The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 394 Cut Ties

That morning, Stella called Abraham. He said he wouldn’t be back until afternoon.

So she arranged lunch with Ryan. But just as she stepped outside, a Maybach pulled up and blocked the road. It stopped about two kilometers from the Seaflats Cove gate, right at the turn onto the main road.

Ethan leaned against the car. The cold wind blew through his hair. Through the windshield, Stella could see how dejected he looked.

“Miss, we can’t get through,” the driver said.

The Maybach was parked right in the center of the road, clearly waiting just for Stella.

She frowned. Ryan’s call came through. She picked up. “Rianne?”

“Star, I’m at the café on the nearby street, waiting for you.”

“Okay.” She hung up and stepped out of the car. She kept her distance, just staring at Ethan from afar.

Ethan’s

‘s gaze was hollow when he saw her. He held a cigarette, wore only a thin jacket, and the stubble on his face made him look haggard and worn out.

see on Ethan. Leaning against

he dared to stand here like this, he must’ve

such deep trouble after all? But she was wrong. The Keene. family was in deep trouble–and Ethan was close

Stella frowned, clearly irritated.

away his

about three feet away. Now she could see the storm of emotion in his eyes. Emptiness. Sadness. Pain… All of it, swirling in Ethan’s

her eyes. “Here to beg for

could be no other reason for that kind of emotion–except Lillian. Tessa and Ryan had been feeding her gossip about the Reed family, but in

Ethan’s bias toward Lillian would always trump everything else. When Ethan heard

repeated, his voice full

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begged. Neither did Ethan. Back then, when they wanted her to spare Lillian, they didn’t plead. They tried to crush her. The

Ethan stood silent.

“threaten” and “suppress” made

body shook. His hands clenched into

respond, just looked at him in silence, recalling something Tessa had gossiped about. She said Ethan left the Reed house that day and kicked over a flowerpot

“Stella, I’m

sudden apology made