The Wrong Girl and the Wronged Girl (Stella and Ethan) novel Chapter 420

Chapter 420 Severance

Chapter 420 Severance

“Just because of that accident, you’re erasing every bit of love I ever gave you? Is that fair to me?”

She had only staged that car crash for him.

She’d been terrified. Afraid that once Stella returned, she’d lose everything–lose him.

That was why she did it. Out of desperation. Out of fear.

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“You nearly got her killed,” Ethan said coldly, staring at her like a stranger. “And now you want to talk to me about fairness?”

Lilian’s voice broke. “I did it because I was afraid, Ethan. I grew up in the Reed family. I called those people ‘Mom‘ and ‘Dad‘ for over twenty years–and then I found out they weren’t even my real family. You–my fiancé–were supposed to be the true daughter’s, not mine. I was terrified!”

That fear had driven her. That fear had made her lash out at Stella.

But when Ethan heard her say the word fear, he didn’t react the way he once might have. No gentle comfort, no warm

reassurance.

Instead, his eyes turned colder. “So because you were afraid… you thought you had the right to take a life?”

Lilian blurted out, “But Stella didn’t die!”

“She’s fine! She’s doing great. She stole everything from me–how is that fair?”

The Reed family had collapsed. Ethan no longer looked at her. All of that–because of Stella.

Stella was thriving.

But she–Lilian–had lost everything.

“Yes, I made a mistake. But she’s alive, isn’t she?!” Lilian shouted, her voice cracking.

And that–that–was the last straw.

Ethan’s expression darkened further.

In that moment, he saw her for exactly what she was.

Someone who never once regretted the crime–only that it didn’t succeed.

With a cold laugh, he said, “I can’t help with the Reed family. You brought this on yourselves. You reap what you sow.”

Then, to Jason: “Drive.”

Jason exhaled in relief and hit the gas, not giving Lilian a chance to say another word. He raised the window and pulled away

fast.

“Ethan! Ethan, wait–just listen!” she shouted behind them.

But her voice was swallowed by the wind as his car disappeared down the road, kicking up dust and cold air that stung her skin.

Reap what you sow…

So that was it. Ethan wasn’t going to help.

Not her.

Not the Reed family.

No one.

He’d turned his back on them all.

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Cruel. So cruel.

Not just toward her–but toward everything that had once existed between their two families.

Wasn’t the past worth anything?

Lilian trembled violently as her hatred deepened, thudding in her chest like a war drum.

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Back at the Keene estate.

Ethan entered the house. Madeline hadn’t gone to bed yet–her expression was tense and weary. The Keene family had been dealing with too much lately.

And she, most of all, was feeling the weight of it.

Seeing Ethan return, a sorrow flickered across her face. “Ethan, if you keep getting tangled up with Lilian, I really don’t know if I can go on.”

Everything was collapsing around her.

Judson. Her marriage. Her son.

To think the man she had been married to for decades had already fathered a child before they’d even wed…

And now, seeing how gently Judson treated that son–it was almost unbearable.

Ethan walked over and sat beside her.

“Next time she shows up,” he said calmly, “just have her thrown out.”

Madeline’s eyes lit up.

“Are you serious?”

Ethan had actually said it–out loud. About Lilian.

She could hardly believe it.

He used to cherish that girl like a treasure. Even when he’d claimed they were over, Madeline hadn’t really believed it. Lilian was too cunning–too resourceful.

Who knew what tricks she’d pull to win him back?

She was nothing but a sickly burden–what good would she be if he did bring her back?

Ethan nodded. “Yes.”

Madeline’s heart finally settled.

If he could say something like that, it meant he was truly done with her.

Still, she probed gently, “She must’ve come tonight because of Susan.”

“I know.”

“And you…?”

“I’m not getting involved,” Ethan said firmly.

Those four words were exactly what Madeline needed to hear. She nodded. “Good. You shouldn’t. She’s being accused of murder, after all.”

If Ethan got entangled now, the Keene family’s reputation would spiral. Who knew what sort of scandals might erupt?

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But now that Ethan had drawn that line, she could finally breathe.

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