The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In novel Chapter 31

Chapter 31 She Has a Man

Abraham reached for his clothes and slipped them on.

Even though it was over, the tension between Abraham and Ethan still felt like swords drawn and bows bent.

Stella glanced at Ethan. “Get the hell out.”

If he didn’t leave now, he might really die here tonight. And if he actually died here, that would be seriously unlucky.

Ethan was already furious. Now, seeing that Stella wanted him to leave instead of Abraham, the fire in his chest exploded,

“Stella, what the…

Abraham cut him off coldly. “Say one more word to insult her, and I swear, you won’t leave here alive.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the man pulled a gun from the inside of his suit jacket.

He pointed it straight at Ethan. Ethan’s breath hitched, and his pupils shrank sharply.

In a place like Rivermount, this guy actually carries something like that? Has Stella lost her mind? What kind of dangerous man is she involved with!

Abraham spoke again, voice cold as ice. “Do you want to give it a try?”

He meant that if Ethan said one more word, he’d find out what happens.

Stella had grown up in Falvaria, and no matter where she went, no one had ever dared talk to her like this.

But now, in this place, these people…

There was more and more danger in Abraham’s eyes.

That danger closed in on Ethan like a trap. In a place like Rivermount, he had never been treated like this before.

He narrowed his eyes and stared right back at Abraham.

Abraham said, “Do you want to try?”

Try what? Why don’t you just get the hell out already?” Stella snapped.

She was about to lose it. / Ethan insane? Can’t he see what Abraham is holding? Does he actually want to die here?

She didn’t like Ethan, but she hadn’t meant for him to die. It wasn’t like they had some huge blood feud.

Ethan shot her a cold look

Stella, furious, yelled, “Leave! Don’t you know how to walk?”

Seeing Ethan frozen in place, Stella kicked him hard.

If he kept standing there, he might just turn into a tombstone in the countryside for the rest of his life

Ehan stormed out of Kingston Heights, his head ringing like a beehive.

Jason had been waiting downstairs the whole time. When he saw Ethan coming down with a face like stone, and even some bruises, he sucked in a sharp breath “Ms. Dawson still sai

Refusing to get married was one thing but hitting him? That’s something else.

Thinking of Stella’s temper. Jason shivered again

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Jason sighed. “Women need sweet–talking”

“Sweet–talking? Ha.

When Ethan said the word “sweet–talking” his voice dripped with sarcasm.

Jason fell silent.

With Stella’s temper, sweet–talking probably wouldn’t work either. She was like a brick wall, nothing got through.

That was how people saw Stella. Not particularly talented, but her temper was something else.

Ethan narrowed his eyes dangerously. “Look into the guy who’s been getting close to her lately. Find out who he is.”

Jason blinked. “What?”

Hearing the word “guy,” Jason looked at Ethan like he’d just said something insane.

A guy? Ms. Dawson has a man around her?

“That… that’s impossible. Ms. Dawson’s always alone. If anyone’s with her, it’s Ms. Miller.”

In Jason’s words, the nice way to describe Stella was “a homebody.”

To put it less kindly, she was basically a lazy bum who’d rather stay in than go outside.

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She didn’t have much ability, a short temper, and a lot of pride. It seemed impossible that a woman like her could have a

man.

If it wasn’t for the Reed family, even Ethan wouldn’t have stuck around.

Seeing Jason’s disbelief, the danger on Ethan’s face only grew. “I just ran into him. Do you think I’m making this up?”

Jason was taken aback. You ran into him? Wait, what?

Ethan’s mind flashed back to Abraham’s cold, dangerous eyes. That face felt familiar, like he’d seen it somewhere before, but couldn’t quite remember where. And that gun he pulled out so casually.

“He’s probably someone from the underworld,” Ethan muttered.

He was determined to find out exactly who that man was. He never expected someone like Abraham could be hiding in Rivermount.

Whoever he was, Ethan was going to tear him apart.

That word “underworld” only made Jason more confused.

That didn’t make sense. With Stella’s temper, she shouldn’t be able to connect with people like that.

Downstairs, Ethan stormed out, seething

Upstairs, after all the chaos, any trace of sleep Stella had was long gone.

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Chapter 32 It Is Not Too Late

Especially the dangerous look on Abraham.

At this moment, she was sitting on his lap again.

Abraham seemed to really like holding her, as if in his heart, she had never grown up.

But she had grown up, and had been an adult for a long time.

In his arms, however, what she felt was not the pampering he used to show her when she was a child.

At this moment, Abraham w

full of danger

Stella lowered her head, “Well, could you just ask directly?”

Dmn Ethan, I’ve already explained everything, but with him messing things up, it feels like everything I said earlier was in vain.

Abraham asked, “Were you protecting him just now?”

Does he mean I told Ethan to leave?

Stella shook her head. “No, I just didn’t want the place I’ve been living in for two years to get dirty.”

Abraham could kill. She had just felt the same kind of danger she had felt when he killed someone before.

Under his gentle exterior, there was a bloodthirsty heart like a wolf’s.

When she was 13, she was kidnapped. Abraham found her and killed all the kidnappers right in front of her.

Since then, she knew Abraham was not as gentle as he appeared.

When he became ruthless, human life was nothing to him.

If Ethan hadn’t left just now, Stella was sure Abraham would have killed him.

“In a place like Rivermount, you can’t break the law, Stella said softly.

Abraham iaughed. “Star, are you trying to lecture me?”

Stella pursed her lips!

“Anyway, I already told you why I was going to get engaged to Ethan back then. Just don’t go around killing people.”

People could have grudges, and any kind of revenge was fine, but directly taking a life wasn’t Even after being with Abraham for so many years, she was still afraid of having blood on her hands.

Feeling her body tense up, Abraham knew that the incident from years ago had left a significant psychological scar on her.

Otherwise, when the Tom family had threatened her, she wouldn’t have been so scared that she listened to their demands.

Thinking about the fear she had to endure, the coldness at the corner of Abraham’s mouth slowly faded, replaced by a gentle warmth like that of an older brother.

“Alright, I’ll listen to you and be a good citizen.”

Stella didn’t quite believe it.

Abraham ruffled her soft hair. “Do you v

want

nt to go back to sleep?”

Stella shook her head,

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“Where to?”

Stella instinctively glanced out the window. It was dark outside. Looking at the clock, it was already six o’clock!

It was still pretty dark in Rivermount at this time.

Abraham looked around the thousand–square–foot place, feeling a bit of a headache. He had given Stella plenty of money over the years, yet this was how she had taken care of herself.

Abel was called over by a phone call.

Stella was packed up and taken to Verdant Villa overnight.

Looking at the massive castle–like estate, she stared at Abraham in shock. “Is this yours?”

“It’s yours,” Abraham said.

It was indeed Stella’s, as the ownership of the estate was under her name.

Stella’s mouth twitched. “Mine?”

“Yeah, remember this place? You said you liked it before.”

Stella was left momentarily stunned.

She had said she liked many places, and she couldn’t quite recall saying she liked this one.

But in Rivermount, she had always known about this place.

Once, Ethan had known this estate was empty and had Jason investigate who the real owner was, even considering buying it.

However, despite Jason’s efforts, he never found out who owned the estate.

Now

that she knew it was hers, Stella was a little stunned.

“Are we going to live here next?”

Abraham nodded. “Yes, I need to deal with some things in Rivermount, so we’ll probably stay for a while.”

Stella just said “Oh

Since Abraham said he had business to attend to, she didn’t ask too many questions. She usually didn’t pry into his work.

And so, Stella moved to Verdant Villa.

When Abel took her to her room, he said, “This was originally a gift from Mr. Abraham for your coming of age. Although it wasn’t given to you on your 18th birthday, it’s not too late now.”

The words “coming of age” made Stella’s eyes water.

Abraham had said that for her coming–of–age gift, he would give her something she really wanted.

Before her father’s accident, her coming–of–age gift had already been in preparation, personally designed by Abraham.

But unfortunately…

She sighed inwardly and nodded. “Yeah, it’s not too late now.”

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The Tom family had already been completely suppressed by Abraham, and he now stood firmly at the peak of Falvaria.

No one could hurt Abraham anymore. No one could threaten her now.

“Ms. Dawson, please rest a bit longer. The kitchen is already preparing breakfast. Mr. Abraham will join you after his video meeting”

Stella nodded. “Okay.”

Her room faced the ocean. When Stella stepped in, she saw the first light of dawn rising slowly from the sea. The moment the sun broke free from the horizon, it carried a breathtaking beauty.

She remembered now. She had once said she liked it here.

Falvaria wasn’t near the sea, What Stella had always wanted to see most was the sunrise over the ocean.

She hadn’t expected Abraham to remember.

Back at the hospital, Lillian had been tormented by pain all night. She looked completely worn out, almost unrecognizable.

Susan’s heart ached when she saw her.

Jonathan had also stayed there through the night. He had even lost his temper twice the night before.

But Lillian’s body had long been falling apart in many places. Even the strongest painkillers didn’t have much effect on her.

Ethan had returned.

Susan rushed over. “Ethan, how did it go?

? Did she agree to call Dr. Rianne?”

Ethan glanced at Lillian, his face dark.

With just that one look, even without a word, everyone knew the answer he had brought back.

Stella hadn’t given in.

Susan couldn’t hold back her emotions anymore. “How could she be so cruel? This is a matter of life and death!”

Lillian looked at Ethan, but only for a second before turning away and wiping her tears in secret.

Seeing her like this, Ethan felt even more bitter toward Stella..

Susan immediately dialed Stella’s number, but an icy message came from the phone.

Stella had already blocked her long ago.

Now uruble to reach her, Susan was e

even more furious. “She’s going to drive me crazy!”

She quickly borrowed a phone from a nurse and finally got through to Stella.

The moment the call connected, before Stella could speak, Susan started lashing out.

“Stella, you’ve gone too far! I let a lot of things slide when you targeted Lillian before, but right now? How can you treat this like some game!”

“Mr. Reed, are you accusing me! I don’t think you have the right Stella’s cold voice came through.

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The word “mother, spoken over the phone, even carried a hint of disdain.

Stella laughed mockingly. “My birth mother? Then you’ve really shown me what kind of mother you are.”

Susan was so angry her vision went dark.

If it weren’t for Lillian’s condition, she would’ve given Stella a proper scolding.

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Now she didn’t want to say more over the phone. After a few sharp inhales to steady herself, she growled, “Where are you? I’ll come find you

“Why?”

“We need to talk, face to face”

Lillian’s body couldn’t hold on much longer. Susan wanted to settle this with Stella in person.

Whatever Stella wanted, she’d give it to her. She just hoped Rianne would return soon.

The problem was, Susan was ready to compromise on everything now, but Stella simply didn’t care.

There’s nothing to talk about. And everything that needed to be said between us has already been said. Mrs, Reed, I can’t go back to the Reed family, and I don’t need a mother like you. So it’s better if we treat each other like strangers.”

With that, Stella hung up without mercy.

Her phone had already been hard to reach. Now that she’d hung up outright, Susan was trembling with anger.

Especially that last line-“I don’t need a mother like you“-made Susan feel like her chest was stuffed full of cotton, suffocating and painful.

Jonathan walked out of the hospital room and saw the look of heartbreak on Susan’s face.

He didn’t even need to ask. Stella must have said something cruel again.

Seeing him, Susan said with deep sorrow, “How can she be like this? No matter the grudge, couldn’t she have waited until Lillian got better? Why now?”

Stella hadn’t listened to anything. She had been completely impossible to reason with.

Jonathan frowned. Tll go talk to her.”

Susan said bitterly, “It’s not like we’re asking for her life. Just a phone call to Dr. Rianne, and she won’t even do that. How did 1 rause a daughter like this?”

They weren’t even at the point of asking for a matching organ transplant. If it ever came to that, Stella would probably make a public statement, declaring the had nothing to do with the family at all

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Chapter 34 I Am Not Marrying Her

Jonathan didn’t say anything.

Susan went on. “She came back, but she’s refused to change her last name this whole time. Just from that, you can tell that she never truly meant to come back to this family. Who knows what kind of people raised her. They actually taught her to be like that.

When they first found Stella, Susan had still felt a little grateful to the Dawson family.

But now, all of her frustration with Stella had turned into frustration with the Dawson family. She believed it was their fault- for not raising Stella properly.

Jonathan frowned. “Go talk to the doctor first. Lillian was in too much pain last night. See if there’s anything stronger that can help ease it. Whatever it costs, it doesn’t matter.”

Susan nodded. “Okay, I’ll go now. You go find her, and try to talk to her properly.”

She was still unhappy. But right now, Stella was the key to Rianne, and they really couldn’t afford to upset her.

Jonathan said, “I know.”

Susan left to find the doctor.

Jonathan headed straight to Kingston Heights to find Stella.

Inside the hospital room, Lillian had been in pain all night. No one knew what kind of medicine the doctor had given her, but she looked a little more comfortable now.

She looked weakly at Ethan. Ethan, does this mean I won’t be able to see the sunrise for a while?”

Sunrise was Lillian’s favorite. Sitting by the sea, watching the sun rise slowly above the horizon, made her feel the power of

life.

She wanted to go.

Ethan held her hand. “When you’re better, I’ll take you.”

“Did the Reene family give you any trouble?”

Just thinking about how cold the Keene family had been toward her ever since they found out she wasn’t the Reed family’s biological daughter made Lillian hate those old people. But she never showed that in front of Ethan.

Ethan comforted her, “You don’t need to worry about that.”

Lillian sighed. I couldn’t even if I wanted to. I feel like… I feel like I might not make it through this time.”

She had barely finished when Ethan snapped, his voice low. “Don’t say that

His chest felt tight, like a heavy stone was pressing on it. He couldn’t breathe right. It hurt.

Lillian asked, “What about your wedding with her? Will it still happen on time?”

Ethan didn’t answer. The mention of the wedding made something dangerous flash through his eyes. He remembered the man in Stella’s room the night before.

When he walked in, the man had clearly just come out of the shower. The towel around his waist was obviously Stella’s.

Just from all those little details, it was obvious that Stella and that man were close. But over the past two years, he’d never seen her involved with any man. She had always been on her own.

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Lillian sighed. “If your family accepts Stella, then you should just go ahead and marry her

Her pale face, her weak voice, saying that he should marry Stella

That only made Ethan’s face grow darker.

I’m not marrying her, he blurted out.

But right after saying it, that pressure in his chest only got worse, like he couldn’t breathe at all.

Lillian blinked. “What? You…

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“Enough. Right now, your health comes first,” Ethan interrupted, impatient. He didn’t want to talk about Stella any more.

Just then. Jason knocked and walked in. He gave Ethan a serious look.

Ethan understood and stood up. “Tll step out for a minute. You get some rest.”

Okay.

Outside the room, Ethan looked at Jason coldly. “Did you find anything?”

Jason shook his head. “Nothing”

“Nothing“”

Hearing that, Ethan’s expression darkens. He doesn’t see the point of Jason coming if he didn’t find anything.

Jason explained. “I just started looking into it, and someone already stepped in to stop me. Seems like the guy’s background isn’t simple.

To have someone block the investigation so quickly, it only meant this man wasn’t ordinary.

Ethan had already sensed that when the man aimed the gun at him back at Kingston Heights. The man had mystery written all over him.

Jason suggested, “Maybe you should just ask Ms. Dawson directly?

There was no way they could find out anything now.

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Since there was a powerful force working behind the scenes to stop him from investigating, the person’s trip to Rivermount had definitely been kept secret

It was fine when no one mentioned Stella. But the moment someone did, Ethan’s head started to pound. Now, he didn’t even want to hear her name.

But the thought of her being with another man–his heart felt like it had swallowed blades. There was even a faint ache.

As for the man who was with Stella, there was no way to fi

find out who he was.

Ethan returned to the hospital room looking upset. Lillian glanced at him. “What’s wrong? Any trouble at work?”

She didn’t think of Stella.

Ethan shook his head. “It’s nothing”

“Ethan, I want to be discharged.”

His face darkened when he heard that. “Don’t say nonsense.”

Lillian looked pained. The smell of disinfectant makes me feel like I’ll never get to leave this place. Ethan, I’m scared.”

She was telling the truth. She really was scared.

Anyone would be scared, carrying this many illnesses at once. It felt like a giant wall in her life, and no one could say for sure if she’d be able to make it past it.

When Ethan didn’t respond, Lillian reached out and tugged his hand. “I want to stay by the sea. Somewhere I can see the ocean, the sunrise, and the sunset.”

“Ethan, I’m afraid this might be the end for me.”

People in hospitals always started to question whether they still had a future ahead of them.

Ethan looked at her face, already so worn and pale after just two days.

Til have Jason arrange it.”

In the end, he still couldn’t bring himself to say no.

Lillian nodded bitterly. “Thank you. I’m just scared that these might be my last days, and I don’t want to spend them in a hospital.”

“Dummy,” Ethan sighed softly.

By the time he walked out of the hospital room again, it was already noon.

In the car, Ethan held a cigarette between his fingers. After a pause, he said, “Head over to Seaflats Cove. Talk to the person in charge there I want to rent Verdant Villa for a while

After thinking it over, Scallats Cove seemed like the place Lillian would want most.

The air there was clean, perfect for recovery. The windows in that house faced just right, so Lillian could watch both the sunrise and the sunset with no problem.

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Given how Lillian’s condition was now, a medical team would need to be stationed with her, along with all the equipment.

So after weighing everything. Ethan still felt that Verdant Villa was the best option

They knew no one lived there.

When it came to Lillian, he was always careful. This time was no different.

Over at Verdant Villa, Stella hadn’t slept well the night before. Abraham coaxed her into having some breakfast in the morning, and she ended up sleeping straight through the rest of the morning.

She didn’t even want lunch.

Abraham sat by her bed and gently pinched her cheek, full of affection. “Are you still sleepy?”

Stella was too tired to speak. She gave a small hum, rolled over, and went right back to sleep.

Abraham got a call and left Verdant Villa without having lunch.

Kimmy called, saying that several parts of the design were stuck, and the designer didn’t know how to fix them.

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