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If Victor found out, she and Marie were both done for.
As Abraham handed her the clothes, he shook his head. “You’ve really picked up some bad habits.
-bet that’s Eddie’s fault.”
Stella didn’t even try to argue. Okay, totally not the same thing. Eddic d whatever he wanted- straight to your face or behind your back. At least she kept it private… Though honestly, that wasn’t much better.
The skies over Rivermount had cleared. No snow today.
But the wind hadn’t stopped howling, and it was freezing outside.
Inside the estate, though, it was warm and quiet.
Once they’d both gotten ready, they headed downstairs together. The butler stepped up respectfully.
“Mr. Abraham, someone from the Reed family is waiting at the main gate.”
The gate was nearly a mile away from the castle itself.
Abraham looked at Stella. “If seeing them is going to upset you, I can just…”
The word just carne out with a chill in his voice–sharp and unmistakably dangerous.
Stella narrowed her eyes. “Who is it?”
“Madam Susan.”
Of course, Stella thought. It made sense. Patrick was obsessed with those twins now, and Jonathan was still injured–he wouldn’t show. And with Rebecca in the picture? If he kept sticking up for Lillian, she’d tear the place apart.
So yeah, Susan made sense.
Stella’s expression hardened. “If she wants to wait, let her. I’m not seeing her.”
She knew Susan was here for Lillian. And someone like that? You shut the door before they even think they’ve got a chance.
Abraham nodded slightly at the butler, his gaze cold and unreadable.
The butler got the message instantly.
“Yes, ma’am,” he said to Stella, and stenned back
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At the front gate-
Susan stood in the cold, furious.
“You have no right to keep me out!” she shouted. “I’m here to see my daughter! Doesn’t a mother. have the right to see her own child?”
The guards didn’t flinch. They didn’t speak. Just stood firm, blocking her path with stone–cold expressions.
No matter how hard she raged or begged, they didn’t react–and that only made her more desperate. “Let me in! I said, let me in!”
The wind howled around her.
Seaflats Cove sat right on the coast, and the ocean wind was brutal–sharp and freezing against
her skin.
Susan ran out without warm clothes, and now she was shivering in the cold.
Just then, the butler appeared–with two maids following close behind.
Susan’s eyes lit up.
She rushed toward him. “Please–could you just let Stella know I’m here? I need to talk to her.”
The butler gave her a look–cold and unreadable–then turned and gave the two maids a small nod..
The two maids exchanged a quick nod, then started walking toward Susan.
These weren’t ordinary maids. Ever since everything that had happened, even the household staff at Seaflats Cove had been reassigned–now they were all from Abraham’s team in Falvaria.
Trained. Efficient. Dangerous,
Even their eyes and presence carried a sharp, lethal edge.
As they stepped forward, Susan felt a chill go down her spine.
She instinctively backed up. “W–what are you doing? I’m here to see my daughter! I’m telling you -Stella is my biological daughter. If you lay a hand on me, she won’t forgive you!” She tried to sound strong. Tried to hold her ground.
She hadn’t expected this.
In truth, Susan’s feelings toward Stella had been twisted by guilt and regret for a while now. She hated Stella for what she’d done to the Road
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cared for her.
If she’d shown even a little support for Stella instead of always taking Lillian’s side, maybe the Reed family wouldn’t have fallen apart.
But before she could process it further, the two maids grabbed her without hesitation.
“Hey! What are you doing? Let me go! I’m Stella’s mother! You can’t treat me like this! Let me go!” She fought wildly, heart racing as panic took over.
And maybe if she hadn’t mentioned Stella’s name, they would’ve gone easier. But the second she did? Their expressions hardened. The tension in the air turned lethal.
“Ah!” Her scream cut through the sky above Seaflats Cove. She clutched her knee, struggling to breathe. They’d actually dragged her out and thrown her away like trash.
She hit the ground hard, knees burning and vision blurring from the pain.
She never thought they’d treat her like this. She sat on the ground, clutching her knee, sweating from the pain.
And then–one of the maids stepped forward and pulled out something cold and metallic, pointing it straight at her.
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