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.

car, Tessa said, “I’m wiring you twenty-eight grand. Don’t let

little spending money? Who were they trying

money around, Stella felt a rare flicker of warmth. “It’s fine,

“You don’t even have a job—where the hell is the money supposed to come from? Those Reed

so pissed she could feel a blood vessel about

do have money.

situation was complicated, to

might have spent the last two years by Ethan’s side, but that didn’t mean she was dependent on him or

waved her off. “Fine, you have money. But take the twenty-eight

man, living off

didn’t

need

rolled her eyes.

how she looked at it, she just couldn’t

with no choice, Stella dragged Tessa into a shopping mall and

Tessa finally believed her.

practically sparkled. “Where did

could think of was that Ethan had

card

storm of emotions

“Ethan? Not a chance.”

Ethan would

“Then

Ethan, it couldn’t have been

when did you know big

true owner. Her gaze

she grabbed her bags

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