Pampered By Power: The True Heiress Returns

Chapter 376

Chapter 376

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Esther stood frozen, staring at Lindsey's back took de well do my est Xerent tha

‘Was she warningjust now? Esther thought to dieself.

Her fists clenched tightly. She couldn’t understand du the past six was days for sur Satlying ding the Sider bor

why everything changed when Lindsey cback doow abad

Back then, no matter how much Ashley, kit or yelled at daubry, nesmy card the side veggenes are Best tonight,

Lindsey had said all those awful things, and it did do the more

Esther couldn't figure it out, but Jim knew exactly what was going on

Lindsey used to be an easy target. Anyone could push be around and she conlities do arding or r

But now, things were different. While she was abroad, Laudbey had gone alonger the Hard Built a fost ten of ant

gained sstatus. She wasn’t that helpless little girl anymore

Jim was hoping Lindsey would help him get sglory. There was no way the was sing to make her mat

The next morning, Elysia woke up to noises coming from downstars. She linked tying to shake of her deepines

Looking around the room, she remembered. She had fallen asleep on Evelyn's fed her night Karely aware of

anorking happening.

She glanced down at the blanket covering her and then at the door, which was still guty sun it wasn’t hard gues

someone must've cin and tucked her in after she passed out

Rubbing her eyes, she sat up. That was when she noticed one of the drawers wasn’t fully dosed Without thinking,

the reached for it to shut it. But as soon as her hand touched the drawer, she frome

She pulled it open all the way. Inside, there were just a few books-nothing else.

Curious, she picked up one of the books and flipped through a few pages. Suddenly, something fell out of the

book and landed in her lap. It was a cufflink. It looked custom-made, with intricate designs carved into it

Elysia stared at it, her eyebrows knitting together. If the wasn’t mistaken, this was a cufflink for men. Why would

Evelyn have one in her room?” she wondered.

As Elysia was lost in thought, there ca knock at the door Quickly, she tucked the cuffinks away and slid the

book into the drawer before calling out, “Cin.”

The door creaked open, and Yehoshua stepped inside. A soft smile appeared on his face as he said in a gentle

tone. “Elysia you're awake?”

Elysia blinked in surprise. “Yehoshua, when did you get back? Her eyes widened slightly as she remembered that

she hadn’t seen him at dinner the night before. And when she cback, he wasn’t around, either.

“This morning. Yehoshua replied casually.

Elysia’s face lit up, and she smiled as she looked at him. “Yehoshua, you didn’t call the way back just for

me, did you?”

“Hmm, it's been a while since I've seen you, Elysia,” Yehoshua said with a small chuckle.

“Then | must be pretty lucky, Elysia teased, her eyes sparkling with a playful glint.

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Reaching out, Yehoshua lightly tapped les rose with is hopes.dark out externy shoes. “Grandma and 1 indsey

are here. Mom and Dad askedto get you face f

“Grandma's here?” Elysia’s face brightened with extemex Shudh both her shoes. She jumped to her ters, eager

to run toward the door

But after only a couple of steps, she paused, her hands brushing tightly arose her der Wandes both d

this?

“No matter what, you always look perfect, Elyse Let's go Yehoshua sald, gharing ke kande gray on le doutes

Elysia hesitated, standing frozen in place. “Wait, Yehoshua. | need to way for fear

Without waiting for a reply, she turned and walked toward the bathroom. The waved her ineeding gene e

expression softening, but a flicker of concern crossed has face

For so long, they had believed Elysia wasn't really affected by Kively’s death rates in her mother’s womb, they

had never actually met.

But it seemed they were wrong.

When Fabian mentioned that Elysia had seemed down last night, going ray so syst’s rooms as we Yehoshua could

easily imagine how lonely she must have felt, curled up on the bed.

Her longing for Evelyn wasn’t any less than theirs.

But she’d never spoken a word about it.

They were supposed to be the closest people in the world-born of the smother

But sadly, they never even had the chance to meet properly,

When Elysia finished getting ready and stepped out, she saw Yehoshua standing there, staring off into space.

She called ins na couple of times, but he didn’t respond.

She walked up to him slowly, waving her hand in front of his face. “Yehoshua, what's going on? What are you

thinking about?”

It took Yehoshua a moment to snap out of it. “Are you done getting ready?”

“Yeah, just finished. | called you for a while, but you didn’t hear me. What were you so lost in?” Elysia asked,

raising an eyebrow.

“Nothing,” Yehoshua muttered, still a little distracted.

“Nothing? That doesn’t sound right,” Elysia said, suddenly getting closer to him. Her eyes were filled with

curiosity “Yehoshua, you didn’t get a crush on someone, did you?”

Yehoshua lightly tapped her on the head with a smile. “What are you talking about? Let's go. Grandma's waiting

downstairs.”

He grabbed her wrist and led her toward the door.

“Yehoshua, are you shy or something?” Elysia teased, grinning.

“No,” Yehoshua said quickly,

“Really? Because | think you totally are,” Elysia said, her eyes sparkling with mischief as she stepped closer t her

voice, she asked, “Yehoshua, do you have a girlfriend?”

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Yehoshua's face went even redder. He didn’t say anything, and Elysia kept talking. “You probably don’t have one.

If you did, you would've brought her back by now.”

As Elysia rambled on, Yehoshua stopped in his tracks, looking at her seriously. “Elysia, why are you so obsessed

with this today?”

“I'm just looking out for you,” Elysia said with a playful grin.

Yehoshua shook his head and gently tapped her forehead. “Stop thinking about weird stuff, okay?”

“Alright,” Elysia said, rubbing the spot where he tapped her. She followed him downstairs.

When they entered the living room, it was already full of people. As soon as they walked in, all eyes turned to

them.

“Elysia, csit here,” Olive said, patting the seat next to her.

“Okay, Grandma,” Elysia said with a big smile, walking over and sitting beside her.

“I told them not to wake you up, to let you sleep a little longer, but they wouldn't listen to me. They insisted

Yehoshua go get you,” Olive said, holding Elysia’s hand with a warm smile.

“I'm just so happy that you are here, Grandma. Even if | wanted to sleep, | couldn't,” Elysia replied with a smile.

Olive tightened her grip on Elysia’s hand. “You're such a sweet talker.”

Lindsey laughed from across the room. “Now that Elysia’s here, | think my status is about to drop.”

“What's this about status?” Olive said, freeing one of her hands to hold Lindsey's. “You both are my favorite

granddaughters. You each mean the world to me.”

Olive then placed their hands together, a meaningful look in her eyes. “You two need to get along. That way, I'll

be able to rest easy.”

Olive’s words were meant to smooth things over for Lindsey, but they were also for Elysia’s sake.

Lindsey and Jim didn’t get along, and that wasn’t exactly a secret in the Evans family.

Olive was worried that after she was gone, Lindsey would be left all alone in the world. By having the cousins get

along, Olive was secretly hoping Edward's family would look out for her more in the future.

She also subtly reminded Lindsey to look out for Elysia and strengthen their bond as cousins.

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