Ella hurled question after question, her voice sharp and accusatory. Dan stared back at her, his eyes cold as ice. But despite usually being somewhat afraid of him, Ella felt like she couldn’t breathe. "Marie never loved you. Think about it, after what you did to her last night, how did she treat you?"
Ella assumed the man from last night was Dan.
That only made her hate Marie more.
She had planned everything so precisely. How had Marie still ended up in Dan’s arms?
And judging by Marie’s reaction today to what happened last night…
“She looked like she wanted to kill you. She doesn’t love you at all.”
If she did, how could she have acted like that? Ella was practically hysterical, her voice rising, while Dan’s expression grew darker with every word.
At last, he barked toward the door, “Dennis.”
Dennis had been standing guard outside the whole time.
Especially with Dan having passed out so many times today, Dennis hadn’t dared step away for even a moment.
The moment he heard Dan call, he came in at once. “Sir.”
“Take her out.”
Dennis glanced at Ella.
“Dan…” Ella choked out.
Hearing him order her to leave crushed something in her.
She knew it was because she’d said something he didn’t want to hear. Dan was always like this, every time she said something he didn’t like, he made her disappear.
But she wasn’t just anyone; she was his fiancee. Why did he keep treating me like this?
Dennis seemed unfazed; he looked at Ella and said calmly, “Miss, let’s go.”
Ella drew a shaky breath, tears falling freely down her face. “Whatever feelings you have for her now, it’s too late. She’s already Derrick’s wife. The two of you will never happen in this lifetime.”
Every resentful word Ella spat struck a nerve in Dan.
And his gaze toward her grew even more dangerous.
In the Dawson residence, Stella had a good appetite that evening; she’d eaten three bowls of porridge. a took her for a long walk afterward, and she only managed to sleep without discomfort because of
In the middle of the night, Rianne called. “Stella, I have something to tell you.”
Stella had been fast asleep. The curse she was about to mutter died on her lips the second she heard it was Rianne.
“What is it, Rianne?” she mumbled sleepily.
Her voice was thick with drowsiness.
Rianne winced at the sound. “Sorry, I forgot about the time difference.”
After Jonathan kicked her out of the Reed family, Stella had assumed Lillian wouldn’t last more than a few days. Who would’ve thought I’d survive on the streets for as long as I did?
Fighting fate was one thing, but clawing forward at the expense of others only led to ruin. In the end, something greater was always watching, always keeping count.
But Stella understood. Homeless men?
“Yeah… that’s pretty miserable,” Stella said.
More than just miserable–it was absolute ruin.
“She got what she deserved. Rianne said. “Back when you were unconscious in the hospital–if Tessa and I hadn’t been there watching you every second, you might’ve died without even knowing how. And that Jonathan…”
Her tone darkened at the mention of him.
Stella was his real sister.
And yet, time after time, Jonathan had hurt her because of Lillian.
What Stella knew–and what she didn’t–added up to more than she cared to count.
A heaviness pressed against her chest. “Thank you. For everything during that time.”
“Oh, don’t thank me,” Rianne said. “I just thought you’d like to hear the news; maybe it’ll bring you a little satisfaction.”
After all, Lillian–who had tried so many ways to destroy Stella–had finally gotten her due.
What goes around comes around. That wasn’t just an empty saying, something out there was always watching, and it never missed a thing.
To be honest, I’d nearly forgotten about her after I came back,” Stella murmured.
And not just Lillian, even the entire Reed family; unless someone deliberately brought them up, they rarely crossed her mind at all.

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The readers' comments on the novel: The Wrong Girl and the Wronged Girl (Stella and Ethan)
Ch 489 Doesn’t this prove that Dan doesn’t actually have amnesia? Why would he go to the island with a strange woman and why would he steal from Derrick? He doesn’t know them....
Ch 488 I feel like this is going to be what Stella stole in his study in Pagenda or wherever his estate was....
Ch 485 I thought it was going to be the Reed family mine that she robbed, thus taking the Keenes product and leaving them in that situation....
Ch 483 o then, how did the Reeds fine her? How did they not know where she was from?...
Ch 477 Definitely hidden pedo in here, referring to tiny women as little girls in every way possible....
Ch 468 How could Stella inherit her adopted father’s weak stomach constitution?...
Ch 468 Abraham and Marie’s mother has been called Evelyn, Diane and Loretta.. which is it? Evelyn has been the most used....
Ch 465 She still doesn’t know the mistress is Lillian’s aunt?...
Ch 464 Why didn’t she kick her out herself be for she went to attack the mistress…...
Ch 463 This is stupid now. I understand being scared in his presence enough to not think straight, but she’s a lone more often than not and has plenty of time to think things through, especially if she has time to get gossip from Rivermount and report to Stella....