Pampered By Power: The True Heiress Returns

Chapter 157 Chapter 157 90 When Yuna said the last two words, she emphasized them. Elysia froze for a

moment. “Jorlandia?” X 52% Yuna said, “Yes, Boss. | want to go to Jorlandia and look into the hospital where Bella

gave birth all those years ago. Maybe we can uncover struths” Elysia said, “Alright.” Yuna added, “There's

one more thing. Matthew is dead” Elysia was a little surprised. The last tshe saw him at the Rosewood

residence, he looked fine and in good health. She thought there couldn’t have been anything serious going on.

“Do you know what happened?” As Yuna expected, Elysia was sharp enough. Even when she didn’t say

everything, Elysia was quick to figure out what was behind it. “It’s related to your sister.” “Oh?” Elysia’s interest

was piqued. “Tellmore.” Yuna said, “This afternoon, | went to the hospital and happened to run into Emma. |

followed her to Matthew's ward. They had a heated argument, and Matthew was literally worked up to death. |

recorded everything and I'll send it to you shortly.” “Good.” Hanging up, Elysia held her phone, her mind racing.

She hadn’t expected Emma to be so ruthless, going after a sick man who was Robert's father. She couldn't help

but wonder what Robert would think if he found out the truth about Matthew’s death. The phone screen lit up,

and it was Yuna sending over the recording. Elysia slipped the phone into her pocket, straightened her clothes,

and walked out of the restroom. Zane watched her with amusement. She felt a little guilty under his gaze. “Zane,

why are you staring at me?” Zane raised an eyebrow. “All done?” Elysia nodded. “Yeah, it's done.” Zane seemed

like he could see right through her. Elysia quickly replayed her conversation with Yuna in her mind, trying to find

something wrong, but couldn't think of anything. She found sconfidence and said, “Stop looking atlike

that.” Hearing this, Zane’s lips curled into a charming smile. “Alright, whatever you say, Elysia.” “Are you done

with the call?” Vincent peeked his head out, looking at her. Elysia said, “Yeah, Mr. Hartley.” “Then what are you

waiting for? You're the student, not me,” said he. “Sorry, Mr. Hartley,” Elysia said as she hurriedly ran toward the

studio. After dinner at Iskoria Villa, Zane took them both and left. Alice immediately leaned back in the back seat

and fell asleep while Elysia sat in the passenger seat, looking out of the window. Zane said, “Elysia, if you need

help, just letknow.” Elysia didn’t fully understand his meaning but still nodded. “Thanks, Zane.” 15:05 Sat,

15 Feb 2. Chapter 157 Zane said, “There's one more thing. My mom likes the gown. She wants to meet Ada in

person.” Elysia froze for a moment at the mention of Ada. “Really?” Zane said, “Yes. Since you're Ada’s friend,

Elysia, this shouldn't be too difficult.” 52% 5 “No, Zane.” Elysia said quickly, “Ada is introverted and doesn’t like

these kinds of events. I'm glad that Mrs. Hartley likes the gown. As for meeting, let’s forget about it.” Zane said

with a teasing smile, “Well, meeting Ada’s friend works just as well. My mom's birthday is at the end of next

month. You can cwith me. It would make her happy.” Elysia felt a bit cornered. It seemed like Zane had set

her up from the very beginning. It was strange-whenever anything involved Zane, her mind seemed to be a total

mess. She couldn't help but feel a little pathetic. The car stopped in front of the Rosewood residence. Zane

reached over and gently stroked her head. “Think it over and call me.” He wasn’t about to force her-whatever

she didn’t want to do, he would give up. Seeing Zane’s charming smile, Elysia felt a slight tightening in her

chest. For sreason, she found herself reaching up and touching his cheek. Realizing what she had done, she

quickly pulled her hand back, blushing. “I'll think about it.” After saying that, she quickly opened the car door

and ran out. Zane was still processing what had just happened. He ran his hand over the spot where her fingers

had been, unable to hide his joy. “Zane, you look like you're on cloud nine?” Alice, who had apparently woken up

at spoint, was watching him with great interest. Zane asked, “When did you wake up?” “I wasn't asleep at

all. I was pretending to sleep because | didn’t want to get in your way,” said Alice. Zane immediately wiped the

smile off his face, his voice dropping to a serious tone. “Who taught you to act like this?” Alice said, “Does that

even need to be taught? If | didn’t have ssense, I'd be embarrassing you, right? But, Zane, the only and

most correct thing you've done over the years is fall for Elysia. “Although you're a bit older for Elysia, it doesn’t

matter that much. I like Elysia. Seriously, you're slacking. When are you going to marry her?” Alice didn’t even

notice Zane’s darkening expression and kept rambling. “Elysia is amazing, and tons of people like her. You better

step up your game.” Zane glared at her. “If you keep nagging, | might just let you find out what ‘trouble comes

from the mouth’ means.” Hearing this, Alice immediately zipped her lips. She realized she might have gone a bit

too far. However, honestly, all of that was just how she really felt. Somehow, it all just cpouring out. Seeing

that she had finally quieted down, Zane started the car and drove off. After Elysia finished her shower, she

received a call. “Elysia, guess who this is?” “Neo, stop joking around.” Elysia’s voice was cold. Neo said, “You're

so boring. Can't you at least take a guess?” 2/3 12 2/3 15:06 Sat, 15 Feb Chapter 157 Elysia replied, “I'll hang up

if you don’t have anything to say.” 52% Hearing that Elysia was about to hang up, Neo panicked. “Wait! | do have

something to tell you. I'll be in Sivro in two days. Let's meet up if you have time.” “Sure.” Elysia and Neo had

met through a competition-the World Programming Competition three years ago. Neo had cin second, while

she had taken the top spot. +5 Since then, Neo had always been a little sore about it, insisting on having a

rematch. They had naturally becfriends. She hadn't expected him to be coming to Sivro, but considering

their history, it made sense to meet up. Elysia hung up the phone and remembered the recording that Yuna had

sent her. She plugged in her headphones and hit play. As the voice of Emma filled her ears, her lips curved into a

slight smile. She toyed with her phone, her eyes darkening. She wondered if Robert would still think Emma was

as sweet, innocent, and pure if he once heard this. After copying the recording, she stored it away in a drawer.

No rush, she could take her twith this. The next morning, as Elysia cdownstairs, she saw Scott dressed

sharply and Bella in a black dress. It was obvious what was going on. Seeing that they were about to leave,

Elysia quickly called out to them, “Wait! I'm going too.”