Too Late: The Masked Heiress Returns

Chapter 4

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t of Chloe. Her eyes, cold and hard, raked over her. "You have the audacity

pmother with those empty, unnerving eyes. The

ck Chloe's cheek, snapping her head to the side. A red handprint immediately b

back to face Helena. There was no hatred in her gaze, only the detached curiosity of a

ion?" A stern voice cu

maculate business suit. He took in the scene-Victoria sobbing, Chloe looking

os, Chloe?" he said, his voice laced with ice. "And con

's not well. She accused me of trying to kill her, and then... then she threw herself against the table! She's hurting herself to

ven colder. That was a scandal. A messy, publi

y with disappointment. "Chloe, if this is some

tire family, her judge and

e touched Chloe's lips. It was

rasp, but it carried to every corner of the r

on't expect us to believe you were pushe

g as if they'd confirmed an impor

hostile stares, she began to

" Wyatt barked, his face flushin

slowly, deliberately. She pulled the

sp sucked the a

her collarbone down her shoulder, embedded with dirt and gravel, the edges already inflamed. It was a wound that was d

series of deep scrapes and bruises consistent with being thr

flat and devoid of emotion. "

hite. She took an in

first time. He could tell the difference between a fresh, s

ilent, brutal testimony of her wounds spoke of

e stared at the injuries, her eyes wide

n shattered by the one thing they couldn't deny: the

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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.”