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

that many?! Wait, how did she end up

of diseases. Like Stella, Tessa found the idea of Lillian having

medical ethics, so he wouldn’t

agreed. “Fine, no speculation. But 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

Keene family eldels had already despised Lillian for being the illegitimate daughter of a housekeeper. Now, with her health issues, there

Keene family elders are going to panic. They’ll want to lock you and Ethan

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

Madeline. “Stella, come to the Keene estate for lunch. I’ll cook

“Thanks, but I have things to do this afternoon. I won’t be able to

She genuinely had work.

major project this time, and she didn’t trust

15 Let your cousin

Stella stayed silent.

“Or

“Don’t I’ll go.”

Finished

Stella figured it was better to do it in person. At least that way,

hanging up, an unfamiliar number

Stella answered, “Hello?”

“It’s me.”

Ethan’s voice came through.

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