The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 12 Smash him with a bat

Now, Patrick finally understood why Susan always ended up fuming.

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Just like she had said, Stella was a debt collector, completely unyielding, impossible to reason with. No matter what he said, nothing got through to her. Since the soft approach didn’t work, he had no choice but to go hard.

“Fine, then. Your bank card stays frozen. Take your time to think it over. When you come to your senses, we’ll talk.”

Throwing down those harsh words, Patrick turned and left.

The room fell silent. Stella slammed the door shut. Just as she stepped back into the living room, her phone vibrated.

It was Jason number….

Today, she had already blocked several people Ethan, Susan, and Patrick. Now, if they wanted to reach her, they could only use someone else’s phone. Predictably, she ignored the call.

On the other end of the line, Ethan had just left the Keene family home, using Jason’s phone to call Stella. Once again, she declined. When he called back, it went straight to a busy tone, he had been blocked.

Ethan’s face darkened with rage. “Where the hell did she pick up this habit of ignoring calls?”

Jason twitched his lips.

“I think Ms. Dawson isn’t just ignoring your calls right now.” From the looks of it, she had infuriated the entire Reed family today, not just Ethan.

Ethan felt a sharp headache coming on…

“Drive to Kingston Heights.”

gone too far. Jason

An hour later.

arrived at Kingston Heights, it was already midnight. Stella was sound asleep. Ethan pressed the doorbell repeatedly, but she didn’t answer. Being turned away at this hour only made

“Call a locksmith.”

had run out

Jason hesitated. “.

his phone, the door swung open from

her face drowsy with sleep, tinged with irritation. In her hand was a baseball bat. From the look of her, she had clearly been woken up and was about to swing at whoever

The moment Stella saw Ethan, her fury flared up. Without hesitation, she raised the bat and swung

reflexes were quick he caught it mid–air. “You crazy

teeth clenched

temper always this extreme?All he had said was that the wedding needed to be postponed, and this was how the

him with a

her fridge, pulled it open, and frowned

“You don’t cook?”

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insane. Who wakes someone up in the middle of the night, checks their fridge, and asks if

matter of factly, “I

day, skipped lunch, got dragged through a mess at the Keene estate,

starving.

expression grew even

think I

alone for him. Was he expecting her to whip up a meal just because

this morning, we had fought like hell, and now he was here asking for

his jaw in frustration. “You don’t