Alpha's Abandoned Daughter is the Secret Heiress novel Chapter 154

(Amelia’s POV)

“It was me…” Natasha started, stepping forward anxiously. She tried to wave her hands to explain. She didn’t want me to be seen as someone who stabbed people in the back.

I raised a hand and stopped her.

I turned to Celine. She was wrapped in a thick scarf and large sunglasses, hiding her face. I didn’t look away. I nodded calmly.

“Yes, I said it,” I admitted.

A sarcastic smile played on my lips. I looked her up and down.

“Why should I deny the truth?” I asked coldly. “You are full of stains, Celine. Your biological mother, Martha, switched babies just because she was greedy for wealth. And you? You are just as greedy and fake as she is. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.”

Celine gasped, her hands clutching her chest. She glared at me through her dark lenses.

Inside my mind, Ava let out a pleased snort. She paced around, her tail flicking.

*“She smells terrible now,“* Ava growled with amusement. *“Like a piece of rotten venison left out in the sun too long. Amelia, you should ask her why she isn’t at the medical center getting a blood transfusion. Why is she running around here embarrassing herself?**

I smirked, following Ava’s lead.

“Honestly, Celine,” I said, my voice dripping with mock concern. “Your face is rotting from poison. Why aren’t you in the hospital? Did you come here just to scare people?”

Celine trembled violently. She opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out. She was shaking with pure rage.

Ethan stepped forward, shielding her. His face was dark and grim.

“Amelia,” he said, his voice low and threatening. “That scorpion that bit Celine… did you

control it?”

I looked at him with disdain.

“Big brother,” I said lazily. “You should know by now that you need evidence when you speak.

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Or have you already forgotten the punishment Patriarch Alaric gave you last night? Do you want another lesson?”

Ethan flinched. His jaw tightened.

Natasha couldn’t take it anymore. She stepped in front of me, hands on her hips.

“Oh, please!” Natasha shouted at Ethan. “Celine’s face isn’t Amelia’s fault. It’s karma from the Moon Goddess! She deserves it.”

Natasha turned her fierce gaze on Celine.

“Stop acting like a victim,” Natasha spat. “When my cousin Theodore was the powerful Alpha heir, you were all over him. You fawned and flattered him every day. But the moment his legs were crippled, you couldn’t run away fast enough. It hasn’t even been a month!”

Celine’s chest heaved. “I never… I never gave up the engagement!” she squeaked.

“Save it!” Natasha cut her off. “Now that Theodore is regaining his power, you suddenly care again? Too bad. He has Amelia treating him now. He doesn’t need your fake tears. You should worry about your own rotting face.”

Ethan saw he couldn’t win this argument. People in the lobby were starting to stare.

He straightened his suit jacket, regaining his arrogant posture. He looked down at me with a

sneer.

“Talk all you want,” Ethan said coldly. “But I have good news. I have found a way to clear the poison from Celine’s body. Her face will be perfect again very soon.”

I raised an eyebrow. “Oh? What miracle cure is this?”

Ethan smiled triumphantly.

“Valerius Kane, the owner of this auction house, has connections, Ethan bragged. “He knows a mysterious expert called the ‘Shadow Apothecary.‘ They say this wolf can cure any poison known to our kind. And that expert is visiting the auction house today.”

He looked at me with smug confidence. He clearly believed that once the poison was gone, he would be free from my control.

Celine gasped, realizing something. She grabbed Ethan’s arm.

“Ethan,” she whispered. “You… you were listening to her because you were poisoned too?”

Ethan nodded stiffly. He patted her hand. “Don’t worry. Once we find this expert, we will both be cured. We won’t have to fear her anymore.”

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I almost laughed out loud.

I took a step closer to him. I lowered my voice so only they could hear.

“Ethan,” I said clearly. “Stop dreaming. Only I can cure my poison.”

Ethan’s expression faltered for a second, but he quickly masked it.

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“I don’t believe you,” he scoffed. “Northgate City is huge. There are plenty of talented healers. You are just a girl from the countryside. You aren’t the only one who knows about herbs.”

*“The fool,”* Ava laughed in my head. *“He is looking for the Shadow Apothecary right in front of the Shadow Apothecary.“*

I shook my head. There was no point arguing with idiots.

“Good luck then,” I said indifferently.

I turned to Natasha. “Come on. Let’s go to the VIP box upstairs. We have a good view waiting for us.”

(Ethan’s POV)

“VIP box?” I repeated, my voice rising in disbelief.

I watched Amelia and Natasha walk toward the private elevator. My face turned a sickly shade of green.

In Valerius Kane’s auction house, the VIP boxes were not just about money. They were symbols of absolute status. Only the top power players–billionaires and Alpha bloodlines approved by Valerius himself–could enter those rooms.

Just ten minutes ago, I had tried to book a box. The receptionist had looked at me with a polite but firm smile and told me the last box was already taken.

I had assumed it was some foreign dignitary or a hidden elder from the Council.

But it was Amelia?

Valerius gave that prestigious box to her?

Jealousy burned in my gut like acid. It wasn’t fair. I was the CEO of Starlight Entertainment. I was the eldest son of the Stone family. Why did she get the VIP treatment while I had to sit in the general hall?

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My mind raced with dark thoughts.

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“She must have poisoned Valerius too,” I muttered to myself. “That’s the only explanation. She threatened him.”

I refused to believe that a wild girl who grew up in the Meadow Brook Pack had the wealth to qualify for a VIP box. Billions of dollars? Impossible. She was just a healer.

Suddenly, Amelia stopped walking.

She turned around slowly. She looked right at me across the lobby.

“Ethan,” she called out. Her voice was calm, but it carried through the hall.

She smiled, but her eyes were cold.

“Valerius was at my engagement banquet last night,” she said, her tone casual. “He knows exactly who I am. He knows I am taking over Starlight Entertainment. He knows I hold significant shares in Stone River Botanicals.”

My heart skipped a beat.

“And,” she continued, “he knows I might be working closely with the Calder family soon. My

value isn’t what it used to be.”

Her words hit me like a physical blow.

I froze. The reality of my situation crashed down on me.

I had been stripped of my inheritance rights. My brother Caleb was in a coma, likely never to wake up. To the outside world–and to shrewd businessmen like Valerius–Amelia was the future of the Stone family. She was the one with the power. She was the one with the money.

I was just a placeholder. A CEO in name only, waiting to be replaced.

Cold sweat trickled down my back. I felt exposed.

Amelia tilted her head, enjoying my humiliation.

“Ethan,” she said softly, her voice mocking. “You couldn’t get into the VIP box. Is it because your qualification just isn’t enough?”

My teeth clenched so hard they creaked. I wanted to scream at her, to order her to stop, but I

couldn’t.

She was right.

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I stood there, swallowing the bitter taste of shame as the elevator doors closed, shutting me

out of her world.