The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 782 Rianne Wants A Bodyguard

When Stella heard it wasn’t about stopping Tempest, she let out a quict sigh of relief.

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It wasn’t that she didn’t want to help Rianne; it was just that… her first thought had been that it was impossible.

And there was the fact that Tempest, though from Rivermount, had influence in both Yalvoria and Falvaria’s underground worlds–power that was nothing to scoff at.

Put simply, Rianne’s decision now had likely been within Tempest’s grasp all along.

She had always been the bird in his hand; if he didn’t want to let her go, escaping his palm wouldn’t be so easy.

Rianne drew in a deep breath. “Even though I’ve left Rivermount, I know full well that things between Tempest and me aren’t completely severed; those people still won’t let me go.”

Stella went quiet. Those people? The Hale family?

“His sister, Ariana, and his mother–they’ll probably come after me in Yalvoria,” Rianne said.

“What?”

“You need to help me stop them.” Rianne looked straight at Stella.

There was no mistaking it; she was asking Stella to protect her.

Her lips curved in a bitter smile. “I just want to leave Tempest; I’m not looking to die. Before I can truly cut ties with him, I have to make sure I can stay safe, right?”

She said it lightly, as though it cost her nothing.

But only someone who had lived through it could know the depth of that bitterness.

“Does Tempest even know his mother and sister would do this to you?” Stella asked.

“Him? Ha…”

that false lightness vanished from Rianne’s tone, replaced with sharp,

sheltered society lady, a simple, harmless noblewoman. And his sister?

Stella suddenly understood.

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looked like Tempest cherished

no idea what she endured by

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weighed things in his heart differently; and when it came down to it, Rianne was

make sure everything is arranged for you in

“Thank you, Stella.”

Rianne’s hand, and patted the back of

comforting, but she knew

felt like she had already reached her

phone vibrating broke the moment. It was

She glanced down, Tempest.

a small smile. “I’ll just

“Alright.”

Rianne stepped aside, answering.

moment the line connected, Tempest’s voice came through, taut with suppressed fury. “Where are

it have anything to do with you?” Rianne

“Rianne!”

anger

left me standing in the rain two nights ago, wherever I go for the rest of

but she wasn’t

she heard her words–she could

People often said

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