Return of the Crowned Heiress

Chapter 623

Meanwhile, Johanna was dragged up from the ground. The kick she received earlier felt like it had shifted her lungs. The pain was so intense it made her delirious. Coupled with the blood she had coughed up, her face was pale and weak

made no attempt to resist as two subordinates of the Russell family held her up.

It wasn’t until someone moved Archie’s body, which was lying on the ground, that she suddenly reacted.

“Don’t touch him! Get away!”

Johanna seemed to be triggered by something. She suddenly broke free from her captors and threw herself toward Archie’s body. No matter how hard they tried to

raway, she refused to let go.

The subordinates exchanged helpless glances before looking at Stanley.

Stanley glanced at his communicator, and the message on the screen showed that the Carrell family had already sent a considerable number of people over. They were no more than half a mile away from the Russell residence!

Each of them was armed. The other party was clearly planning to take advantage of the chaos at the Russell residence to eliminate the threat. Unfortunately for them, they had miscalculated

responded with a message, “Let them

know that while he had dispatched so many of his men to the Russell

for the

in his

“Yes, sir!”

“Lock the

other subordinates nodded and withdrew, locking the door with two locks to ensure

grew quiet once more, except for the increasingly

his increasingly cold form. She cried, desperately trying to warm him by rubbing his body,

what reason do I have to live?” Joharma cried her eyes out, memories of their years of

resources to go around. To get food, they had to fight for it, and

too many children

small and weak, so she was often bullied by other children. One day, when she was being picked on again while starving, she saw Archie for

that day, he stood up for her. He beat up the other child who had been bullying her. He then took the warm bun from

she finally

accepting it. From that day on, no one dared bully