Lahat ng Kabanata ng CEO Wants Me: Heiress Has Risen Again!: Kabanata 31 - Kabanata 40

Rhea's POV “Hello? Yeah, this is Rhea Thorne, and I would like to invest in SilverBridge. I've checked the stock markets and the price is rising every minute, I feel like it's going to be worth investing. I already added in all of my savings, and it's rising at every moment. Knowing how it is now, I'm sure I'll be rich by the time I'm able to sell all my stocks. Yes, thank you. I'll be waiting for your response.” I smiled, disconnecting the call after I finished. Putting my phone back into my bag, I glanced at the wall behind me, a smirk on my face, then I turned around to leave for school. “Miss Rhea, are you still not willing to pick up Kevin from school like you used to? I mean, Miss Ginny and Kevin are…” “How many times have I asked you not to interfere with whatever I am doing?” I asked coldly, glaring at the driver. He shrank back and apologised. “I'm sorry Miss Rhea but Kevin loves you dearly, I don't know why he's acting like this. You should go to meet him so you both

Rhea's POV“Shit.”The word left my lips in a whisper, but it echoed in my mind like a siren.Over and over, the same thought circled:I should’ve known Kevin would go this far. I should’ve seen it coming.He'd always been manipulative—cruel, distant, dishonest. In my past life, he’d drained me emotionally, twisted truths, gaslit me. But this? Locking me in a basement? Even he hadn’t sunk this low before.So why now?What changed?I leaned my head back against the cold cement wall, the bruise on my cheek throbbing dully. A cruel reminder this wasn’t a dream. It wasn’t a flashback or hallucination. It was happening.Silence pressed in, dense and oppressive. Occasionally it broke—scratching in the corners, the drip of water from somewhere above. I stared again at the window: too small, sealed tight, too high to reach easily. I’d already torn my fingers raw trying to force it open. Whoever sealed it did so with care.Cowards.For now, I had one option: wait.Conserve energy.One day with

Rhea's POVI ran until my legs collapsed beneath me.My lungs burned, each breath scraping my throat like sandpaper. My chest heaved, air refusing to come in fast enough. And then—silence. Not peace. A violent, ringing silence that swallowed every sound, every thought, every scream I didn’t have the breath left to make.The world tilted.The pavement rushed up like a wave, and I hit it hard. Cold soaked into my skin, rough cement against my cheek. I was aware of voices—blurry, distant. Someone calling out. Someone shaking me. But all I could hear was the high-pitched whine between my ears and the thunder of my own heartbeat.Then—nothing.I jolted upright, gasping. My arms flailed wildly, tangled in stiff hospital sheets. The walls were too white. The lights too bright. I was screaming before I realized I’d even opened my mouth.A nurse rushed in. She tried to steady me, speaking words I couldn’t make out, her hands too close, her face too near.“Don’t touch me!” I sobbed, my voice ra

Kevin's POV “What are we going to do? If the police arrest Rhea and she confesses to them, wouldn't that put us in trouble? I mean, we might try to sue her but in the end, it won't work in our favour. Jones was the one who threw himself at her and she was scared, it's understandable if she acted on self defense! We also kidnapped her!” Anabelle said in a panic as she paced around the house, biting her fingernails. Her eyes were red, she looked like she could start crying any minute from now. “Don't jinx it all! Brother, you said Rhea was dumb right? She still loves you so much that she's only trying to throw a tantrum, if you coax her a little, she'll say that it was all a misunderstanding, and we could even sue her for cutting Jones with a knife and get a huge sum of money from her. You can also guilt trip her into entering a marriage with you. That'll work, won't it?” Arabella continued, shaking. “Just shut up and let me think! Your voices are making it hard for me!” I yelled,

Rhea's POV “On the ground that you were innocent in all of this, and the Hendersons have confessed to Jones Henderson being the one who planned and blackmailed them, you're free to go.” A police officer said to me, opening the gates. I stepped out, taking a deep breath. “Then… What's going to happen to Jones?” “He'll be trailed. Amongst what he did to you, there has been a series of crimes which he had committed, however he never went to jail and they released him in a few hours with him promising to conduct himself. Crimes like shoplifting, stealing cars and selling them to others under a fake persona, making scamming amongst other dangerous crimes.” “Then why hasn't he gone to jail yet? I'm confused.” “That's what I was trying to figure out as well. When we started investigating his other crimes and why he wasn't given any jail term, it seems like he had some backer who always bribed some of the police officers and in return, they let him go. Most of his crimes aren't