Too Late: The Masked Heiress Returns

Chapter 6

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summoned a nervous young maid, Maria. She pressed

mmanded, her voice leaving no room for argument. "Sh

ekly. A moment later, Chloe, sitting on the edge of her dusty bed, heard the fai

dle. Locked solid. She felt no surprise,

p to the manicured lawn below, where security guards were alread

nded on an old-fashioned metal hairpin lying

her touch light and sure. Closing her eyes, she tilted her head, listening to the faint clicks and shifts o

er, a soft thunk signaled he

ck. The hallway was empty. Slipping out, she quietly relocked the door from the outside

the labyrinth of servants' passages with practiced ease. She emerged in the back of the estat

buy a plain black hoodie and a pair of jeans from a cheap department store. Her next stop was a party

giving the address o

river of limousines and sports cars. The air hummed

ine of catering staff heading towards a service entrance, her nondescript appearance

main, brightly-lit terrace and circled around to the shadows of the meticulously landscaped gardens. From a spot hi

Two familiar voices drifted do

Victoria was saying, her voice a pe

a broken-down country girl with a ruined face. What's she going to do? Helena

sweet, poisonous sou

the darkness, a cold, mocking

tepped out of the shadows, and

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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.”