Chapter 398 What Was Going On?
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Ryan’s phone rang. Ste assumed it was Tempest calling. Clearly, Ryan had been dealing with at lot from the Hale familytely. Even if she didn’t say it, Ste could feel the resentment Ryan carried toward them now.
After hearing the news over the phone, Ryan’s eyes widened in shock. “Alright, got it.” She hung
and turned to Ste. “Madam Susan’s in the hospital.”
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Everyone around Ste referred to Susan as Madam Susan, never as your mother. They all knew she didn’t deserve the title. <b>And </b>in Ste’s heart, she wasn’t a mother.
Ste raised an eyebrow, “What happened?”
“No idea. A colleague from the hospital called. If her body really gives out now, the Reed family’s situation will get even worse.”
Ste was speechless. Worse? The Reed family was already aplete disaster. But if Susan was out of the picture, then Lillian would have no one left to protect her.
Wait…
She thought she might know why Susan ended up in the hospital. “It’s probably because of Lillian<b>.” </b>
Ryan looked confused. “Hm?”
“All those rumors you heard? Bing’er verified them–they’re all true,” Ste said.
Ryan was stunned. She’d thought those rumors were scary enough. She didn’t expect them actually be true. “So after all these years, who exactly was Madam Susan protecting?”
“She raised Lillian well–at least she taught her to distinguish between insiders and outsiders,” Ste replied.
Ryan was speechless. <i>‘</i>Raised her well–those words couldn’t be more fitting when describing Susan. She used to use Ste of not knowing where her loyaltiesy. Well, now she did. A little too well.
“She’s probably losing her mind,” Ryan said.
Ste replied calmly, “Don’t be surprised if she crawls out of that hospital just to keep finding ways to help Lillian.”
Ryan was speechless again. Thatment hit hard.
“Well, either way, it’s no longer your problem.”
“It never was,” Ste said. She’d be returning to Falvaria soon. Not just the Reed family–she was about done with Rivermount entirely.
Chapter 398 What Was Going On?
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Hand in hand, they walked off to find dinner. Another call came in for Ryan, again about Susan. After she hung up, she said to Ste. This time it looks bad. She might not recover.”
Ste was silent. <i>If </i><i>she </i>couldn’t even catch her breath… Is that it for her?
<b>any </b>
She stayed calm. It wasn’t that she was cold–it was just that she felt nothing. She never had feelings for those people. And after the way they treated her upon her return to Rivermount–not kicking them while they were down was already generous.
“Well, Lillian’s really screwed now.” If Susan really died, then Lillian would mean nothing in the Reed family.
They entered the restaurant. Just as they were about to order, Ste’s phone rang. It was Abraham. “No spicy food.”
“Okay, got it,” Ste replied. She wasn’t fully recovered yet. The fact that Abraham even let her out was rare. If she messed around with food, she wouldn’t be allowed out next time.
She hung up, and Ryan grinned. “Your brother’s so good to you.”
“He’s not going to be my brother anymore,” Ste said.
Ryan blinked. “Huh?”
“We’re getting married.”
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Ryan was speechless. Married? That word hit unexpectedly. A trace of bitterness passed through her eyes, but it disappeared in an instant. “Congrats.”
Marriage sounded… wonderful.
Ste asked, “What about you and Changfeng? Any ns?”
Come to think of it–Ryan’s situation was a bit like Ste’s.
When she was five, her father had died because of Tempest’s father. She was taken in by the Hale family, but they never treated her well. Tempest’s mother disliked her, and the rest of the family. followed suit. Only Tempest and his father ever stood up for her. And after Mr. He passed away, Tempest was the only one who kept protecting her.
Everyone around her knew how he felt. He always kept her close.
To say he had no feelings for Ryan? Ste didn’t buy that.
When Ste asked her the question, Ryan’s face stiffened for a moment. “Me and him?”
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