The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 356 The Storm Breaks

Just as the two of them were about to say something else, Abraham’s phone buzzed. Abel was calling. He answered, flatly saying. “Talk.”

“Mr. Abraham, he showed up.”

That one word–he–instantly wiped away the tenderness Abraham had just shown Stella, replacing it with a cold, sharp edge.

He let out a faint “Mm” before hanging up. Then he looked down at Stella lying in bed and gently brushed her hair from her forehead. “Get some rest. I’ll be back in a bit.”

“You’re going out?”

“Yeah. I’ll be back within two hours.”

The way he emphasized the time felt just like a husband checking in with his wife before heading

out.

Stella’s heart warmed.

Abraham left.

The moment she was alone, her phone buzzed loudly.

It was Tessa. Stella answered the call. “Tessa? You still have the energy to keep up with all this drama?”

happened in just

said she actually fainted from the shock. But somehow, even all the way over in Falvaria, she was still keeping

course I do!” Tessa snapped. “I’m losing it over here! Can’t I check out the chaos and distract

gossip helped Tessa chill out, that

Victor really is. I mean it, I really–Ugh, forget it. If I keep

Victor dragged her into sent chills down

we won’t talk about him,” Stella said softly,

Stella knew right

The Storm

-B Pearls

was cracking jokes and holding herself together. That kind of grit wasn’t easy to

subject. “Yo, can we talk about Rebecca? She’s seriously out here going head–to–head with the entire Reed

like she was ready to risk

agreed. “She really

family was siding with Lillian, and Rebecca had been raising hell over it. She’s actually taking on the entire Reed

to jump off a building with her kid in her arms. I mean, I don’t think dragging the kid into

family got

came out on the losing side. Things got messy, sure, but she held her ground and never let them get

cut ties, and the Reed family was still falling apart? Yeah… that was karma doing its

the Reed family treated her still left Tessa feeling bitter

now? Now things were

nothing to do with any of them, and yet she was out there blowing up the entire Reed family. Watching it