The Stolen Heiress: Claimed by her Father's Ruthless Enemy. novel Chapter 10

Chapter 10: The strange lady.

The door opened and a brunette lady entered. And as soon as their eyes met, Alexander’s gaze narrowed slightly. There was this sudden feeling that overwhelmed him. It was a nagging feeling. She felt familiar, but he didn’t remember meeting her or seeing her before. Yet, the strange feeling wouldn’t go away.

"You’re Anna’s friend, right?"

"Yes... yes," she replied, as though she was snapped back to reality.

"I want you to tell me everything about the scar on her stomach."

Her eyes widened. Alexander could tell she cried her way here, the dried tears streaked her face.

"Sir... please, have you seen her? She had been missing for some days and I haven’t been able to reach her... I can’t accept that she is missing..." 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

"She’s fine," he simply said. Her shoulders dropped a bit as she released a quiet sigh of relief.

"Can I see her? I want to see her... please sir." Suddenly, she fell on her knees, tears streaming down her face as she begged him to let her see her.

"Answer my question first."

"Will you let me see her if I tell you about the scar?" She asked, looking straight into his eyes. Alexander shuddered at that feeling again. Those honey brown eyes. He had seen them before. Then why couldn’t he remember where?

"Will you speak or not?" he hissed, causing her to flinch. Alexander was both scared and annoyed. He didn’t like the strange feeling she was making him feel. He wanted to get rid of her as soon as possible.

She hesitated for a moment before slowly nodding her head. "It was her stepmom..." Katie said. "She would press hot iron on Anna’s stomach each time her half-sister Claudia accused her of stealing... she... she didn’t get to heal... before the next attack..." She cried more, overcome by the memories of the ill-treatment Anna suffered at the hands of those people who claimed to be her family.

"Her father would lock her in the attic, starving her for many days... He never cared about her heart condition... She would sneak out to work petty jobs just to afford her drugs..."

It was now clear why Alexander never knew she existed. Her father seemed like the perfect man who could take responsibility for his family, but there was his daughter being treated as nothing less than a slave. It was a shame, but he felt no ounce of pity for her.

"Sir... if she’s with you, please treat her well... she has suffered too much..."

"Treat her well?" Alexander scoffed. After what her father caused him? That was ridiculous. "You may leave."

"Yes?" She blinked with her soaked eyelashes.

"I said leave."

"Please sir... I want to see Anna. I want to know how she’s doing. I won’t leave without seeing her."

"You can’t see her," he said, calmly.

"Sir... just this once," she pleaded, lowering her head until her forehead was touching the floor.

Alexander’s eyes narrowed. He hated that she was very stubborn. He would have had the guards throw her out if it weren’t for that strange intuition that held him back. He couldn’t look at her eyes without feeling a twitch in his chest. She couldn’t be that girl from six years ago, right? It was only her who could make him feel this way. Each time he remembered what happened that day, he would feel so much heaviness in his chest.

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