The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 173 What Did You Think I Was Gonna Do?

It was already late.

Lillian stared at Susan, almost dazed. “Mom. Ethan just said… we shouldn’t see each other for the next few days.”

Susan’s face froze.

Then she quickly tried to explain it away. “Didn’t I tell you? The Keene family has a big deal in the works right now. He’s probably just busy.

“No… it’s not just that. He never bought Verdant Villa either.”

A whole week had passed.

And in that entire week… he hadn’t done anything?

Susan’s face stiffened. “He didn’t buy it? But didn’t he say he did? Didn’t he say he was even changing the curtains to the kind you like

Lillian didn’t respond.

Yeah, he had said that. Said the curtains would be exactly the kind she liked.

So what the hell was he talking about earlier?

After a night of chaos

While the Keene and Reed families were scrambling. Stella slept like a baby.

She got up early, originally planning to head to her studio.

But Abraham brought her to the hospital instead.

Stella looked confused. “Why does Madam Alice want to see me?”

Madam Alice.

to help Abraham. Last night, she’d called and said she really

this morning. Abraham had

likes you” Abraham

we’ve only niet twice. Don’t tell me she

the reason older ladies wanted to see a girl

Abraham fucked

and gently pinched her cheek. “If that were the case, you think I’d

Fleude, when she was fifteen or sixteen, families were practically lining up outside

Did You Think 1

usar back then

thought made her glance over at

pulled

go with you, Abraham

Finished

driver in the car this morning. She figured Abel had something else

got out and

at

her back, his voice low and deep, with a hint

turned “What

her gently back

back pressed against the car door, and his

made every muscle in

red on

trembled. She wanted to say something, but nothing

practically leaping out of her

she felt him tug at the

down–and saw his hand, slow and steady, fastening the