Roger had injured his right hand in Montara while saving her. It had been so long, she assumed it had healed... Was it actually that serious? Was he hiding it from her?
A crippled right hand... His entire career as a medical examiner destroyed...
"Ro..." Stella looked up at him, her lips trembling, but no sound came out. Her eyes slowly brimmed with tears and utter devastation. Why hadn't she known about this? Had he been keeping it a secret the whole time?
Lottie frowned. She hadn't anticipated that Veronica would know about Roger's hand. This was only going to make Stella feel exponentially more guilty and heartbroken.
"Gag her right now!" Samantha shot up from her seat, pointing furiously at the raving woman. "She's an absolute lunatic!"
"A lunatic?" Veronica thrashed violently against the guards, a horrifying, manic laugh tearing from her throat as she glared at Stella. "She's the lunatic! A schizophrenic, depressed freak! Stella, you're a curse! You're going to get Roger killed!"
Stella's pupils contracted sharply, every ounce of color draining from her face.
"Veronica, shut up!" Funk's scalp went numb with terror. He desperately tried to quiet his daughter while shoving at the bodyguards who were moving in to gag her. "Don't touch my daughter! I am the Secretary of the Forensic Association. If you dare lay a hand on us, the association will never let Roger off the hook."
"Secretary?" Lottie arched an eyebrow, her voice taking on a lazy, lethal drawl. "Not for long."
"What do you mean?" Funk stammered, staring in horror as Lottie stepped toward him.
"You have two choices," Lottie said, looking down at the huddled father and daughter. "Either you and Veronica pay the price for what you've done... or the entire Ham family burns for it."
"Make your choice, Secretary Ham."
The entire Ham family?
Taking in Lottie's chilling threat and the icy stares of the Gates family, Funk stuttered, "We'll apologize... We'll pay compensation."


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The readers' comments on the novel: The Mocked Miss’s Hidden Crowns
Pedido: a herdeira oculta renascida :mimada por todos ....
Pedido: a herdeira esquecida amada por todos!...
Poderiam colocar o romance the hidden heiress, reborn and spoiled by everyone!...
Whos next? Rogers and stella??...
Too many side plots now. How many identities does she have? J?...
Request you to publish "she was the treasure all along" .. thank you...
Muito boa a história só quero que se resolva logo o problema da mutaçao e que a nora volte as duas se curem ! Antony e Charlotte tudo de bom e os outros casais que estão se formando tudo fofo só falta o Donald e o amigo do Andrew arrumar um amor ! História tem drama romance e comédia lottie mocinha forte que não leva desaforos Antony completamente apaixonado por ela. ( Espero que lottie acabei de vez com esteve ,Olivia ! chega de Olivia enchendo o saco e difamando a lottie parece barata morre nunca essa peste)...
Come on Lottie...go to your mother. Can't wait for the family reunion! Robert should meet Nora.......
Can I request for novel " female alpha's night of revenge "? Please. Thank you...