The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 535 Whose Side Are You On

“Buy it now,” the old man said.

Stella laughed and nodded right away. “Okay, I’ll get it right now.”

She had already added the shop owner’s contact info and asked them to send over a few more.

The

grumpy old man had finally been coaxed into a good mood.

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At noon, everyone had lunch at the Luke family’s estate. It wasn’t until after two that they finally left.

Even though Grandma clearly favored Marie over Stella, she still treated Stella really well. When they left, she stuffed Stella’s arms full of more gifts.

In the car.

Marie sat in the front seat, scrolling through her phone. “Oh wow. Mom really is the best. She handled everything.”

Stella blinked. “Handled what?”

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“You and Abraham, of course. I was actually kinda worried people would talk behind your backs, with the nature of your relationship. But it’s all good now–Mom already shut them down.”

Talk behind their backs…

She had worried about that too, before coming back from Rivermount. But after seeing how her mom and grandma reacted, she wasn’t worried anymore.

strangers

only opinions that mattered were the ones from the people she cared about. If her mom and grandma disapproved, that

had handled it, Stella asked instinctively, “How did she handle

hear

rubbed the top of

earlier, Mom had

said something about: The daughter–in–law I

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it out there herself,

She leaned into Abraham’s arms,

gently stroked her cheek.

Stella nodded. “Yeah.”

She really was.

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from blood relatives felt like. They were her family, but not really. It had left

the Dawson family and the Luke family…

Rivermount, she’d never once called Susan mom. Never called Jonathan,

Dad, Brother–those titles belonged to Abraham’s family. To her

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for the Reeds… she didn’t want

bez–Marie’s phone

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She answered, “Hello?”

“Ms. Marie, it’s me.”

voice came

her brother she wouldn’t keep

quickly and

got

beat up again.”

way he bit that word showed just how bad

me to pay again? Let me be clear–if I didn’t do it,

time–after all, she was the

time? Not

voice got colder. “It wasn’t

but you’re still responsible.”

kind of logic was

her fault? Who even made these rules? Either they were geniuses, or

a deep breath and asked,