Never Mistake a Queen for a Lapdog novel Chapter 1150

Seth squeezed her hand tightly. His normally bottomless eyes were now boiling with a dark, obsessive intensity. "And all of that money, from the very beginning, belonged to the Harcourt family."

"I merely used some methods to take back what was ours. Since it's Harcourt money, I had to ensure it ended up on the purest place possible."

"It only belongs on you."

Noreen's breath hitched, her heart hammering wildly against her ribs.

A heavy, absolute silence took over the car.

The only sound was the quiet hum of the heater.

Noreen didn't press for details; she just stared down at their intertwined hands.

The lingering doubts that had pricked at her heart like tiny needles for years seemed to melt away completely under the steady blow of the heater.

The New Year had truly begun.

...

Noreen snuck back into her apartment just as dawn was breaking.

She knew Rosalind's sleep schedule perfectly, making sure to slip in right before her mother normally woke up.

The house was dead silent.

Noreen tip-toed the entire way, creeping like a thief, absolutely terrified of making a single sound.

When she finally slipped into her room, she found Katy Joyner hunched over a laptop, working away. God knows what time she had actually woken up.

Seeing Noreen walk in, Katy immediately opened her mouth to greet her.

Noreen frantically pressed a finger to her lips, shushing her silently.

Once she was absolutely certain she hadn't been caught, the massive weight on her chest finally lifted.

Little did she know, the exact second her bedroom door clicked shut, the door to the adjacent room slowly opened.

Rosalind had woken up much earlier than usual today.

The moment she stepped out of her room, she heard the distinct chime of the electronic lock.

She quickly backed into her room and watched through a crack in the door as Noreen crept inside like a guilty teenager and vanished into her bedroom.

Rosalind didn't bust her. Instead, she walked out onto the balcony and peered down at the street below.

Under the camphor trees, Seth still hadn't left.

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