The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 116 Blocked and Unbothered

If Ethan was so capable, why didn’t he just figure it out himself?

Stella never would’ve guessed that after all that digging. Ethan would land on such a ridiculous conclusion. At this point, it wasn’t just his lack of common sense–clearly, his whole team was clueless. A sixty–six–year–old villa owner? Seriously? I here tere they even getting their inteft

She glanced at Abraham and asked, “Didn’t you say you’d be home in two hours? Why are you back so soon?”

On the phone, he’d told her not to wait up.

Abraham gave her a look. “You’ve really lost all self–control at night, haven’t you?”

Stella blinked. What?

“You’re a grown woman–aren’t you even a little worried about gaining weight, eating that much right before bed?”

The truth was. Abraham had rushed back because he was worried she might get sick from overeating

Stella shot him a look. “Seriously? That’s why you came back?”

“What, isn’t that a good enough reason?”

She couldn’t argue with that. Okay, fine. If you say so.

“I just hadn’t been eating properly lately, that’s all,” she muttered under her breath.

-What

was that?”

quickly buried her

slender back, full of quiet affection. He knew–how could he not? She hadn’t eaten properly in years. That’s why, lately, she’d been overeating, craving

“Abraham?”

are we going back to Falvana? I’m

have a few things to take care of,” he said calmly. “But if

take care of it, all the

he’d raised with such care had been treated like she was nothing.

days, Stella stayed buried in work at the studio, while Susan

hospital, Susan had gone quiet–avoiding any legal follow–up Stella’s attorney had tried to arrange. She clearly didn’t

her family were thinking anymore. Maybe they believed if they stalled long enough. Stella would come

where Lillian’s fourteen thousand had gone. They were close to the

new text on her phone: “Just four more days until I’m

stated at the screen

10.12 AM

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number had already been blocked.

were they getting all these

kept blocking them, one after

keep

people were this desperate to bother her, they’d put showing up in person. And she wasn’t in

time. Lillian had added: “Once I’m discharged. I be moving strugh into Verdant

bragging Bold, confident,

out a soft laugh. So that’s what this is really about–not