All Chapters of The Heiress Returns: Reclaiming My Legacy: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

Chapter 70: Bitchy Lily**Lucas’ POV**I couldn’t stop pacing. Back and forth across the length of my office, my shoes dragging faint creaks out of the polished wooden floor, my palms clasped tight behind me. My head was spinning with everything Damon and I had discussed. If what he suspected was true, then Hannah’s work had been stolen…or switched and I wasn’t about to let this slip past me.I needed Hannah to find favour in my grandfather’s and the board’s eyes.The door clicked open, and Damon stepped in first, holding it wide. Behind him came Hannah and Lily. Both of them walked stiffly, their heels clicking out of rhythm against the floor. Neither glanced at the other, but the air between them practically sparked.“Please,” Damon gestured toward the two black swivel chairs by the corner, his voice calm, professional. Too calm.The sisters exchanged a quick glance, one cold, the other indifferent before sitting down. Hannah adjusted her blazer, a crease running across her forehead

Chapter 72: My Knight In Shiny Amour**Hannah’s POV**“Adopted?”John’s voice cracked through the hallway, sharp and incredulous, like the word itself had stabbed him in the chest. His eyes widened, shifting from me to Lily and back again, searching for a denial, a confirmation, anything that would settle the storm I had just unleashed.For a moment, the air went still.I hadn’t planned on saying it, not out loud, not here, not in this hallway with ears that didn’t belong to either of us. But Lily had pushed me too far, pressed on my nerves until my patience snapped like brittle glass.And so, there it was.The truth.I lifted my chin, refusing to take it back.John leaned forward slightly in his chair, curiosity practically pouring out of him. His lips parted as if he wanted to say more, but he stopped himself, studying Lily like she was a puzzle piece that had been forced into the wrong puzzle.Lily’s face drained of color. Her lips trembled, but no words came out.Well, I had not s

Chapter 74: Two Clumsy Friends**Hannah’s POV**The car rolled smoothly to a stop in front of Columbia, its tires humming softly against the pavement. I gathered my bag quickly, eager to put some distance between myself and the question Lucas had left hanging in the air. If you had a son, would you advise him to marry someone like Lily?I still hadn’t answered. I couldn’t answer.The truth was too sharp, too dangerous to voice out loud, especially in front of him.The door clicked as I pushed it open, stepping down onto the sunlit campus grounds. My flats hit the pavement, and the first breath of open air felt like release.As I adjusted my blazer, brushing invisible creases with shaky hands, another car pulled up on the opposite side. A familiar voice bubbled from within before I even saw the face.My dearest friend, Piper.She hopped out of Gavin’s car, her hair bouncing in a halo of curls, her cheeks flushed pink like she’d been laughing or crying, or maybe both.Our eyes met acros

Chapter 76: Winning Tastes Good**Lily’s POV**The room was dark except for the soft amber glow of the lamp by my vanity. Ray’s body lay sprawled across my bed, heavy and slack in sleep. His arm dangled carelessly over the edge, his chest rising and falling in the steady rhythm of a man completely spent.We had gone for rounds already and my veejay was already getting sore and dry so he let me be, left for him he would use saliva as lubricant. If I complain too much about hygiene and all that, he will use water. I hated the feel of water in my veejay and how the slipperiness of my veejay get lost, and we have no lubricant here, so he needed to rest.He didn’t come to this life only to fuck!I watched him for a long time, my eyes tracing the outline of his jaw, the slope of his shoulders. He looked so peaceful when he was unconscious, so unlike the storm he carried inside him when he was awake. A storm I knew how to summon, how to ride, how to direct and to stop.Right now, I needed to

Chapter 78: Rebellion**Lucas’ POV**The drive home was quiet which was strange because Eleanor was in the car. She was staring out the window, humming softly to whatever pop song she had stuck in her head, and I was grateful for the silence. My chest still burned from the chaos of the day, my mind circling Hannah like a restless hawk.She picked up her phone and started scrolling.Then my phone buzzed on the console. Damon’s name lit the screen.I pressed the button on the wheel. “Yeah, Damon?”“Lucas…” his voice was tight, urgent, like he was pacing even while on the phone.But before he could get the full sentence out, Eleanor leaned forward, eyes wide with that irritating excitement only teenagers could muster. “Oh my gosh! Lucas, I knew it. I knew Hannah was no good. How could she do that to her sister? It’s everywhere. She’s trending…badly. It’s embarrassing.”I tightened my grip on the wheel. “What are you talking about?”“She humiliated Lily,” Eleanor said with certainty, scro