The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 364 Cold Truths and Close Calls

The second she saw the gun pointed at her, Susan went completely still.

“A–Ah! Y–You… what are you doing?” She stammered, her entire body shaking.

Her voice trembled, stuttering uncontrollably.

She’d already seen what had happened to Jonathan when he returned from Seaflats Cove- broken, humiliated. She knew the people around Stella weren’t the type you messed with.

But still… she was Stella’s mother. Her mother!How could they treat me like this?

Susan stood frozen in disbelief, her mind spinning.

“You… you can’t…”

Just then, the butler stepped forward between the two maids, hands calmly folded behind hist back. His eyes were sharp, steady–and just a little chilling. “Madam Susan, do you know why. your son left Seaflats Cove last time with a broken arm?”

Susan blinked, stunned. “W–Why?”

“Because he tried to hit Ms. Dawson.”

“He’s her brother!” she blurted out.

The butler’s gaze turned cold. “Her brother? In that case, Madam Susan… I’m afraid you won’t be leaving here so easily today.”

Susan’s breath caught. “W–What do you mean?”

What does that even mean? What are they planning to do to me?I’m her mother, she told herself, trying to stay calm. They wouldn’t actually hurt me… would they?

Her chest tightened with fear.

The butler calmly adjusted the cuff of his sleeve. “The daughter cherished by both the Luke and Dawson families–personally raised by Madam Evelyn and Mr. Abraham–isn’t someone just anyone can claim as their own.”

Susan’s eyes widened.

in slightly, his voice calm but cutting. “You say she’s your

quiet. Her throat tightened, and

keep calling her your daughter,” he went on, “but during her time in the Reed

now—what? You suddenlu cara? Or is it that

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“No… that’s not it…”

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His laugh was soft but cutting. “Then tell me, what is all

dragging her real intentions into the

To see.

was about to fall

Meanwhile, in the car-

Abraham had just finished breakfast

front gate, Abraham glanced outside, caught a glimpse of what was happening, and without warning, pulled Stella’s head

off guard. “What the–what are

leaned down and kissed her, cutting

“Mmph- Seriously?

she hadn’t done a thing. She’d just been quietly watching the waves when

move.

passed, Abraham finally let her go–but his breathing was

back

could read him–whenever his breathing changed like that, things always spiraled out

he grabbed her and pulled her

you think youre gone, huh?”

Right now? In the car? Stella flushed. “I–I’m

the car!”

not the time or place for…

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