The Returned Heiress Who Had It All (Cassia) novel Chapter 231

Chapter 231 She Enters With Me

“I know that,” Aspen said calmly. “But guests are allowed to bring friends or family.”

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“That’s true,” Randy replied, glancing from Cassia to Brie and Danica, his expression turning conflicted.

“However, the limit is two.”

“Randy,” Aspen laughed lightly, lifting the gift box in his hand as a subtle reminder, “who knows after today, we might be addressing each other as fellow disciples.

“They’re all my sisters. I can’t very well leave one of them standing outside.”

Randy’s frown deepened. “My apologies, Aspen. Rules are rules.”

Aspen weighed his options. He was here to play Randy, and if he pressed the issue now, Randy might take it out on him over the board.

A brutal, public defeat could shatter his chances of being taken on as a student.

Reluctantly, he accepted he’d have to leave one sister behind.

Without a second thought, he turned to Cassia. Cassia, Brie, Danica, and I will go ahead. You wait here. If you get bored, head back down the mountain. Dad’s waiting at the base.”

Cassia ignored him completely and continued walking toward the gate.

“I’m sorry, but you cannot enter uninvited.” Ranly moved to block her path.

“Are you sure?” Her voice was flat, her face impassive.

Randy studied her more closely. Compared to the other two sisters, she was entirely different.

She felt cold and distant.

“Tell Henry,” she said, her tone cutting through the mountain air, “that Cassia Wood is here.”

She had used Mr. Sawyer’s first name, casually, miliarly.

The moment those words left her mouth, the group collectively stiffened. Randy stared at her, eyes wide.

“Cassia! Don’t be ridiculous!” Aspen’s voice took on a sharp, authoritative edge, the reprimand clear.

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Proud and defiant, her gaze remained locked on Randy.

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When Aspen suddenly grabbed her shoulder and yanked her backwards, she nearly lost her balance. In one fluid motion, she knocked his hand away and seized his collar, her intent clear.

Before she could act, a low, rough baritone voice cut in from behind.

“It’s just a gate. His permissions are limited. He can’t bring you in, but I can.”

The warmth in that voice dissolved Cassia’s irritation almost instantly, smoothing it away until not a trace remained.

Cassia turned. Well, look who’s here.

Draven Grey. With him were two men. Seven, and another she didn’t recognize–dressed in practical, close–fitting attire, likely a bodyguard.

“You?” Brie’s hand flew to her mouth.

She was shocked to see Draven here. Even more shocked by what he’d just said.

He was taking Cassia inside? Hadn’t Mr. Burton said Draven Grey kept his distance from women?

Suddenly, Brie remembered something–the unmistakable admiration on the principal’s face when Mr. Burton had mentioned Draven back at Zrario High.

Could it be…? Is Cassia’s boyfriend really him? Someone even the principal of Zrario High defers to?

Still burned by her previous misjudgments, Brie didn’t dare jump to conclusions this time.

Whether her guess was right or wrong, she would watch carefully today.

“Brie, who is that?” Danica whispered, her voice inged with excitement. The new arrival was even more striking than Randy. Her attention had completely shifted, though she didn’t dare stare openly. She leaned close to Brie’s ear and whispered urgently.

“He’s the friend Mr. Burton mentioned when we went to see the principal,” Brie murmured back.

“What?!” Danica’s exclamation slipped out.

Every head snapped toward her in unison.

“Ah!” Danica clapped a hand over her mouth, mortified. Her face flushed bright red as she

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lowered her head.

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