Too Late: The Masked Heiress Returns

Chapter 2

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Chloe woke with a shiver, her body stiff and aching. She immediately checked on the man beside

im to wake up. She had

n, cold and precise, formed in her mind. Without hesitation, she uncla

on fee," she whispered

t the small clearing, she stopped. She scooped up a handful of dark mud, mixed it with the juice from some crushed leaves, and carefu

et them all think she was broken.

usty pickup truck eventually rumbled into view and slowed to a stop. The driver, a farmer

a hiker who'd had an accident. She offered him the

loe learned from his chattering that it had been three days since she'd gone missing. The New York papers

Her family couldn't even be bot

ck of cash. Enough. She bought a set of plain, unremarkable clothes

toria Beaumont and Asher Prescott were celebrating their engagement with a lavish party at the Prescott estate. T

That party would be her st

air of New York. She didn't go home. Her first stop was a pharmacy,

surgeon and artist, she transformed the healing cut on her cheek. It was no longer a simple wound. It was a horrific, pe

face was ruined, but the eyes were sharper and colder than

t family's Upper East Side estate. The guard t

f here," h

ing and spoke her name, her voi

ace went slac

with her friends, sipping afternoon tea. She was talking abou

face pale, his voice trembling. "Miss Victoria..

porcelain teacup slipped from her fingers, shatte

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Too Late: The Masked Heiress Returns

Annabell Seto Romance

“Chloe Beaumont's adopted sister, Victoria, handed her a glass of champagne with a sweet smile right before the violent car crash. Victoria and Chloe's fiancé, Asher, left her in the freezing rain with broken ribs and a dislocated arm, certain she would die. When Chloe dragged her bleeding, mud-caked body back to the estate three days later, her family didn't offer a shred of comfort. Instead, Victoria squeezed out fake tears, claiming Chloe had gone insane. "Mother! Chloe came back and started saying these crazy things, and then she attacked me!" Her stepmother slapped her, her brothers called her a disgrace, and her father coldly watched as they accused Chloe of faking her horrific wounds for attention. They even conspired to marry her off to a dying, reclusive heir just to clear the path for Victoria's grand engagement. Looking at their disgusted faces, Chloe's usually warm eyes turned to ice. She finally understood that her own family never cared if she lived or died; they only wanted her out of the way. But she wasn't the weak, naive girl they thought they had broken. Using her hidden skills, Chloe meticulously painted a grotesque, permanent-looking burn scar across her cheek. She picked the lock of her bedroom door and headed straight for Victoria and Asher's lavish engagement party. If they wanted to treat her like a ruined monster, she would use that mask to tear their perfect, glittering world to shreds.”