The Wrong Girl and the Wronged Girl (Stella and Ethan) novel Chapter 419

Chapter 419 The Last Thread

Chapter 419 The Last Thread

Lilian’s expression froze.

She stared at her maid in disbelief. “What did you just say?”

Even the help dared speak to her like this now?

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The maid snapped, “Ms. Lilian, maybe it’s time you faced reality. Yeah, I’m a maid–but I get paid to work. I’m not some slave of the Reed family. You think this is still the old days? You don’t pay me, but you still expect to order me around?”

Her breathing grew erratic.

At that moment, Ethan’s car pulled up. Inside, he saw Lilian grabbing the maid’s arm, clearly in the middle of a heated argument.

Though he couldn’t hear what was being said, their body language made it obvious.

Jason saw Lilian too, and his face tightened. He instinctively went to speed up the car–he really didn’t want Ethan getting caught up with Lilian again.

These last few weeks had been hell every time Ethan met with her–he always ended up getting chewed out.

But just as they passed Lilian, Ethan’s cold voice cut through the air: “Stop the car.”

Jason tried, weakly, “Madam doesn’t want you involved with Ms. Lilian anymore.”

“Stop. The. Car.”

The words were calm, but Jason knew better than to push. He braked.

Lilian was still mid–argument. Her maid, clearly fed up, didn’t even want her wages anymore–she just wanted out.

And Lilian, equally furious, was insisting the maid send her home first.

As the car stopped, Lilian spotted it immediately.

Recognizing Ethan’s vehicle, she instinctively let go of the maid. Just moments ago, she’d been screaming hysterically–but now, seeing Ethan through the half–lowered window, she quickly rearranged her expression into one of pitiful fragility.

“Ethan…”

Ethan glanced at her coldly. “Here to see me?”

“Yes.”

Lilian nodded, looking aggrieved.

He’s just now coming home? At this hour?

So he really was doing just fine without her. A man coming home this late–what else could it mean?

She caught a whiff of alcohol from the car. That scent definitely wasn’t coming from Jason.

Sniffling, Lilian said softly, “It’s so late… where were you? Why are you only getting home now?”

Ethan: “Get to the point.”

His tone was cutting, formal. It hit Lilian like a slap.

Was he really that cold toward her now? Had he lost even the tiniest shred of patience?

She couldn’t even ask where he’d been?

Lilian swallowed her frustration and forced herself to speak through trembling lips. “You… saw what happened with my mom, right?”

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Chapter 419 The Last Thread

That story had rocked Rivermount all day. It was everywhere. Everyone knew.

Even a few of her old girlfriends had called to “check in.” But she knew what they were really doing–gloating.

None of them had bothered to visit her while she’d been sick.

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Ethan’s brow furrowed. His cold gaze said enough–he’d seen it.

Lilian met that icy look and said, voice shaking, “Ethan… can you help me? Please? I swear, there’s no one else I can turn to.”

She placed herself in the most pitiful position possible. “Just this once. For the sake of what we used to have… please?”

She knew Ethan would never take her back.

She wasn’t asking for that anymore.

But her mother had to get out of jail. If Susan stayed locked up, the Reed family was truly finished.

And then there was Jonathan. His attitude toward her had shifted, just like Patrick before him.

Why were they all so obsessed with blood ties?

She’d been there all those years. She stood by them. Yet now Jonathan wouldn’t even look at her.

Ethan’s eyes narrowed. “What we used to have? You mean that web of manipulation you spun to get close to me? The one built on other people’s lives? You call that a relationship?”

Her mind went completely blank.

She stared at him, stunned, every word hitting her like a hammer.

“You think I manipulated my way into your life?”

What a word–manipulation.

Hearing Ethan say it so bluntly-

Her chest tightened painfully. She finally understood. Ethan had nothing left for her. No affection. Not even pity.

If he had anything left in his heart for her, he wouldn’t have said that.

Ethan let out a cold laugh. “Wasn’t it?”

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