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.

kiss grew

Buzz. Buzz.

on the bedside table

the now sleeping girl

on his lip. After gently laying Stella down and pulling the blanket over her, he touched his lip with his fingers and brought them to

a faint

a mixture of annoyance and affection.

teeth are sharper

continued to ring. Abraham picked it up

A strange number.

rejected the call

다

Chapter 200 Lines Crossed

Group deal had fallen through. And if I say Stella isn’t involved, I’m exactly lying to

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e had some nerve.

Finished

rejected, his

before,

I need a straight answer. What

Dawson?”

Ethan began his question, his

think our

on the line was deep and calm

tighter, clenching

I had never

Stella had the courage to