Once Cast-Off Wife Now Untouchable Queen novel Chapter 212

Chapter 212 Meddling

Aella didn’t care whether Tyrone came home or not-she went straight to bed.

The next morning, in the hospital corridor, she ran into Zera.

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It was April-mild weather-but Zera was wrapped from head to toe in oversized sunglasses, a hat, and a mask.

When she saw Aella standing there in her white coat-calm, confident, and beautiful-her eyes burned with jealousy.

Their gazes met briefly. Aella turned to leave.

Zera quickened her steps and blocked her way. “Can I take a few minutes of your time?”

Aella gave a small nod and led her into an empty consultation room.

Zera pulled off her mask. Her face was haggard, her makeup patchy.

Aella looked her over-aside from the designer clothes, there was nothing worth noticing.

Average looks, background, mind, and temperament.

And yet, this was the woman Tyrone had risked everything for.

Aella thought coldly, Maybe love really did make men blind.

Zera caught the faint contempt in her eyes, and her fingers clenched around the paper bag she carried.

She hated that look on Aella-the same superior, untouchable arrogance Virginia had.

Zera bit out, “Aella, you don’t need to look at me like that. No matter what you think of me, I’m still the mother of Tyrone’s son.”

Aella’s lips curved slightly.

She said evenly, “Zera, high society has no mercy. Keeping the child and discarding the mother is nothing new. If you don’t start pushing harder, even if Tyrone and I divorce, you’ll still never make it past the Winter family gates.”

The smugness drained right off Zera’s face.

Her expression twisted, her surgically refined features distorting with anger.

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Just then, Zera’s phone rang.

One glance at the caller ID, and her fury vanished.

She thrust the phone toward Aella, smug again.

“See that? I don’t even have to try. The Winters are already waiting to welcome me in.”

Aella’s tone stayed calm, almost gentle. “Then, I wish

you

luck.”

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She turned and walked away, not once looking back. Zera’s nails dug into her palm, her face contorting. You bitch. Just wait.

Soon enough, Tyrone would come crawling back to her.

Their relationship would be just like it was when he first returned home.

Following the address Virginia had texted her, Zera arrived at a quiet coffee shop.

She sat across from Virginia, glancing at the steaming cup in front of her.

Virginia began, “I wasn’t sure what you liked, but since you and Tyrone get along so well, I figured your tastes must be similar. I took the liberty of ordering for you.”

She hated black coffee. The bitterness clung to her tongue.

If she wanted to fit in with the wealthy, she couldn’t let anyone see how out of place she was. She ordered a hand-brewed coffee almost every day, telling herself she knew a thing or two

about it.

She said carefully, “Thank you, Mrs. Winter. Tyrone and I both like coffee.”

Trying to look classy, she lifted the cup, took a sip, and nearly winced.

The bitterness spread like poison, but she swallowed it down anyway.

Of course, the old woman hadn’t added sugar.

Figures-she wasn’t being kind.

Virginia watched her. “Can you tell what kind it is? Blue Mountain or Yauco Selecto?”

Zera looked down, embarrassed.

She usually ordered cheap takeaway coffee-fifty, maybe a hundred bucks a cup, loaded with milk and sugar. How was she supposed to tell the difference between beans with names she couldn’t even pronounce?

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The older woman was clearly testing her.

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