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.

not just benefits. She even handed Patrick,

fine example of knowing who to

Rivermount, whether it was Susan or Jonathan, they

really understood how

on to Madam Susan. No need to thank

passed it

at the Breakfast

serious. I mean

came to Stella, Tessa had always

right, she should

That was impressively fast.

to be very grateful to you.” Stella’s voice was laced with

She would be.

once and for all, what kind

+8 Pearls

car crash was not enough to shake her, then she clearly had no

now that Lilian’s venom had reached

see

Meanwhile, on Tessa’s side…

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

Victor was still there. And the

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

girl, she’s pulling that trick

now was anything about Victor. “Last night, I

did she lock it,