The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 420 Severance

Chapter 420 Severance

“Just because of that accident, you’re erasing every bit of love I ever gave you? Is that fair to me?”

She had only staged that car crash for him.

She’d been terrified. Afraid that once Stella returned, she’d lose everything–lose him.

That was why she did it. Out of desperation. Out of fear.

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“You nearly got her killed,” Ethan said coldly, staring at her like a stranger. “And now you want to talk to me about fairness?”

Lilian’s voice broke. “I did it because I was afraid, Ethan. I grew up in the Reed family. I called those people ‘Mom‘ and ‘Dad‘ for over twenty years–and then I found out they weren’t even my real family. You–my fiancé–were supposed to be the true daughter’s, not mine. I was terrified!”

That fear had driven her. That fear had made her lash out at Stella.

But when Ethan heard her say the word fear, he didn’t react the way he once might have. No gentle comfort, no warm

reassurance.

Instead, his eyes turned colder. “So because you were afraid… you thought you had the right to take a life?”

Lilian blurted out, “But Stella didn’t die!”

“She’s fine! She’s doing great. She stole everything from me–how is that fair?”

The Reed family had collapsed. Ethan no longer looked at her. All of that–because of Stella.

Stella was thriving.

But she–Lilian–had lost everything.

“Yes, I made a mistake. But she’s alive, isn’t she?!” Lilian shouted, her voice cracking.

that–that–was the

Ethan’s expression darkened further.

moment, he saw her

never once regretted the crime–only that it

said, “I can’t help with the Reed family. You

Then, to Jason: “Drive.”

gas, not giving Lilian a chance to say another word. He

fast.

listen!” she

the wind as his car disappeared down the road, kicking up dust and cold air that stung

Reap what you sow…

it. Ethan

Not her.

Not the Reed family.

No one.

his back on them

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Chapter 420 Severance

Cruel. So cruel.

everything that had once existed

the past

deepened, thudding in

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the Keene

house. Madeline hadn’t gone to bed yet–her expression was tense

of all, was feeling the weight

across her face. “Ethan, if you keep getting tangled up with

collapsing around

Her marriage. Her

been married to for decades had already fathered a child before they’d even

seeing how gently Judson

over and