The Rejected True Heiress のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 271 - チャプター 280

I couldn’t help but smile. “It does.”“Good.” There was another pause. This time, when my father spoke again, he sounded worried. “I have to go. I’ll talk to you soon.”“Is everything okay? Dad?”There was no response. It left me concerned, but I figured that if it was something really bad, he would

“There were never any ‘old days’, Zane.”“Aw, c’mon. You know that’s not true.” He turned toward me, holding the artifact up to his face. It was a small, glimmering stone with a hole in the center. I could see his eye through it as he looked at me. “We used to be friends. And honestly, at the banque

“I’m not… sure.” My tongue suddenly felt heavy, and my words came out slurred. I looked at Bianca, but her face had begun to swim before me. “Bianca, I… I think… mywater… ‘s somethin’ innit…”“Huh?” Her voice sounded far away and garbled, like I was under water. “Liora, you’re not making any sense…”

Liora’s POV“Zane! What are you doing here?!”I clutched my blanket to my chest, heart pounding. But not because of my compromising position in bed with my guard down. How long had he been standing there without me realizing?Had he heard me speak out loud?He held up one of those cardboard takeout

“What do you mean?”“I mean… I think you just like being Liora Belrose instead of Princess Liora. How much time did you spend outside the palace walls before you came here, hm?”“Not very much. Not outside of official events.”“Exactly.” He grinned. “You like the anonymity of your fake identity. The