The Returned Heiress Who Had It All (Cassia) novel Chapter 361

Chapter 361 Nightmare She Couldn’t Escape

Chapter 361 Nightmare She Couldn’t Escape

Cassia clicked “Decline.”

The moment she did, another alert sound rang out.

“Rollercoaster has invited you to a duel. Accept?”

Why is this person so annoying?

Ding!

A new message popped up in her app’s chat window. It was from a stranger

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Rollercoaster wrote, “Hello. My name is Aspen Wood, rated just over 2000. May I ask–are you the legendary player?”

Aspen?

So, Rollercoaster is Aspen?

No wonder the name sounded familiar. Last time she went to a family dinner, she had heard Aspen casually mention that he had an account on an online chess app.

Cassia replied, “So what if I am?”

Aspen froze.

That meant yes, right?

Excited, he quickly replied.

“I want to learn chess from you. Please, I’m serious about this. I hope you’ll agree.”

Cassia moved the mouse toward “Decline.”

Suddenly, she changed direction and clicked “Accept.”

She accepted!

Aspen excitedly straightened up in his chair at once. He stared at the screen with a respectful, almost nervous look.

“Senior, I truly want to become your student. Please give me a chance.”

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Cassia sent a message.

“People online say I already took you as my student. Did you spread that rumor?”

Aspen’s right hand froze on the mouse.

He remembered what his father had once said to him.

Aspen went silent.

After a few seconds, he finally replied, “Yes. It was me.”

Cassia raised an eyebrow when she saw the answer.

At least he had the nerve to admit it.

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At home, aside from Geneva, Aspen was the only one who seemed even slightly decent in her

eyes.

But he was still annoying.

Aspen typed again, “I’ve loved chess since I was little. I want to improve faster, play against stronger opponents, and reach the top of the chess world. I believe the best way is to learn from a true master.” After sending the message, he clenched his fist tightly.

These were his honest thoughts.

He stared at the screen, barely blinking, waiting for her reply.

Ding!

A message arrived.

She replied. She really replied!

Aspen took a deep breath and looked at the screen.

But the message said, “I won’t take you as my student.”

His heart dropped straight to the bottom.

“Why?”

Cassia’s reply was short and blunt. “Because you’re annoying.”

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Aspen stared at the words on the screen, mouth wide open.

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As he kept looking, an image flashed through his mind, Cassia saying, “You’re annoying.”

Cold. Calm. Slightly smug.

He sat there, staring at the screen for a long time before slowly coming back to himself.

When he checked the time again, more than half an hour had passed.

ed shut even

Henry had firmly rejected him. Aspen had finally waited for the legendary player to come online. He thought fate had opened a new door for him. Instead, that door s‘ harder.

Did he actually lose his chance to find himself a mentor?

Aspen’s shoulders slumped. He shut down the computer.

He needed some time alone.

As for Cassia, after closing the chat with Aspen, she randomly matched with a few other players and started a new game.

In the middle of the match, her phone rang. It was Geneva.

“Cassia! Get to the hospital right now!”

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An hour earlier, at the hospital.

In the quiet hospital room, Danica jolted awake from a nightmare.

“Ha… ha…”

She threw off the blanket and curled into a corner of the bed, hugging her knees. Her whole body shook. Sweat covered her forehead, and her hospital gown was soaked throug

The dream was still stuck in her mind.

In it, strangers tore at her clothes until there was nothing left. Rough hands grabbed at her in a wild, careless way.

Tyne poured boiling water over her, inch by inch.

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Her father and Brie stood nearby. They did not stop it. They did not care. They only counted money in their hands, smiling.

She screamed, but they ignored her. They even watched her with cold, ugly looks.

Her skin burned. She collapsed on the ground, curling up, trying to move away.

Those hands would not stop. Those men kept touching her.

She tried to grab something–anything–but there was nothing to hold on to.

She crawled. And crawled. And crawled again…

Finally, she saw Cassia.

Everything around her was dark. Cassia appeared like a beam of light, breaking through the clouds and shining down on her.

Danica grabbed the hem of Cassia’s pants and looked up at her.

“Sister … please… save me…”

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Cassia’s face was pale. Nearby, Victoria kept yelling harsh words, saying cruel things, and telling her to go to hell.

Cassia smiled and took a step back.

“They won’t let me save you.”

Danica reached out, but she couldn’t touch Cassia anymore. Fear rushed through her.

Cassia kept stepping back, all the way to the window, still smiling at her.

“No, that’s not true.” Danica cried out. Cassia was unmoved.

Standing by the window, Cassia spoke softly, with a faint, unreadable smile. “You never call me that; I’m not your sister.”

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