The Heiress Chooses Madness novel Chapter 124

Chapter 124

Ever since she’d fired Ariel, Kayla hadn’t bothered finding another driver she could trust. She’d just been walking to and from school on her own.

But seriously, she was old enough to take care of herself. She didn’t need an escort.

Payton gave her a faint smile. “Well, not three years old–but you’re still a teenage girl. It really isn’t safe for you to walk home alone.”

Kayla let out a dismissive laugh. “Aren’t you worried that walking with me might put you in danger?”

If Marianna and Davon were waiting to mess with her, Payton could easily get caught up in their drama too.

It wasn’t paranoia on Kayla’s part–in her previous life, Marianna had pulled exactly this kind of stunt.

But Payton clearly misunderstood what she meant. His lips pressed together briefly before he said quietly, “If it’s you, I’m not afraid.”

His voice was so low that Kayla couldn’t quite catch what he’d said. “What did you say?”

Payton gave an awkward little laugh. “It’s nothing. Come on, let’s go.”

They’d only gone a few steps when Payton suddenly piped up, “Hey, why’d you just drop the whole thing with Hailey?”

Sure, Hailey had been manipulated by Marianna and Davon, but the damage she’d done to Kayla—the humiliation–that was real. Payton couldn’t believe Kayla would just let someone who’d hurt her walk away so

easily.

Kayla’s eyes flickered for just a moment, and then she smiled that gentle smile of hers. “Oh, you know, just because I’m such a good person,” she replied, her voice playfully innocent.

Payton looked down and caught Kayla’s smiling gaze. “You don’t believe me?”

Payton had definitely caught the evasiveness in Kayla’s tone, and there was this barely detectable note of hurt in her voice that made something twist in his chest.

The smile on Kayla’s face suddenly went stiff. “Why would you say that?”

They kept walking side by side as Payton continued, “Look, you’re kind, but you’re not some pushover saint

with zero boundaries.

“Yeah, Marianna and Davon manipulated Hailey into targeting you, but at the end of the day, she still did a lot of things that hurt you. You shouldn’t be letting her off this easy.”

Kayla studied Payton for a long moment, her expression unreadable. Something guarded flickered in her eyes. ‘How does he always know what I’m thinking?‘ she wondered. It wasn’t like Payton could read her mind or anything.

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Chapter 124

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She let out a soft laugh. You’re pretty smart. I’ll give you that. Guessing what’s going on in my head like that. She shrugged. “It’s not like I had some grand reason or anything. The Mitchell family just made me an offer I couldn’t refuse

The whole thing had started the day Hailey got arrested. The Mitchell family had approached her immediately, wanting to settle things quietly.

But Kayla had turned them down flat that first day, kept them hanging for a few days after that. She’d told them she needed time to think, that she might have to say to her parents what really happened.

When the Mitchell family realized she hadn’t said anything to her family yet, they were obviously relieved. They came back to her several more times, each offering more generous than the last.

That was when Kayla played her ace. She handed over the security footage she’d gotten from the hospital and dropped a not–so–subtle hint. If my parents find out about this,’ she’d implied, ‘it’s going to seriously damage the business relationship between the Sexton and Mitchell families.

The Mitchell family had panicked. To keep her quiet, they’d multiplied their settlement offer several times

over.

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