The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 6 Cut Off Her Money? No Problem—She’s Got a Black Card!

Tessa watched as Stella’s phone screen lit up, went dark, and then lit up again.

In short, it just wouldn’t stop ringing.

Tessa couldn’t help but suggest, “Why don’t you just turn it off?”

Blocking the calls wasn’t working anymore—all the incoming numbers were unfamiliar. No need to guess who was behind it. Madam Susan must have been borrowing the housemaids’ phones to keep calling.

Stella took the advice and shut off her phone.

But Susan’s punishment came swiftly.

When it was time to pay for their meal, Stella turned her phone back on to scan the payment code, only to receive a notification: “Your bank card has been deactivated. Please choose another payment method.”

The card linked to her phone was one Susan had insisted on binding to her account shortly after Stella had returned to the Reed family years ago.

Now, it was completely useless.

Tessa glanced at her screen. “What the hell is this?”

“They froze my card,” Stella replied.

Tessa’s lips twitched. “Because of Lillian? What kind of family treats their own daughter like this?”

Hearing that the Reed family had outright cut off Stella’s credit card, Tessa felt sick, like she’d swallowed a fly.

How could people like this exist? They were treating their own daughter worse than an adopted one.

Stella just smiled, unfazed. “It’s not the first time.”

Tessa scoffed. “I got it.” She pulled out her phone and paid.

and got into the car, Tessa said, “I’m wiring you twenty-eight grand. Don’t let them

off their own daughter over a little spending money? Who

effortlessly Tessa was throwing money around, Stella felt a rare flicker of warmth. “It’s fine, I have

a job—where the hell is the money supposed to come from? Those Reed family

could feel a blood vessel

said, “I really do have money. It’s… a

complicated, to say

years by Ethan’s side, but that didn’t mean she was dependent

waved her off. “Fine, you have money.

a man, living off the Reed family—what money could she

simply didn’t believe

need

her eyes. “Oh, come

matter how she looked at it, she just couldn’t believe Stella actually

dragged Tessa into a shopping mall and spent

Tessa finally believed her.

her eyes practically sparkled. “Where did

now, the only possibility she could think of was

at the card

of emotions

“Ethan? Not a chance.”

Ethan would ever give her

“Then who

wasn’t Ethan, it couldn’t have been the Reed family

you know

true owner. Her

her bags and walked out of

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