The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 7 Where Did She Get the Money to Go Shopping?

Ethan strode inside and sank onto the couch, pulling out a cigarette.

Before he could even light it, Stella walked over, snatched it from his fingers, and tossed it straight into the trash.

Ethan’s face darkened. “What the hell are you doing?”

When had anyone ever treated him like this?

Back when he was with Lillian, no matter what he did, she never said a word.

Stella simply said, “I don’t like the smell of smoke.”

Ethan was speechless. This woman… fine, whatever.

Gritting his teeth, he held back his anger. But the two trending posts from this morning still burned in his mind. His family had been blowing up his phone all day.

“The news today—Tessa posted it for you?”

Was she seriously trying to cancel their wedding? Wasn’t this going too far?

Stella didn’t answer. She walked over to the fridge and took out a small cake.

She hadn’t eaten enough at lunch, and after shopping with Tessa for two hours, she was starving.

Ethan nearly exploded at how she was ignoring him. “The wedding is between the two of us—why did you have to make it a public spectacle?”

Fine, if she wanted to vent at him, he could take it. But blowing it up like this, letting the whole city watch? Ethan couldn’t forgive her for that.

really just between

it were, things would

cast a cold glance at Ethan and added, “Even if I hadn’t made it public, somebody else would’ve. Better for me to get ahead of

who she meant by

Lillian as

laughed, scooping up a bite of cake. “If she’s so innocent, why were you so eager to send her

Ethan had no response.

have been able to let it

left, you really would’ve

bite and

face darkened even

thinking about that time filled him with frustration. If she hadn’t been so over-the-top back then, she wouldn’t be in this position with

the wedding wasn’t an

relax a little. “Lillian is just sick. Once

gave him a cold glance and

keep acting out like this. The only

knew exactly how the Reed family handled

pay the rent

she had rented this place after

wasn’t cheap. The unit she was in had to cost at least fourteen hundred dollars

up now was a not-so-subtle reminder:

said flatly, “You should

face darkened

as he was about to say

avoiding Stella as