Return of the Crowned Heiress

Imogen picked up the phone by her bedside. It was an internal Russell family line, specially set up for her since she couldn’t see but often needed to contact people. the skillfully dialed a number, and the call was quickly answered “Hello, Ms. Russell?”

“Investigate two people for me. Their names are Archie Rosario and Johanna Rosario, Imogen said, her voice calm but laced with sarcasm. “I want every detail about their past ”

Since Archie had faked his death, the explanation he gave about being swept away by a storm and rescued by a foreign ship was undoubtedly a lie.

Humans were contradictory creatures. When they loved someone, they believed everything the other person said. Even when they had doubts, they’d convince themselves otherwise, finding excuses for the other person at every turn

But once that love faded, everything about that person would become repulsive

This was the first time Imogen had ever asked to investigate Archie and Johanna.

Everyone in the Russell family knew how deeply she loved that man. Out of that love, she even treated Imogen as

as lure o

own sister.

the other end of the

was fast asleep in the cradle beside her. To her relief, Caleb resembled ber, with features unmistakably carrying the Russell family’s

about the scratch on Caleb’s chest. Imogen gently lifted

applied, but Caleb’s sidin was delicate.

need to guess. It was Johanna’s

two wretched people had dared to harm her child! They

expression sharpened with

sleep as if

hiding her sharp edges as

showing no signs

the phone lit up, and a document began printing automatically. It had arrived at last. Imogen picked up the thin stack of paper and began

and Johanna wasn’t difficult. Both had spent several years in an orphanage,

secret. Archie had even mentioned it during their time together when they were deeply in

her was only part of the