The Billionaire Who Stole My Heart

Chapter 1206

Eltham recoiled at the words, shaking off Hestia's grasp. "Hestia, I've told you before, don't harbor any feelings for me!"

Hestia, defiant yet desperate, pressed on. "Eltham, I've been pining for you all these years. Why won't you even give me a chance?"

She bore a striking resemblance to Brittany. Why couldn't Eltham see her the same way?

Eltham found Hestia as persistent and unwelcome as a bad cold. "Hestia, if I had any affection for you, don't you think I would've sought you out over the years?" Hestia's face went ashen, as if slapped. "If you can't let go of Ms. Lynette, I don't mind "

"I mind!"

Eltham's patience had run dry, especially now that Hestia was offering herself as a substitute. "Hestia, it's never going to happen between us."

"Our story ended long ago. If you can't accept that, you have no place here in Craneville."

Panicked, Hestia pleaded, "Don't send me away!"

Clutching Eltham's hand tightly, she implored, "Ms. Lynette may not care for you, but I do. Why won't you accept me?"

"Do you really think you compare to her?"

Eltham scoffed. Brittany was leagues beyond Hestia in every way. How could she even dare to compare?

"Even if she was playing both sides, you knew the child wasn't yours, and yet you accepted her. Why won't you give me a chance?"

In her frenzy, Hestia blurted out more than she should have.

"Hestia." Eltham's grip tightened on her collar, his gaze narrowing. "How do you know whose child it is? You... you leaked those rumors?" Realizing her slip, Hestia went pale, attempting to deny it.

"Hestia, I've underestimated you."

He had never taken Hestia seriously, yet she knew far too much.

it's not

I wanted to start over, to give Twila a

so wrong to want a complete family for Twila when Brittany seemed to have everything, including the man they both desired? With a cold

than patient with you for Twila's

towered over her,

Hestia tried to appeal, only to be rebuffed. "Process her departure immediately. Ban

"Daddy, please don't send Mommy away. I don't want to leave

attempted to soften Eltham's

Twila's crying was heart-wrenching.

wavered, but his resolve quickly hardened. "If you can't bear

Twila was stunned. "Daddy..."

never expected this from Eltham, who had always indulged her. Now, he was sending

don't you

a picture

mother?" Eltham was unmoved.

fell freely from Twila's eyes. "But I also

the lavish life she'd grown

Eltham kneeled, meeting

is yours. If you

daughter. If you

youth, Twila knew where her best life lay. She immediately clung to

turned pale. "Twila

to look at Hestia,

the staff to take Twila away, not sparing Hestia a

lay crumpled on the ground,

was put on a plane, exiled from Craneville

Eltham. Wiping her tears, she insisted, "I won't cry anymore. Don't

investigated the whole affair. Anyone

had warned Saskia, but to no avail. Now, facing Eltham's judgment,

from Craneville,