The Heiress Reborn

I really wanted to steal it, why would I hide the jade pendant in

slicing straight thr

the helpless girl

hey swept across Lila. She stood there calm and

A flicker of hesitation crossed his

rs, her voice trembling, "Lila, I'm your sister. Brother Zhe is your fiancé. W

fess already", the faux sympathy

r, if you truly think I stole i

eel, her stare like a b

our bag. Isn't that proof enough?" Vanessa

voice ringing clear. "What if someone planted

ed again, caught betw

friend. But Lila's logic, her poise... the

ly realizing that Lila was no long

this is a family matter. I just wanted her to admit her mistake so it wouldn't escal

e, watching wit

om righteous fury to pitiful victim in under six

unreadable, like a still

p down, he still

ood behind Vanessa. He never said

ard she worked, in his eyes, she was nev

st, but Lila forced

exception?" Her tone dripped with sarcasm. "And you

t, okay?! You're trying to twist everything. Fi

lly, about to flee t

ong, slender han

Lu Zhe s

n Lila. "Fix yourself up.

with Vanessa in tow, his tall

attered for a momen

Zhe's heart nev

a? Just a fiancée forced on him by Grandma-no

h, Lila's eyes glin

e me a "gift"? Well, I've

ened her dress, and walked gra

s. Bubbles drifting through the air. Plush red

tom tuxedo, godlike and aloof, comm

achment, his faint smile making the w

a, who mingled among the elite with practiced charm

n't spare so mu

ut she forced hers

you, Lila. It's

fingers bleeding from practice-only for him to call it noise. She learned to cook for him-he had it thro

ruly admired was Vanessa. Vanessa's pian

he? A

t this

s time, she would live for herself-and

r faces-beloved friends and relatives lo

eyes we

ance. I won't waste it. I'

rate the engagement of Miss Lila and Mr. Lu Zhe.

d her head, a flawless smile on her

e walked it f

ep was laid with b

, arriving at the c

e giant scre

ife-and a scandalous

yes, rig

ped herself around a ma

much," the man cooed,

u too... I

. The moans unbearab

ed across the crowd. Sh