The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 15 Let your cousin stay fat a while longer

The next morning, Ryan left the country for a medical summit.

When Tessa called Stellao later that day, Stella casually said, “Tell your cousin to stay fat a little longer, Ryan left the country, said he’d be gone for about a month.”

Tessa was surprised. “How do you know? Ryan called you?”

Stella replied. “Yeah, at one in the morning.”

“One in the morning? What, is he crazy?”

Just because he had a messed up sleep schedule didn’t mean he had to drag everyone else into it?

Stella chuckled. “He called about Lillian Reed.”

Tessa asked, “What about her?”

“She was admitted to the hospital last night. Turns out she has multiple illnesses.”

“Multiple? How many? What’s wrong with her?”

She had seen Lillian at the obstetrics and gynaecology department with Ethan yesterday and had assumed she was pregnant.

Turns out, she was actually sick?

Stella listed them off, “Uterine cancer, heart disease, and possibly liver cancer

gasped, sucking in a sharp

how did she end up

without a medical background had a rather simplistic understanding of diseases. Like Stella, Tessa

idea. Ryan said he has medical

let’s be real, there’s no way she and than are getting married now. What kind of family would let their heir marry a woman whose reproductive system

the illegitimate daughter of a housekeeper.

panic. They’ll want to lock you and Ethan into marriage as soon as possible, just to keep him from rekindling things

new bride on short notice wasn’t easy. No matter what, they’d want to keep Stella in the picture. And given that she was part of the Reed family, they’d see her as the perfect counterbalance to Lillian Tessa wasn’t wrong. The Keene family elders had

Stella was on her way to the design studio when her phone rang. It was Madeline. “Stella, come to the Keene estate for lunch. I’ll cook your favourite

declined immediately. “Thanks, but I have things to do this afternoon. I won’t

She genuinely had work.

and she didn’t trust

15 Let your cousin stay fat a while

Stella stayed silent.

“Or should I come

“Don’t I’ll go.”

Finished

it in person. At least that way, she could make her stance clear. People’s attitudes were always more

up, an

Stella answered, “Hello?”

“It’s me.”

Ethan’s voice came through.

urge to hang up immediately. But truthfully, Ethan wasn’t thrilled about