Return Of The Real Heiress: Secrets And Masks by Caspian Wood

Chapter 577

After hearing the servant’s explanation, Cora and Jagger looked in the direction of the dining table and immediately saw Stella lying face–down on the still cluttered surface.

Upon closer listening, faint sobs could be heard.

Seeing their daughter in such a state, they couldn’t help but feel a pang of heartache and walked over.

Jagger was the first to speak, “Stella, what’s wrong? This is the first time we’ve seen you like this. Tell us what’s going on, sweetheart. This is really alarming.”

Cora chimed in. “Yes, Stella, what happened?”

Stella remained silent, continuing to lie there, and no one knew what had happened.

The commotion had been so loud that Lydia had also come downstairs and was standing beside the dining table, her gaze falling on the phone lying next to Stella.

Turning to the servant, she asked, “You’re saying Aunt Stella changed like this after answering a phone call?”

The servant didn’t hold back and replied honestly, “Yes. After the call, she became quite temperamental.”

“Lydia, do you know what’s wrong with Stella?” Cora inquired, knowing that the two had a decent relationship.

Lydia shook her head, but in the next moment, she picked up Stella’s phone, unlocked it, and glanced at the screen. A cold, knowing smile played on her lips as she saw it was from her father’s assistant. She instantly understood what had happened.

Just as she was about to speak to her grandparents, Stella lifted her head. Her tear–streaked face was now visible to everyone.

Jagger and Cora felt even more distressed. “Stella, why are you crying like this? Lydia, did you find anything when you looked at Stella’s phone?”

Lydia turned to her aunt, who was now speaking slowly, “It’s about the boy named Hank, isn’t it, Aunt Stella?”

At Lydia’s words, more tears streamed down Stella’s face.

“Who is Hank?” Jagger asked assertively, clearly puzzled.

Lydia looked at Jagger and Cora, “You two might not b

aware of what’s been happening outside.

“Hank is a boy, not even 15 years old, a student at Betrico University. That in itself isn’t particularly surprising, but his identity is quite astonishing.”

asked, his brow furrowed

curled into a faint smile as she

lips, Jagger and Cora’s faces simultaneously registered shock, disbelief, and confusion, as they exclaimed in

How could it be? We’ve known Arthur for years, and not once have we seen him

few times. He looks exactly like Arthur–so much so that there’s no room for

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he’s been coming and going from

face clouded with concern. “This news has been kept far too tight. If the boy’s mother is someone of no consequence,

would have

who looked

Is there a problem?” Cora was puzzled by Lydia’s sudden

said about her a few days ago at

sighed, “That’s not the same thing. Your father told me that your mother was a top graduate from Fresburg’s most prestigious institution–talented

origins or some unsavory character, I’d

let out a bitter laugh at herself and said nothing

had called her the child of a prostitute, and in fact, her mother had been just that.

“Anyway, Stella, don’t

before you jump to

the time to understand

wallow in self–pity at home. At least you

here for

family behind you–your parents,

She had waited this long, and she didn’t mind

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