The Scorned Heiress: No More Mercy novel Chapter 722

Her mind goes completely blank, refusing to process the words on the screen. Moments later, a barrage of texts floods her phone. Tricia, Bianca, Lucinda, and a dozen other friends send frantic messages of shock and condolences.

Tara stares at the screen, entirely at a loss for how to reply. She ignores Danny's missed calls and unread texts, paralyzed by a chaotic swirl of emotions. There is lingering resentment, yes, and absolute disbelief, but beneath it all is something far heavier—a suffocating ache she doesn't know how to name.

Time loses all meaning until a frantic pounding at her front door pulls her back to reality. The doorbell chimes aggressively in tandem with the knocking.

She drags herself to the door and pulls it open, revealing Danny's strikingly handsome, deeply concerned face.

"Why are you here?" she asks, her voice hollow.

"You didn't answer my texts or pick up your phone. Did you really think I'd just stay away?" Danny steps inside without waiting for an invitation. He takes her hand, leading her gently to the living room sofa. "I know about your father. I needed to see you."

He watches her face with breathless tension, waiting for the dam to break.

"Yeah, I saw the news," Tara says, her jaw clenched tight. "I cut ties with the Dennis family a long time ago. Alive or dead, it doesn't matter to me. The family is already broken and battered anyway. They're just reaping what they sowed."

She keeps her expression remarkably stone-like, playing the part of the indifferent estranged daughter flawlessly. But Danny narrows his eyes, not buying a single word of it. He knows about her life before the abduction. Before the bastard child took her place, the Dennis family was warm, loving, and inseparable. Through late-night conversations and his own quiet investigations into her past, he knows she experienced a deeply happy childhood.

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