The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 49 The Owner Is Me

“What? That’s way too gross,” “Tessa said.

Stella raised an eyebrow. “What a shame Ethan doesn’t know anything. When he can’t buy it because of the real owner behind the scenes, he won’t just become a joke, Lillian will too.

Everyone already knew Ethan had wanted to buy Seaflats Cove before.

But this time, there was a twist. He was buying it for Lillian. That made Ethan even more desperate to get it. If he failed, he’d lose his reputation in every direction.

Lillian stirred up this mess because she wanted Seaflats Cove. But she hadn’t thought about who was behind it.

Tessa asked, “Wait, how can you be so sure they won’t be able to buy it?”

She wanted to see a joke. After all, Lillian and Ethan making fools of themselves was the kind of revenge anyone would want to watch

She just feared they might actually manage to buy it in the end.

“I heard he’s offering three times the market value. You really think the person behind Seaflats Cove won’t be tempted?”

Stella answered, “They won’t.”

“And how do you know that?”

“Because the owner is me.”

Tessa was left momentarily stunned.

The line went completely silent.

was no need for Stella to hide anything from Tessa.

lasted a full 30

something wrong with my ears. What did you just say? Did I go deaf? Are you

Stella held

way she had the

that little studio of hers that made a few hundred grand a year,

I was worried the Reed family was starving your

cut off Stella’s cards. She had actually felt sorry

she was the pathetic one here. She was the one who needed handouts from

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have to do with the family that raised you? Sounds like they treated you

Tessa could think of now was the family that

The Owner is

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not just surviving. At this point, even ten Elians couldn’t do

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something as valuable as Seallats Cove, the person behind her wasn’t

on the phone for a while longer before Abraham walked in, and

The man wo

hair still wet, his eyes deep and sharp. He looked like a prince who

the phone with Alurahant’s

she had disobeyed

glanced at the untouched glass of milk on the table, and

bed, Stella said,

for the milk, bring you a