The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 22 Retail Therapy

This woman! Is she trying to get herself killed with that sharp tongue? Ethan felt his anger surge so intensely that even his teeth ached from clenching them.

He didn’t want to argue with Stella any further. If he did, he might just die from sheer frustration.

With fury boiling in his chest, Ethan slammed his foot on the gas and drove off.

Stella glanced at the luxury shopping mall across the street, pulled out her phone, and dialed Kimmy. “Push the meeting back by two hours.”

“Got it, boss,”

Hanging up, Stella marched straight into the luxury mall. For the next two hours, she went on a shopping spree–buying from the biggest brands, picking out the most expensive items, and swiping her card for everything extravagant.

Meanwhile, Ethan had just arrived at the hospital when his phone started buzzing–once, twice, and then again. Each time, it

was a transaction alert.

He opened the messages and skimmed through them. Each purchase was in the range of a few hundred thousand dollars.

Scoffing, he let out a sarcastic laugh. “And she says she doesn’t care? Yeah, right

She had barely gotten her hands on the card before going on a spree, spending recklessly on jewelry, designer goods, and

cosmetics.

She always acts so proud but now? The moment she realized the Reed family cut her off, she panicked?

Jason approached. “Sir.”

Ethan asked,

“Did

you return her car?”

confirmed

continued walking toward Lillian’s hospital room, a thought crossed his mind, and he gave Jason

moment, stunned. Is he really forbidding Ms. Dawson from getting

refuses to go through with the wedding?” Jason

Ethan’s expression darken even further. He didn’t want to admit it, but Stella had already taken the initiative to have

arrogance made his teeth ache even more.

would take for her to face reality. Without the Reed family or

Ethan entered Lillian’s hospital room, Susan was sitting beside her. Seeing him, she immediately stepped forward with concern in

“I’m working on it.

it clear–it

think Rianne leaving the country has something to do

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with grievance as she gazed at Ethan. The look in her

considering Lillian’s fragile condition–he couldn’t let Stella continue

buzzing. The notifications didn’t

many transaction alerts in a month, yet now they were rolling in one after another. He glanced at his

a few hundred thousand dollars. Now, she had nearly blown

heck is she buying? How can someone

Lillian

it?” He turned his attention back to

(a