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 harder,

Buzz. Buzz.

phone on the bedside table vibrated. It was

at the now sleeping girl

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

a faint trace

a mixture of

are sharper than

picked it up and glanced at

A strange number.

rejected the call without

다

Chapter 200 Lines Crossed

meant the Keene Group deal had fallen through. And if I say Stella

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e had some nerve.

Finished

was rejected, his

unlike before,

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

Dawson?”

answer. Ethan began his question, his tone laced with

do you think

voice on the line was deep and calm

clenching his

of humiliation, I had never

Stella had the courage to