Pampered By Power: The True Heiress Returns

Chapter 352

Yehoshua gave a small nod as if to say, “If you're not going to wash, should we do it for you?”

Holden felt pretty annoyed. He glanced around at Fabian and Javier, but neither of them seemed willing to help.

He turned to Quinita behind him, giving her a look as if saying, “Mom, look. They're picking on me!”

Seeing Holden's sad face. Quinita felt her heart soften. She quickly glanced at Edward and said, “They've never

done the dishes, have they? Maybe we should just use the dishwasher.”

“It's just doing dishes. How hard can it be? Plus, they've got to start somewhere. They've had everything handed

to them their whole lives. It's tthey learned to do something on their own,” Edward replied.

“Did you hear that?” Yehoshua raised an eyebrow.

Looking completely lost, Holden nodded and suddenly found a rag in his hand. “Alright, then show us you're

actually paying attention,” Yehoshua added.

With that, he turned around and started wiping down the counter.

Holden stared at the rag for a moment, sighed deeply, and shuffled over to the sink. Without a word of

complaint, he started washing the dishes.

He really didn’t have much of a choice-being the youngest meant he was at the bottom of the food chain.

Meanwhile, Edward was holding Quinita in his arms as he headed toward the couch. Elysia glanced at them

briefly and then turned her attention to the four busy people in the kitchen. She felt a bit sorry for them-though

that lasted only about three seconds.

But before she could even finish feeling bad for them, Quinita noticed that Elysia hadn't followed and stopped.

She waved her hand and called out to her. “Elysia, cover here!”

Elysia quickly caught up and linked arms with Quinita. Once they were both sitting on the couch, Quinita seemed

to remember something and asked, “Elysia, where have you been staying while you've been in Sivro?”

At that, Elysia froze. She hadn't expected Quinita to ask that. In the kitchen, the four people stopped for a

moment, their movements pausing as they all listened.

Quinita didn’t know that Elysia was the owner of Arcanum House.

Elysia took a moment to think and then answered, “I used to live at Arcanum House, but | moved to Royal Bay.”

The second Quinita mentioned “Royal Bay,” the four people in the kitchen froze. They exchanged glances, clearly

knowing who lived in Royal Bay-Zane.

Elysia had moved to Royal Bay. They all wondered if that had anything to do with Zane.

But as they processed that, Quinita was still stuck on the n“Arcanum House.” She couldn’t shake the feeling

that she’d heard it before, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't place it. She kept thinking to herself,

‘Where is this Arcanum House?"

Seeing the confused look on Quinita’s face, Elysia immediately understood. Quinita had been sick for a long

time, and during that time, she had isolated herself from the world. It made sense that she didn’t know about

Arcanum House.

Elysia knew Quinita wouldn't be confused about Royal Bay, though. To Quinita, it was just a regular place-

nothing special. There was no way Quinita would know how Royal Bay was connected to anyone.

The brothers in the kitchen, on the other hand, would immediately think of Zane when they'd be asking her

about it soon enough.

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Her gaze shifted and then returned to Quinita. Quinita raised her eyebrows, and Elysia smiled. “How about | take

yours to Arcanum House one day?”

At that, Quinita’s expression softened, and she nodded. “Okay”

Just then, Fabian and the others finished cleaning the kitchen and stepped out. They glanced at Elysia but

quickly looked

away.

“Dad, why don’t you take Mom out for a walk? Fabian advised, his voice casual.

Edward frowned, clearly unsure of what Fabian meant.

Fabian pressed on. “The morning air is nice. A walk would be perfect”

Edward seemed to get it. He looked around at the others and then nodded. “Alright. We'll go for a walk.”

He walked over to Quinita, speaking in a gentle tone. “Quinita, let's go for a walk.

Quinita nodded. But when she stood up, she reached for Elysia’s hand. Edward added, “It'll just be the two of us.

These siblings haven't had a chance to talk much lately. Let them catch up.”

Quinita hesitated for a second before letting go of Elysia’s hand. Then she and Edward left the house.

Once they were gone, the others gathered around Elysia.

“Go ahead and ask,” Elysia said, knowing exactly what was coming. She had been ready for this as soon as she

mentioned Royal Bay.

The others exchanged knowing glances. Fabian spoke up first. “Elysia, is there a connection between you and

Zane in Royal Bay?”

Elysia took a deep breath. “The house in Royal Bay is actually his.”

The others stared at her for a moment, stunned. Elysia quickly explained, “Arcanum House was too far from

school, so he letstay at his place temporarily. Once | find somewhere better, I'll move out.”

The four brothers exchanged looks, but no one said a word.

If they'd known this earlier, Elysia wouldn't have ended up staying in Zane’s house.

None of them could bring themselves to say anything about it.

Looking at the serious faces of the four men, Elysia couldn't shake the strange, uneasy feeling in her chest. She

was about to say something to comfort them when Holden's voice suddenly cut through the silence. “I'm sorry,

Elysia. It’s my fault.”

Holden looked genuinely remorseful, his gaze heavy with guilt. He'd been thinking for a while about getting

Wendy to buy a house in Sivro, but he hadn’t found the right one yet. So, the whole plan had been put on hold.

If he had acted sooner, Elysia wouldn't have ended up living in someone else’s house.

The other three men lowered their heads, remaining silent.

It seemed like they were lost in thought, maybe even reflecting on themselves.

As older brothers, they knew they hadn't done enough.

“Hey, Elysia,” Fabian piped up, his voice breaking the silence. “Can you take us to Royal Bay?”

Elysia nodded at his request. “Yeah, of course.”

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When they arrived at Royal Bay, Phoebe was waiting for them. She had gotten the news ahead of time, and the

was neatly dressed, sitting on the couch. When the door opened, she stood up quickly and walked over to greet

them with a smile.

“Elysia toldyou were coming. Con in,” she said, stepping aside to let them inside.

They walked in, taking in the sights of the villa. The furniture and décor were clearly chosen with a feminine

touch, showing that whoever had arranged the space put a lot of thought into it.

After a full tour of the place, they all finally sat down on the couch, each of them feeling a mix of emotions.

They had overlooked one thing-Zane had done so well

If they were right, Zane had carefully selected and set up every piece of furniture in this house.

Fabian furrowed his brow, deep in thought. Unlike the others, his mind kept going back to Elysia’s words: “Yeah, |

might... like him.”

A small smile tugged at his lips as he remembered how shy she had looked when she said that. He thought

maybe it was tto look at Zane totally differently.