The Forgotten Girl Is Back For Revenge

Chapter 2

The sky was drizzling sofily.

Lucia hurriedly shoved a bright red umbrella and a black cloth bag into Hailey’s hands “This is from your sister. Don’t let her tough talk fool you. She’s the one who cares about you the most, even if she doesn’t always show it.”

Hailey swallowed hard, her throat tight with emotion. She barely managed to whisper, “I know”

She stood in front of the house, staring at the closed door. Neither Lydia nor her adoptive father came out to see her off, but she knew they were watching her from behind the curtains.

Lucia gently wiped the tear from Hailey’s cheek with her rough hand. “When you get there, take care of yourself. And remember to call us once you’re settled”

Hailey nodded, wiped away the tears, opened the umbrella, and walked out of the yard, looking back three times before finally leaving.

At the bridge, her family was waiting.

Ethan Middleton, the old butler who’d served the Dalton family for over twenty years, stood by a black car. He was in his fifties now, his hair touched with gray.

“Miss Dalton,” he greeted calmly, then opened the car door for her.

Hailey didn’t say a word. She climbed into the car, her face blank, clutching the umbrella and cloth bag tightly.

Inside the car, she slowly opened the bag. It was stuffed with homemade jerky and all her favorite snacks.

The zipper on one side bulged a little. Hailey opened it, revealing a thick stack of bills.

Her eyes instantly filled with tears, which slid down her face in silence.

She was finally back to the Dalton family.

Five hours later, Hailey stood outside the gates of the Dalton family mansion.

She’d landed at five o’clock. After rushing from the airport, she barely made it to the mansion in under an hour.

It had rained all day in Hallon City yesterday, but today, the sky was clear, the sun shining bright like it had been scrubbed

clean.

Dalton family’s villa, located in the prestigious Midnight Bay residential area, was massive, just like one’d expect from one

family’s old estate. It was a new villa they’d bought after their rise to power.

Because the Calhoun family, the top dogs

spent a fortune to buy a place next

front of the iron gates, gazing at the grand villa with a bitter, almost mocking smile.

it all ended for her in her last life. In this very

the side of the road.

Fri, 28 Mar

Chapter 2

short hair was neatly styled, and his features were sharp with a chiseled jawline and

captivating–slightly almond–shaped, with the outer corners

he wasn’t smiling, he looked cold and distant. But when he did smile, it was like warm spring water, so disarmingly charming it made

was Owen Calloun, the head of the Calhoun family. At just twenty–four, he had already made it to the top of Hallon

family at eighteen and, in just six years, turned them from the second–largest family to the biggest power in the city.

was the ultimate

that

was the kind of guy who kept a low profile–way too low. He didn’t show up at those flashy parties where the city’s elites strutted

of him was at his grandpa George Calhoun’s birthday bash. Still, a

so squeaky clean it made people raise an eyebrow. Some even

Calhoun, we’ve arrived,” the assistant up front said, bringing him

eyes, and gave a short nod. Just as he was about to get out of the car, his eyes landed on a girl standing a

and denim shorts, her waist so tiny you could barely see it, and

red umbrella. No flashy brands, but there was something about her, a quiet elegance that caught

that hit him. ‘Damn, this girl’s skin

he couldn’t get a full look at her face, but he couldn’t forget that red umbrella and the glow of

in now,” Ethan Middleton said

and pushed open the

living room. The second Hailey stepped in, the entire room fell silent, and every single eye

of when she first returned to the Dalton family in her past life. The whole room went dead quiet, all her.

feet, crashing to the floor and getting nothing but mockery

She tucked her umbrella away smoothly, changed her shoes: without missing a beat, and walked toward the sofa,