The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 200 Lines Crossed

At that moment, it was as if they had returned to childhood.

When Stella was a little girl, she was completely dependent on Abraham, Every night she needed him to rock her to sleep.

If Abraham was at school, she would wait

en throughout middle school, high school, and even college, Abraham had to be driven loine every night.

Because his school was far away, Evelyn once tried to find a nearby place for him to stay.

But Abraham simply brought Stella with him and had a nanny take care of her in a house across the street from the school.

They only moved back home together when Stella started school.

Now, as Abraham looked at her flushed, soft lips, his Adam’s apple shifted.

His gaze grew hotter by the second.

Finally, he lowered his head and kissed her deeply, tasting the cool softness of her lips.

The rich aroma of wine mixed with the sweetness of grapes was intoxicating. Addictive.

Stella opened her blurry eyes, saw that it was Abraham, and recognized his familiar scent.

It felt like a dream. She wrapped her slender arms around his neck, letting go of all restraint.

Feeling her reaction, Abraham’s body froze for a second.

But only for a second.

his kiss grew

Buzz. Buzz.

bedside table vibrated. It was

came to and looked at the now

felt a sting on his lip. After gently laying Stella down and pulling the blanket over her, he touched his lip with his fingers and

a faint

pinched her cheek with a mixture of

teeth are sharper than

to ring. Abraham picked it

A strange number.

rejected the call without

다

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his

before,

time someone answered. “Stella Dawson, I need a straight answer. What exactly

Dawson?”

answer. Ethan began his question,

think our

on the line was deep

clenching

of humiliation, I had never

had the courage to call off the engagement