The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 304 Caught Red–Handed

“I wanted Stella Dawson dead. You didn’t deliver, and I still paid you everything we agreed upon. Now you dare to blackmail me?” Lillian shouted at the person on the other end of the line.

Just as the words left her mouth, the door suddenly burst open with a loud bang, slamming against the wall so hard it echoed through the room.

Lillian was still on the phone when the sound startled her into silence,

Her pupils shrank as she looked toward the doorway.

The moment her gaze met Ethan’s stormy eyes, her mind went completely blank.

Ethan’s gaze was filled with a sharp, suffocating rage, the kind that swallows everything whole.

Lillian felt as if her breath had been stolen from her, her blood rushed backwards, and her whole world turned white.

Meanwhile, the voice on the other end of the line continued. “I don’t care. I want 280,000 dollars. If you don’t pay, I’ll give Mr. Keene the proof that you tried to kill Stella Dawson. Wasn’t Mr. Keene once her fiancé? Let him see what a venomous woman you really are. Let him hear how you plotted to kill his…”

Before the caller could finish, Lillian panicked and abruptly hung up.

Her entire body shook as she stared at Ethan, her lips trembling as she tried to form words. “Ethan, I… I…”

I what?

Her mind was a chaotic mess.

One look at Ethan’s face told her everything.

He had heard everything.

It’s over…

repeated endlessly in

took a shaky breath. “You… you have to listen

stared at her, cold and

the whole world. Before Lillian could finish her

behind him with a

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had suddenly

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her next move

stood up and

and headed straight for the front door, his entire body radiating

Susan was stunned.

Il’hat’s wrong?

for a moment, and then rushed upstairs

sobbing uncontrollably on the

hurried forward.

into Susan’s arms. “Mom, Ethan

me.”

“What happened?”

coming back,” Lillian said in utter

Ethan is the only person I can

now he

And he hadn’t even given me a

“What exactly happened?”

was shaken

be catastrophic. The Reed family was in no position to

another blow.

counted on? They had all shown their true colors

“It’s Stella. It’s always Stella. She took Ethan from me. Mom, she already has Mr. Abraham. Why does she have to take Ethan too? I have nothing