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Stella shook her head. “No need.”
That kind of bloodline only brought suffocation by its very existence.
After the Reed family had spent the last two years trying to hunt me down, now they wanted to talk about blood ties?
Ethan’s breathing on the other end of the line tightened noticeably.
It was as if he hadn’t understood what Stella had just said. He said in a suppressed voice, “The Reed family has someone now. Her biological brother.”
Abraham chuckled darkly. “Didn’t you hear what Star just said? She doesn’t need this, and besides, do you even have the right to talk about family ties?”
He emphasized the words “family ties with a tone full of mockery and disdain.
Ethan caught that tone too and immediately understood what Abraham meant.
It was a jab at how the Reed family had failed to distinguish who really mattered when it came to Lillian
and Stella.
Ethan’s grip on the phone tightened. “Lillian grew up in the Reed family. Of course there’s an emotional bond.”
Emotional attachment, huh?
It was understandable that they cared about Lillian, but when it came to Stella, all they’d shown was ruthless intent.
And now they expected me to show mercy out of respect for their blood connection?
Abraham let out a cold laugh. “If the Reed family weren’t her blood relatives, maybe things could have ended cleaner.”
Stella’s eyebrows twitched slightly at these words.
Even Ethan was stunned for a moment.
Without another word, Abraham hung up coldly.
Talking to someone like Ethan is a waste of breath.
He tossed the phone aside and climbed back into bed, pulling Stella into his arms in one swift
motion.
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madness.
After years of holding back, he finally didn’t have to anymore….
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The cold wind was howling outside.
Ethan felt as if the cold had penetrated to his bones. The beep of the disconnected call echoed in his ears, leaving his mind blank.
If we weren’t her blood relatives, maybe it would have been easier…
Either way, it led to death? Without blood ties, it would’ve just been faster. So that was what Mr. Abraham
meant?
Jason approached him. “Mr. Keene, Ms. Dawson has already left Rivermount.”
It had taken a lot of effort to get this information from the security team.
It was really difficult. Any news about Stella was almost impossible for us to get now.
We couldn’t contact her; we couldn’t see her.
She used to be someone we could reach at any time, and now it was as if she had disappeared into a bottomless abyss.
Ethan shivered with cold. “When did this happen?”
“Right after the incident,” Jason answered.
Ethan remained silent.
Stella was no longer in Rivermount. That meant I had no way of finding her, let alone saying anything to her face.
His expression became more tense.
Abraham’s words on the phone earlier had made it very clear, the Reed family wasn’t going to get through this easily.
But Lillian couldn’t wait any longer…
I visited her yesterday. The moment I entered her room, I felt an overwhelming sense of lifelessness.
She is still alive, but the room feels colder than a tomb.
Jason added, “Maybe she’s gone back to Falvaria.”
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It reminded Ethan that Stella had grown up with the Scott family.
She had gone back. And with that, the distance between us had grown even more immeasurable.
Finally, Ethan returned to the Reed mansion.
The moment he stepped inside, he heard Susan screaming at Patrick, “Why… why would you do this to me? When did you and this woman start? You even had children with her, twins! Patrick Reed, what do you take me for? I have given everything to this family all these years, and this is how you repay me? Why would you do this?”
Susan was hysterical, falling apart.
Patrick was full of disgust. “What have you ever given to this family? Since the day we got married, you’ve never worked a day, you’ve never suffered. You’ve lived the life of a rich woman for years, and now you can’t even keep peace among the children in this house.”
He thought of the recent losses the company had suffered, all because of Stella. And it was all Susan’s fault, in his eyes.
“You think I haven’t done enough? You know exactly how Stella is! And now you’re blaming it all.
on me?
Susan had gone completely crazy.
She was shaking with rage at the thought of those twins.
He had been right under my eyes, and yet I hadn’t known a thing, not even when he had been involved with the company’s finances.
And note he is denying everything she has done all these years.
Patrick gave her a cold look. “Whatever she became, you’re the one who gave birth to her. And you’re the one who pushed her to this point.”
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“Is this all my fault?” Susan was getting crazy.
Patrick replied. “If it’s not your fault, whose is it? Even Jonathan is suffering because of you.”
The mention of his eldest son, Jonathan Reed, brought a look of deep anguish to Patrick’s face.
Jonathan was in terrible shape. If he didn’t get proper treatment, there was a real chance he would be permanently disabled.
“If he ends up with a disability because of this…”
Patrick didn’t finish the sentence, but Susan understood all too well what he meant.
There can be no disabled heir in the Reed family.
s been only Jonathan
There had So what did he mean now? That he was paving the way for his illegitimate son?
Susan turned pale with anger.
“You’re the one who’s being unreasonable! You had an affair and a child with another woman, and now I’m the one who has to explain myself?*
She screamed, her voice cracking with hysteria.
But Patrick just scoffed, gave her a look of pure disgust, then turned and walked away without another word.
“Where are you going now?” Susan called after him.
His answer was just to slam the door behind him as he left.
She wanted to run after him, but her legs felt heavy as lead.
She collapsed to the floor, her whole body shaking as she burst into sobs.
“Why? Why are you doing this to me? Why is this happening to me?”
I’m getting old.
And now, in my later years, I have to go through this? What had I done to deserve such cruelty?
Ethan stood in the foyer and watched her fall apart. Being of the younger generation, he knew better than to say anything
He just turned and went upstairs to find Lillian.
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Ethan hesitated, then entered.
Jonathan forced a bitter smile. “You heard everything, didn’t you?”
The shouting downstairs had been loud enough for anyone to hear.
I had never imagined…
The family I had always proudly portrayed as harmonious was actually like this.
A set of twins. The illegitimate son.
All of this had happened right under my eyes, and I hadn’t known.
Ethan sat down on the sofa near the bed. “You don’t have to carry the burden of the older generation’s mistakes.”
“That woman… she even had a son.” Jonathan said.
Ethan fell silent.
The news had hit him too suddenly. He hadn’t had time to fully process it.
From the way Patrick usually behaved, he had never seemed like someone who would go for this type.
“How did Madam Susan find out?” Ethan asked, turning to Jonathan.
Jonathan fell silent.
How did she know?
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Then he scoffed. “How do you think? Everything that’s happened with Stella lately, obviously this is her revenge on the Reed family. She’s tearing her own parents apart.”
He gritted his teeth at the mention of Stella’s name.
She is my biological sister, and yet she treats me like this.
The pain from his wounds flared up again, fueling his hatred for her.
Ethan didn’t say anything, but hearing her name also stirred a deep irritation in him.
“Don’t you think the way she and Mr. Abraham are acting doesn’t really feel like how siblings
would act?”
Jonathan looked at him. “What do you mean?”
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No normal brother and sister would act like that. That was crystal clear.
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Jonathan didn’t have the energy to dwell on Stella and Abraham’s relationship. He thought for a moment and then said. “I’ve heard some rumors. Apparently she has a fiancé back in Falvaria.”
Ethan’s face darkened even more.
“She has a fiancé in Falvaria?”
That shameless woman.
His chest burned with anger, as if he were about to cough up blood.
Jonathan added. “I think it’s someone from the Tom family. Mr. Derrick’s fiancée, apparently.”
The second most powerful family in Falvaria?
Mr. Derrick?
A cold light flashed in Ethan’s eyes. Jonathan’s whole demeanor had become more lifeless.
He hadn’t expected that behind Stella stood not only Abraham but the entire Scott family… and even Derrick Tom, that notorious playboy.
Meanwhile, on the plane, Abraham, usually the embodiment of self–control, had completely lost it. The temperature in the private cabin soared.
And the closer they got to the end…
Stella’s voice became more and more desperate. “I don’t want this! Let me go, please… I can’t…”
Crying, pleading, and whispered sobs.
But even with tears streaming down her face, for once Abraham didn’t give in.
Chapter 303 Her Escape, His Possession
Nearly two hours passed before Abraham finally let go of Stella, after she had screamed herself hoarse.
She collapsed in his arms, drenched in sweat.
Her almond eyes were filled with resentment. “You… you’re unbelievable… How could you be so horrible?”
This devil. How did he come up with so many tricks?
Why hadn’t I realized how evil he could be before?
Abraham looked perfectly satisfied. He let out a deep chuckle, then carried her straight to the
bathroom.
When they came out after washing up, Stella was already in bed, too exhausted to move. Abraham pulled her back into his arms.
“Now are you going to tell me how you managed to escape from his villa?”
Derrick’s place wasn’t exactly impenetrable, but it was close enough.
With so many guards stationed, it wouldn’t have been an exaggeration to say that even a fly couldn’t slip out unnoticed.
And yet Stella had managed to run that far, completely shaking off his people.
Snuggling into his arms, she replied hoarsely, “They were all distracted by the barking dogs. Of course they didn’t pay any attention to me.”
Abraham blinked. “Barking dogs?”
Well, that was interesting.
Stella said, “The dogs were going crazy. Loud and chaotic. Of course they had to go check it out.”
While they were all busy watching the chaos, I made myself move and slipped away.
Abraham tweaked her little nose. “I underestimated your endurance.”
Even the driver couldn’t catch her, and she was on foot.
Stella shifted into a more comfortable position in his arms. “You chased the dogs for an hour.
There was no way the dogs were going to stay on the main road. I had wanted to exhaust Derrick and his cold–hearted thugs
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But when they finally caught up with me, it must have been because they got desperate chasing the dog and finally drew their guns.
Abraham froze.
His eyes fell to the little girl in his arms, whose breathing had already settled into a slow, peaceful rhythm.
From her scattered words, Abraham was able to piece together what must have happened.
Derrick’s obsession with dogs… it happened to tie in with the harsh training Stella had endured from Marie for that one month
Animal talk.
When humans can’t help you, you have to rely on any living thing that can understand you.
“Abraham, Stella murmured.
She had closed her eyes but suddenly looked up at him, her gaze dreamy under the dim orange glow of the light. Her delicate face seemed even sotter in this light.
“What is it?
“Hold me. I never want to be separated from you again.”
Clearly, even this brief separation had left another deep scar on her heart.
Abraham felt something tighten in his chest. He held her even closer.
He planted a soft kiss on her forehead. “Sleep now, sweetheart.”
His voice held the unique softness he had only ever reserved for her.
Back at the Reed Mansion, after chatting with Jonathan for a while, Ethan went to see Lillian.
The whole situation left him feeling both angry and helpless.
Abraham had crushed the Reed family with one hand.
All our avenues of escape had been cut off. Susan had begged almost every woman of influence she knew for help
But none of them were willing to lift a finger.
When Ethan went to Lillian’s room, the door was closed. But he could hear her arguing w
someone inside. The voice was loud.
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Unlike at the hospital, Ethan didn’t barge in.
Instead, he put his car to the door.
Lillian was completely oblivious.
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Inside she screamed, “Ha, you think I’m scared now? I’m telling you, I might as well die. Go ahead
and expose everything; at least it’ll all red now? I’m t
She was really losing it.
be over.
Stella was closing in on me from one side, and now this kidnapper was threatening me from the other. On top of that, I was in constant physical pain.
What had I done to deserve such a punishment?
All I wanted was to keep what I had. Was that so wrong?
“The Reed family treats you so well, and you think they’ll let you die? Cut the crap. I want 280,000 dollars.”
The kidnapper didn’t believe a word of it.
Everyone in Rivermount knew she was the most established adopted daughter in town.
When she heard 280,000 dollars, Lillian’s eyes darkened.
“280,000 dollars? You’ve got some nerve. The car crash job was already paid in full. This is blackmail.”
The kidnapper fell silent.
“And don’t forget, I wanted Stella dead back then. Did you kill her?”
Her voice broke into a screech as she shouted.
Everything had gone wrong because Stella was still alive.
If she had died in that crash, none of this would be happening to me now.
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“I wanted Stella Dawson dead. You didn’t deliver, and I still paid you everything we agreed upon. Now you dare to blackmail me?” Lillian shouted at the person on the other end of the line.
Just as the words left her mouth, the door suddenly burst open with a loud bang, slamming against the wall so hard it echoed through the room.
Lillian was still on the phone when the sound startled her into silence,
Her pupils shrank as she looked toward the doorway.
The moment her gaze met Ethan’s stormy eyes, her mind went completely blank.
Ethan’s gaze was filled with a sharp, suffocating rage, the kind that swallows everything whole.
Lillian felt as if her breath had been stolen from her, her blood rushed backwards, and her whole world turned white.
Meanwhile, the voice on the other end of the line continued. “I don’t care. I want 280,000 dollars. If you don’t pay, I’ll give Mr. Keene the proof that you tried to kill Stella Dawson. Wasn’t Mr. Keene once her fiancé? Let him see what a venomous woman you really are. Let him hear how you plotted to kill his…”
Before the caller could finish, Lillian panicked and abruptly hung up.
Her entire body shook as she stared at Ethan, her lips trembling as she tried to form words. “Ethan, I… I…”
I what?
Her mind was a chaotic mess.
One look at Ethan’s face told her everything.
He had heard everything.
It’s over…
Those words repeated endlessly in her mind.
She took a shaky breath. “You… you have to listen to me. It’s not what you think. You…”
Ethan stared at her, cold and distant.
His icy gaze could freeze the whole world. Before Lillian could finish her sentence, he turned away without a word, full of coldness and disappointment.
The door slammed behind him with a deafening bang.
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Downstairs, Susan had calmed down a bit and was considering her next move when she saw Ethan coming down the stairs.
Instinctively, she stood up and called out, “Ethan!”
But he completely ignored her and headed straight for the front door, his entire body radiating at terrifying coldness.
Susan was stunned.
Il’hat’s wrong?
She glanced toward the stairs, hesitated for a moment, and then rushed upstairs to check on Lillian.
She found her sobbing uncontrollably on the bed.
Susan’s heart tightened. She hurried forward. “What’s wrong? What happened to Ethan?”
Lillian threw herself into Susan’s arms. “Mom, Ethan doesn’t want me anymore. He doesn’t want
me.”
“What happened?”
“He left. He’s never coming back,” Lillian said in utter despair.
The Reed family is already in chaos. Ethan is the only person I can count on.
And now he is gone.
He had heard everything. Everything. And he hadn’t even given me a chance to explain.
“What exactly happened?”
Susan was shaken to her core.
If Ethan were finished with Lillian, it would be catastrophic. The Reed family was in no position to take
another blow.
These women I had counted on? They had all shown their true colors and refused to help.
Lillian couldn’t even put it into words. All she could manage was, “It’s Stella. It’s always Stella. She took Ethan from me. Mom, she already has Mr. Abraham. Why does she have to take Ethan too? I have nothing left. Why does she keep doing this to me?”
Her tears flowed like broken pearls.
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Her again. It’s her again.
That wretched girl. Why didn’t she just get rid of her the moment she was born?
Susan was seething.
Lillian choked back a sob. “I’m dying. Mom. I really can’t take it anymore.
I can feel it; my body is at its limit. There really isn’t much time left.
IfI don’t get treatment soon, I will die.
The whole room was filled with her desperation and Susan’s anger.
“I already am, and she still won’t let me go. She even took Ethan.”
The despair and hatred in Lillian’s heart had reached a boiling point..
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After an eight–hour flight. Stella had slept the entire time in Abraham’s arms, peaceful and soft, which made her all the more irresistible..
At one point Abraham lost control and teased her again.
She fought back fiercely, even biting his shoulder..
But it didn’t hurt Abraham at all.
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The moment the plane landed, they were both jolted awake.
Stella blinked her sleepy eyes open and looked at Abraham, still a little dazed.
In the next second, she crawled into his arms and rubbed her cheek against his chest. Im hungry.”
She hadn’t eaten much since Derrick had taken her.
And after boarding the plane, she had been too exhausted to notice.
Now that she’d had some rest, her stomach finally reminded her how empty it was.
Abraham raised his eyebrows. “Hungry again?”
His tone rose slightly, suggestive and full of hidden meaning.
The moment Stella heard that voice, she knew he was letting his mind wander again, definitely somewhere indecent.
Annoyed, she reached out and pinched his waist hard. “I mean food.”
Abraham caught her mischievous little hand and kissed her palm gently.
He looked at her soft, pale hand, reddened at the center, a grin playing on his lips – clearly up no good.
Stella stammered, “T–I…
She jerked her hand back and quickly hid it.
That evil man…
Seeing her confused face, Abraham chuckled and kissed her forehead. “What do you want to eat? I’ll take you.”
“Broth.
Since my arrival in Rivermount, broth had become my favorite.
Abraham paused, then smiled faintly. “You’re easier to please now.”
She used to be the most spoiled little princess in Falvaria. When had she ever eaten something so simple?
Stella snuggled back into his arms and murmured, “Shall we?
I’m so tired; I need a reward.
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Abraham’s throat tightened.
Then he pushed her gently away and sat up. “Let’s get up.”
If we didn’t, we’d be on the plane for hours.
Stella sulked but slowly climbed out of bed.
Abraham brought her fresh clothes.
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Her cheeks flushed pink as she obediently let him help her into a sweater, slipping her hands into the sleeves.
Worried that she might catch a chill, he even added a vest underneath before putting on her coat.
I can dress myself, Stella said quietly.
Abraham paused.
Then his smile deepened. He rubbed the top of her soft head. “I forgot you grew up.”
Stella fell silent.
How could you forget?
Wasn’t he the one who treated me like a woman just now? And now he suddenly remembered that I was grown up?
She remembered when she was little and always half asleep before school.
He dressed me every morning.
Even though I’m always late, I somehow never managed to get up on time.
Just as Abraham finished dressing her, Abel knocked on the door. “Mr. Abraham, are you awake?”
During the entire flight, no one had dared to approach or interrupt them.
Abraham walked over and opened the door. Abel bowed respectfully. “We have a problem.”
Abraham frowned, looked back at Stella, and then stepped out with Abel.
Meanwhile, Stella finished pulling on her pants and socks.
There was a brand new phone on the dresser, clearly arranged for her by Abraham.
She picked it up and called Tessa.
When Tessa answered, she panicked and asked about Stella’s condition. After hearing that she was
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family fortune. And Rebecca is trying to force her way into the Reed mansion. She’s furious about Jonathan and Lillian’s situation. If she really moves in, it’ll be total chaos. Lillian won’t last a day. Rebecca might even kill her!”
Just listening to Tessa, Stella could imagine how chaotic things were at the Reed mansion right
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She remembered the video of Rebecca tearing Sharon Parker apart.
Lillian’s manipulative charm combined with Rebecca’s no–nonsense attitude? Explosive.
Jonathan and Lillian needed a doctor.
And now that Susan knew about the twins, Rebecca added to the storm.
It was as if someone was taking Susan apart piece by piece.
What the Reed family needs most right now is a doctor, don’t you think?” Stella said.
Both Lillian and Jonathan were at the mansion, trying to get through by sheer force of will. Jonathan might be able to hold out.
But Lillian… her condition was much more precarious.
Tessa said. “Now that you mention doctors, something happened. Yesterday Ethan went against Madam Madeline’s wishes and tried to get her family doctor to treat Lillian and Jonathan. But guess what happened today?”
“What?”
Hadn’t he just tried to ask Abraham for help?
But apparently neither I nor Abraham could help them anymore.
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Tessa said. “Ethan went to the Reed mansion, and when he left, he kicked over the flowerpot by the front door.”
Stella blinked. “What?”
Tessa continued. “It shattered. He kicked it hard, like he wanted to bring down the whole Reed house”
“What on earth made him so angry? Stella was questioned.
Ethan losing it in front of the Reed mansion? That didn’t sound right.
No one knows exactly what happened in there, but he was angry. So wait to get home, he started to vent right there at the Reed’s front gate. And you know how
angry that he didn’t ever protective he’s always been of Lillian Reed
It didn’t make sense. A meltdoen like that shouldn’t have come from Ethan, and certainly not at the Reed
Ethan was her only hope. And now it seemed that she had lost him as well.
Stella hadn’t lifted a finger the whole time, but to see that family falling apart now….
Especially Lillian: Stella didn’t have to do anything. Fate took care of it.
Then Stella frowned. “Wait, how do you know all this?”
After all, the man she’d shared a bed with for decades had fathered twins with another woman. What else did she have to worry about?
It was the height of summer on Kealis Island. The clothes she’d worn on the plane wouldn’t do.
unda and
Stella flushed and shook her head quickly. Just a little sore.”
With that, he turned and walked out.
I’m struggling. Really, this isn’t the kind of thing I’m supposed to hear
In the car, Eddie stared at his phone, hearing only the beep of a disconnected call. “He’s acting like I’m the one who hurt her.”
The one who hurts gets a free pass, but the one who talks gets punished?
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“Huh?”
If Susan was reaching out now, it could only be because of Lillian
Either that, or she is looking for someone to blame for the Reed family’s current mess, and I’m the easiest target.
I’m practically flying high at this moment. I’m not going to let Susan’s venom ruin my mood.
Che mead in how this kind of food, but now cha
Abraham cut the steak for her..
She’d gone too long without eating. Eating too quickly could upset her stomach.
Lillian had coughed up blood again, and my son Jonathan, those lifeless eyes of his…
The pain tore through me constantly. I’m on the edge.
I knew that one word from Stella could solve Lillian and Jonathan’s problems.
Tessa scoffed. “Madam Susan, aren’t you forgetting your status?”
How much did she love this adopted daughter to go this far?
“Our family is in desperate need of a doctor, Ms. Miller. Can you please say some kind words to Stella?”
“It was us. We didn’t want to make a scene. We forced Stella to leave. It was all our doing. You can tell her she can punish us however she wants la
The Reed family went that far for an adopted daughter.
“You people don’t even know who’s family and who’s not.”
Susan panicked when she saw her leaving. “Ms. Miller, please!”
Just as she lunged forward, Rebecca stepped in her path.
Since the baby had been brought home, Susan had been distant–even refusing to look at him.
And what I found…
Jonathan appreciated his so–called sister, and so did Susan,
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