The True Heiress Reborn And Slays (Alicia Delaney) novel Chapter 497

Chapter 497 The Collapse of Melissa’s Conspiracy

Chapter 497 The Collapse of Melissa’s Conspiracy

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A faint, knowing smile touched Sebastian’s lips as he stood behind Riley. “Don’t bother calling. He won’t be coming today.”

Melissa’s hand froze mid-air.

Panic flared in her eyes. “What have you done to him?”.

In a split second, a terrifying realization crashed over her.

If Sebastian knew about Lucas from the start and took him out before he even arrived… Does that mean he knows all the things w plotted together?

Before Sebastian could respond, a sharp, furious voice cut through the tension. “Enough!”

Riley stepped forward, with raw, unbridled anger blazing in her gaze.

“I once thought you only hated me because I’m not the child of your first love, while Elsie is.

“Buti never imagined you’d stoop this low. You’ve plotted relentlessly, just to let Elsie steal every single thing that belongs to m

A violent buzz exploded in Melissa’s mind.

She stumbled backward two unsteady steps, eyes wide with utter shock.

“H-How do you know all of this?” she stammered.

Melissa was determined to bury these secrets forever.

A mocking laugh escaped Riley. “I know far more than you could ever guess.”

Closing the distance between them, she asked one final, decisive question, “Answer me this. Would you truly cut all mother- daughter ties with me, abandon your own flesh and blood, just to secure this so-called justice for Elsie?”

Melissa’s whole body trembled.

Staring into Riley’s cold, unyielding eyes, she knew her daughter was not bluffing in the slightest.

Yet every choice had already been made the moment she orchestrated this entire conspiracy.

She had long abandoned any hope of a normal mother-daughter relationship with Riley.

Putting on a pained, conflicted expression to mask her selfish malice, Melissa clung to the pretense of maternal love “Riley. understand. You have your father’s and brother’s unconditional love. The entire Harper family legacy will one day be yours. Elsie has nothing. I’m all she has left in this world-I can’t abandon her.”

She evaded the core of the conflict, pushing her twisted agenda relentlessly. “Marrying into the Ashford family punishment for you

They’re one of Havenbrook’s most prestigious lineages, Lucas has truly tumed over a new with that arangement?

‘If you resent me this deeply, you can simply visit me less in the future. I won’t hold it against yo

“That’s enough!” Riley snapped, cutting through her repulsive performance without meny

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Chapter 497 The Collapse of Melissa’s Conspiracy

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Realization settled over her features. Riley muttered with a cold smirk, “So this is the truth. You don’t just want Elsie to take m place as Sebastian’s fiancée. You want to banish me back to Havenbrook entirely, so Elsie can be the undisputed sole heiress Harper family.

“What a ‘wonderful’ mother you are.”

Riley’s expression turned icy and ruthless in an instant. A piercing, intimidating glint flashed in her clear eyes. “But I’m sorry t disappoint you. Not a single one of your schemes will succeed today.

“No one’s word counts here but the truth we see with our own eyes. We don’t need your fabricated stories.”

With that, Riley pulled out her phone and tapped the screen once.

The large wall-mounted television in the lounge flickered to life, mirroring her phone’s display in crystal-clear definition.

Live surveillance footage of the entire lounge played out for everyone to witness.

Dread crashed over Melissa the second she comprehended what was happening. She screamed and lunged forward, desperate shut off the screen, “Stop! Riley, turn this off right now!”

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