Too Late: The Masked Heiress Returns

Chapter 3

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w and deliberate. The maids and butler stared, their eye

nctively shrinking away from the

a's eyes. Then, the mask of the perfect sister slammed back

e so worried!" she cried, rushing forwar

y air. The gesture was subtle, but the rejection was absolute. Victoria

, scraping from her throat. "I thoug

ass. The light chatter in the room died instant

this. She hadn't expected this directness

. "I remember these hands," she said, her voice dangerously

her hands back, hiding them behind her bac

he stammered, forcing a nervous laugh. "You must

a could hear, the words a venomous whisper. "I'm alive, Victoria. And I remember ev

started to tremble, a violent, uncontrolla

e lying! You're insane!" she shri

backward, crashing into a delicate side table. The sound of splint

Harrison Beaumont and his wife, Helena Vanc

re?" Helena demanded, her

to her, collapsing into her ar

saying these horrible, crazy things, and then she... she attacked

er Chloe-the filthy, torn clothes, the horrifying scar-and her express

been gone for days, God knows where, and the first

is wife, his brow furrowed in a deep frown as h

r parents descended the stairs, she had subtly used her foot to kick a sharp, incriminatin

s' eyes. There was no pain, no plea fo

no one in this house would ever believ

e needed. Their scorn was a

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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.”