From Outcast to Overlord The Unyielding Heir (Leander Ashcroft) novel Chapter 655

Chapter 655 It’s You Again!

The dark–haired man staggered away, his body teetering, leaving only his voice echoing through the second floor

Leander didn’t pay him much mind, but he caught a crucial piece of information.

“Arriving in Ravenridge tomorrow?”

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Given the young man’s cultivation, which was at the peak of Ember Transcendent, Leander had already guessed that his master must be a King Phase.

Now, hearing the young man’s words, his master was set to arrive in Ravenridge the next day. That made it highly likely his master was one of the hundred–year King Phases who would arrive tomorrow.

Leander withdrew his gaze. With a lift of his hand, the pina colada levitated silently and dropped into the nearby trash bin.

To him, even a hundred–year King Phase didn’t warrant real attention. His only concern now was the mysterious elder who had appeared at the Ashcroft family.

“What just happened, Leander?”

Melanie and Jacklyn had come back to their senses, hurrying back to their seats, faces full of confusion as they looked at Leander.

“Nothing. You were just caught in someone else’s hypnosis.” Leander poured himself a drink and answered casually.

The two girls were dumbstruck, their gratitude toward him deepening. They knew that without Leander’s presence tonight, they would’ve been in trouble.

By 11 p.m., with countless envious eyes following them, Leander left the bar with the five girls. After seeing off the other four, only Yvette remained with him.

“It’s late. Aren’t you getting in the car?” He turned to her, his gaze calm yet deep.

Because of the alcohol, Yvette’s cheeks were flushed, but her eyes remained clear as she stared at the quietly flowing Tempest River.

“I want to walk along the river back home. Will you come with me?”

She turned to Leander, her voice carrying a quiet plea.

Leander kept one hand in his pocket, expression neutral. “Walking from here to your villa will take at least an hour. With your current state, I wouldn’t recommend it.”

Yvette stood beside him, her expression subdued, and let out a soft sigh.

“Want to know something, Leander?” She looked at the river’s surface, smooth as glass, and gave a bitter smile.

“I find myself envying Madeline: You never give her the cold shoulder. Even if she makes a mistake, you always choose to forgive her. Meanwhile, ever since the first time we met, after I treated you wrongly, I’ve never been able to truly get close to you again.”

She laughed softly at herself, pressing a hand to her forehead.

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Chapter 655 It’s You Again!

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“Sometimes I really hate myself,” Yvette said softly, her voice tinged with regret. “I wish I could turn back time, back to when we first met. If I had treated you better, been closer to you, maybe let you stay at my house… Would things between us be different now?”

Leander stood tall, rigid as a steel spear, his gaze calm and steady.

“Life is like that,” he said. “A single word, a single choice, can change the path of two people entirely. Too much time has passed Between us now, we’re neither friends nor strangers. There’s no need to dwell on what might have been.”

Yvette leaned against the riverside railing, her voice soft, almost mournful. “Yes… One word, one decision, can haunt a person for a lifetime. That’s true retribution.”

Her hands trembled slightly. The emotions she had long kept buried threatened to spill over. In her heart, she remembered that first day she met Leander. Countless times in dreams, she had imagined returning to that day, hoping to change their ending—but

e always awoke to realize it was just a fleeting fantasy.

er didn’t reply, simply folding his hands behind his back.

matter how deep Yvette’s feelings here, she could never enter his inner world.

To be frank, Yvette had always be changed now, it was only becau guise of a beggar that day, her

Daphne, however, was com quietly waiting for him–d

They walked along the

When they arrived,

Leander shook

With that

Human

and p

judge by appearances, to value money and social standing. Even if she had med of his true identity and accomplishments. Had Leander not appeared in the have been entirely different.

No matter whether he was down and out or ruling the world, she was always the one ering. She was the one he would spend his life protecting.

e, returning to the Sitwell Residence without exchanging a single word.

vette asked gently, “Aren’t you going in? Just for a bit?”

late. I’ll visit tomorrow afternoon.”

watched his figure fade into the night before letting out a quiet sigh and opening the villa door.

g step, and they become almost impossible to repair. Though she and Leander shared moments ver truly meet.

ence, Leander returned to his semi–hill villa in Springville Gardens. This was reputed to be , unmatched even now.

garea halfway up the hill, the guards at the gate immediately saluted him, visibly shocked.

long, they had thought Leander would never return to Ravenridge. Yet here he was, standing before them

them, then walked toward the empty parking lot. The vast space was completely vacant. He moved to the edge, iling at the sprawling night view of Ravenridge, a complex feeling stirring in his chest.

ay for just over a year, yet had experie

uld hardly put into words.

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