Return of the Crowned Heiress novel Chapter 316

Myra, seething with rage, hurled the item she had in her hand across the room.

Kayla quickly hid her delight and stepped in to pacify her. "Mom, don't be upset. Carmen was just spouting nonsense. I'm sure that's not what Felicia meant!"

Her words seemed reassuring, but the undertone was clear—if Carmen went out of her way to say such things, wasn't it obvious Felicia had something to do with it? Maybe Felicia even orchestrated it.

"That ungrateful brat! That wretched daughter!" Myra's voice trembled with fury. "What did I do to deserve a child like her?

"She's always been rebellious, always going against me. Fine. But her grandfather just passed away! At a time like this, she's not even paying her last respects but instead sends some disgraceful friend to insult me?"

Her eyes reddened as she continued to rant, each word heavier with resentment.

"We treated her so well. Her grandfather treated her so well! Even in his final moments, he wanted her to inherit the family's golden needles. But that ungrateful girl couldn't even be bothered to send him off!"

Myra's voice cracked, and she spat out her words through clenched teeth.

"It's fine if she doesn't show up. She is no longer my daughter moving forward!"

Kayla kept her head lowered, saying nothing, but the subtle curl of her lips betrayed her satisfaction.

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Later that afternoon, Kayla made a trip to the airport.

Today was the day Arnold was leaving the country.

While Kayla had been stuck in a sanatorium, she hadn't heard the details about what the Lawson family had done to Felicia. She only knew that Arnold had been stripped of his role as heir, and the family's reins had passed to his uncle, Mike.

"Arnie..."

Kayla clung to Arnold in the bustling airport terminal, her voice trembling as tears welled in her eyes.

However, Arnold peeled her hands off, stepping back to maintain some distance.

It caused her to freeze. "Arnold, you..."

"Kayla," he said, his voice steady and composed. "We're grown now. We can't behave like we did when we were kids. People will gossip about us."