The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 271 Blood Ties

At the moment, what Stella hated most was hearing anyone from the Reed family mention “biological”

It made her feel disgusted deep in her bones.

Since she was little, she had learned what real family meant–what love between relatives looked like. The Dawsons had carved that feeling into her very soul, and she had cherished it deeply.

But the Reeds had twisted her understanding of blood ties.

“Do you know why I didn’t save Jonathan yesterday?” she asked.

Susan hesitated. “Why… why?”

“Because he said I didn’t know where to draw the line between close and distant, Stella said coldly. “He said he was my biological brother.”

She bit hard into the words “biological brother, her voice thick with sarcasm,

Susan’s breathing quickened. She didn’t quite understand what Stella meant by that.

“You still don’t get it!” Stella asked flatly.

Susan remained silent.

I hate the way you people talk. I hate your so–called family affection. Biological brother?” Stella scoffed. “What a joke.”

If there had been real affection, maybe she could’ve tolerated it. But the Reeds version of love was like a sharp knife–always ready to carve pieces off you while smiling.

Stella stared at her. “I’m lucky I was actually your biological daughter. If it had been anyone else, if they hadn’t died in the accident Lillian arranged, they would’ve been pushed to death by you–their so–called mother”

“You! Am I really

second, a chill went through Susan’s

really that unbearable in her eyes? Is my normal way of disciplining her what made her

let out a

full of ridicule. “I actually thought you’d learned your lesson. Thought you’d reflect, at

little. What a waste.

her sentence.

“Til take

Susan jumped to her feet and blocked the

at Stella in panic. “You can’t do this to him.

brother got stuck in her

remembered the disgust on Stella’s face when she said those words

them. She hated the whole

Susan thought. Why are dares to pin

the outer

all because of

same way they used to trample Stella, now Susan had to

She left.

Lillian one last time. But when she saw how cruel Stella

to see Stella and made things worse for Jonathan, they’d

So Susan left.

the butler. “Go

He nodded. “Yes, miss,”

Jonathon…

had been wanting to deal with him for a long time. And now, with Abraham stepping in, she could kick him while he