The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 27 Revenge Served Ice Cold

Even after trying to gather information through connections, she hadn’t been able to find anything. Now, Stella was asking Abraham directly. But the moment the words left her mouth, his eyes turned cold.

Abraham’s grip on her chin tightened. The distance between them closed, his warm breath brushing against her cheek- warm, yet laced with danger.

Stella swallowed. “Abraham”

Abraham’s voice was low. “Are you concerned about the Tom family, or are you concerned about Derrick?”

At the mention of Derrick, Stella’s heart clenched violently. “I-”

Feeling the sudden stiffness in her body, a sharp glint flashed through Abraham’s eyes.

Stella replied, “No.”

The Tom family became history a year ago. Does that answer satisfy you?”

Stella fell silent. History? He completely crushed them?

Hearing this, the tension in her body finally eased.

“Then what about the Tom family’s people now?”

“Do you really want to know?” Abraham’s tone became even more dangerous.

Stella shook her head. “No. As long as they can’t threaten you anymore, that’s enough.”

the weight she had carried in her heart

he could speak, Stella suddenly threw her arms around his neck, sobbing uncontrollably, as

reaction shattered the anger in Abraham’s eyes. His hands, frozen midair, hesitated for a moment. Then, as Stella continued

to him tightly. “How’s

her close. “So now you remember she’s

the Reed family, she had completely erased

later, Stella had recounted everything

Rivermount, she had never once cried. Not even when the Reed family treated her

had always been her greatest

had always been her safe

had been like falling into hell. For the

people had said, when she left, the Dawson family had been in the midst of

Abraham’s side.

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she refused, they would kill her mother. With no other option, Stella had to

leave the Dawson family. Had to

years ago, the Tom family had ruled

Finished

so suddenly and Abraham’s foundation still unstable, he hadn’t stood a chance against them. He and Derrick had always been at

to drag

buy the Dawson family even a moment of peace,

the colder his expression became. They threatened you, and you just

They used

gaze darkened. “And that was enough for you to cut all ties