Return of the Crowned Heiress

Chapter 169

Chapter 169

Kayla could hardly believe it-Shawn actually had the skill for this job! All her efforts to pressure and pay him

more had paid off, finally stoking his ambition just enough. Felicia was surely done for this time! No one would

ever threaten her position again. There would be no more competition.

She nearly laughed out loud in relief, but the moment she turned and saw Arnold, her smug smile froze on her

face.

"Arnie, what are you thinking about?"

Could he be thinking of Felicia?

She hadn't finished her question when he brushed past her and seized the messenger boy by the collar. His

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usually calm face was dark and tense as he demanded, "What did you say? Felicia fell off a cliff and was swept

away by the river?" "That's right. The villagers are all panicking; everyone's out searching. But she must've been

swept far off with that waterfall, and the current was so strong. They're saying they may not even find the body."

The boy, one of the training camp students, had actually been helping search for Lucas earlier and had learned

what happened from the villagers.

Though most training camp students didn't know Felicia well-and had even formed cliques against her-the

shocking news hit them hard.

"They say she was attacked while trying to rescue that child, and that's why she fell," the boy continued. "Thank

goodness it wasn't any of us up there; we could have..."

The others nodded, patting their chests in relief.

Arnold's face turned pale, and his grip on the boy's collar was so tight that his knuckles turned white.

Kayla saw his reaction clearly, and the jealousy in her heart surged again.

This wasn't enough. Nothing would satisfy her anger toward Felicia until she was sure Felicia was gone for good!

But outwardly, she kept her appearance carefully sympathetic, red-eyed as she said, "How could this happen? Is

she really... gone? | feel so sad."

Nearby, Olivia kicked a stone and folded her arms in scorn. "You're sad? You're probably the happiest one here."

She muttered this under her breath, unwilling to expose Kayla just yet. She wasn't ready to go head-to-head with

Kayla openly but had definitely added her and Arnold to her mental blacklist after what had happened earlier.

The day Arnold belittled her to support Kayla, even though it wasn't Kayla herself who said those words, she still

held a grudge against them.

Hypocrites, both of them!

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Taking a deep breath, Arnold quickly

gathered a few people and instructed, "Cwithto the site. If there's any chance we can find Felicia..." he

trailed off, though everyone knew the odds were slim.

Kayla was frustrated, wishing no one would go looking at all. But she was technically a member of the Fuller

family, and Felicia was her sister. She couldn't let her real feelings show, or her parents would be

furious later.

So, instead, she had to pretend to be more proactive than anyone. Thinking quickly, she added, "I'll ctoo! |

don't believe she's really gone-1 want to find her myself!"

He chose several of his own bodyguards and drivers for the search, and they all headed together toward the

back of the mountain.