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.

“Exactly. Even if Madam Susan treated her like a treasure, what did it matter? There’s no blood relation. She stayed loyal to her own aunt and even lined her up with all kinds

even handed Patrick, her husband, over to that

a fine example of knowing who to

she first arrived in Rivermount, whether it was Susan or Jonathan, they had all scolded

they had someone who really understood

on to Madam Susan. No

passed it

Enemies at

replied, “Dead serious.

to Stella, Tessa had always been dead

the timing’s right, she should

That was impressively fast.

very grateful to you.” Stella’s voice

She would be.

her see, once and for all, what kind of person she had been defending all this

+8 Pearls

the car crash was not enough to shake her, then she clearly had no love left for her real daughter and still clung to

that Lilian’s venom

eager to see how Susan would

Meanwhile, on Tessa’s side…

room making the call. The maids had already called her twice for breakfast, but

asked if Victor was still there. And

said, “Okay, forget the Reed family drama for now.

she’s pulling that trick

thing Tessa wanted to hear right now was anything about Victor. “Last night, I moved every

only did she lock it, she barricaded