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

smile as she

moment the words left her lips, Jagger and Cora’s faces simultaneously registered shock, disbelief,

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

true. I’ve seen the boy a few times. He looks exactly like Arthur–so much so that

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and going from the Jarrett residence freely. It’s undeniable.”

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

from a respectable family, the Jarrett family would have boasted about it by

strike a nerve with Lydia, who looked at her sharply. “Grandmother, what do

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

to what her father had said about her a few days ago at the

not the same thing. Your father told me that your mother was a top

unknown origins or some unsavory character, I’d

at herself and said nothing further.

mother the same way. He had called her the child of a prostitute, and in fact, her mother

to Stella. “Anyway, Stella, don’t

you jump to

this long; take the time

at home. At least

here for you,

the Walton family behind you–your parents, your

waited this long, and she didn’t mind waiting a little

*****

it had been

days since Claire’s

was successful. So far, there was no sign of her waking

Cherise came over to relieve Hank

shift.

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