The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 389 Enemies at the Breakfast Table

That snapped Stella fully awake. She sat up straight in bed. “What happened?”

As expected of Tess. Even all the way in Falvaria, she was still up to date on the gossip in Rivermount. Her connections had not been affected by her mother one bit.

Tessa said, “It’s kind of a long story.”

“Then make it short.” Stella could not wait.

What’s so long about it? Even the most tangled mess can be explained in a sentence. If one’s not enough, then

use two.

Tessa said, “The CFO… is Lilian’s aunt.”

“What the hell?” Stella screamed in disbelief.

A… Aunt? That….

Her brain short–circuited for a moment.

Tessa added, “She’s the younger sister of the nanny who secretly abandoned you back then.”

So Lilian was that nanny’s daughter, and now the woman who had had a pair of twins with Patrick was the nanny’s sister, Lilian’s aunt?

No wonder Rianne had said he heard rumors that Lilian and that woman were close, often sneaking out together to shop and eat. She was even the one who brought her into the company.

Stella’s tone was calm, but her words were sharp. “She’s really got a clear sense of who’s close and who’s not.

no blood relation. She stayed loyal to

was not just benefits. She even handed Patrick, her husband, over to that

“Truly a fine example of

was Susan or Jonathan, they had all scolded her for being too

someone who really understood how

on to Madam Susan. No need

it to

Enemies at

replied, “Dead serious.

came to Stella, Tessa had

timing’s right, she should be at the Reed mansion

That was impressively fast.

to be very grateful to

She would be.

what kind of person she had been defending

+8 Pearls

was not enough to shake her, then she clearly had no love left for her real

venom had reached

to see how

Meanwhile, on Tessa’s side…

had already called her twice for breakfast,

she had asked if Victor was still there. And the answer had

the Reed family drama for now. Um, about last night… did Victor do anything to

she’s pulling

hear right now was anything about Victor. “Last night, I moved every piece of

did she lock it, she barricaded