The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 398 What Was Going On?

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Ryan’s phone rang. Stella assumed it was Tempest calling. Clearly, Ryan had been dealing with at lot from the Hale family lately. Even if she didn’t say it, Stella could feel the resentment Ryan carried toward them now.

After hearing the news over the phone, Ryan’s eyes widened in shock. “Alright, got it.” She hung

and turned to Stella. “Madam Susan’s in the hospital.”

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Everyone around Stella referred to Susan as Madam Susan, never as your mother. They all knew she didn’t deserve the title. And in Stella’s heart, she wasn’t a mother.

Stella raised an eyebrow, “What happened?”

“No idea. A colleague from the hospital called. If her body really gives out now, the Reed family’s situation will get even worse.”

Stella was speechless. Worse? The Reed family was already a complete disaster. But if Susan was out of the picture, then Lillian would have no one left to protect her.

Wait…

She thought she might know why Susan ended up in the hospital. “It’s probably because of Lillian.”

Ryan looked confused. “Hm?”

rumors you heard? Bing’er verified them–they’re all true,” Stella

was stunned. She’d thought those rumors were scary enough. She didn’t expect them actually be true. “So after

taught her to distinguish between insiders and outsiders,”

Susan. She used to accuse Stella of not knowing where

her mind,”

of that hospital

was speechless again. That comment

way, it’s no

She’d be returning to Falvaria soon. Not just the Reed family–she was

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for Ryan, again about Susan. After she hung up, she said to Stella. This time it looks

was silent. If she couldn’t even catch her breath… Is that it

any

calm. It wasn’t that she was cold–it was just that she felt nothing. She never had feelings for those people.

died, then Lillian would mean nothing

about to order, Stella’s phone rang. It was Abraham. “No spicy

recovered yet. The fact that Abraham even let her out was rare. If she messed around with

grinned. “Your brother’s so