Mr. Caleb. There’s no way we could have scratched him!” the maid defended.

“So, you’re saying…” Imogen froze, her mind racing. Apart from herself, the maids, and the nanny, only two other people had been near Caleb recently.

One was Archie, and the other was Johanna.

“Mr. Rosario didn’t hold the baby just now. Only Ms. Johanna lingered by the cradle,” the maid added cautiously.

As Imogen’s expression darkened, the maid braced herself. “Perhaps Ms. Johanna accidentally scratched Mr. Caleb while playing with him. Her nails might’ve been too long-”

cut through the room, startling Caleb in

maid quickly soothed him with practiced ease

nanny, standing to the

this earlier and Instead chose to report it privately. It was because Imogen wouldn’t believe them

was her husband, and the other was her sister–in–law. They were too

The maid remained silent.

eyes. No one could tell if she believed the maid or not. She

“Yes,” the maid replied.

down her spine. Then, she remembered something and began

after another, her hands carefully feeling around inside. Finally, in

ago. She said that if Imogen took them, her

poured out the pills. Without any

Two hours felt

leaned back against the headboard and, without realizing it, drifted off to sleep. When she woke, the first thing she heard was the sound of her baby crying. Imogen opened