The CEO's Unplanned Heir novel Chapter 387

The woman sighed in despair, "Just consider me dead."

Tears welled up in her eyes as she slowly moved towards the staircase. Leopold stood still as a statue, his face cold and indifferent, showing no signs of joy or excitement at her supposed resurrection.

As she passed him, her body suddenly went limp and she started to fall.

Aurelia, quick on her feet, caught her.

The woman felt warm and soft to the touch. So she was not a ghost, but a living person.

Aurelia blinked and suddenly began to feel the woman's face with her fingers.

"What are you doing, Aurelia?" Beverley asked curiously.

"I'm checking to see if she's wearing a mask," Aurelia explained seriously, "With the technology these days, there are these 3D-printed masks that look incredibly real. Some high-tech criminals use them to trick facial recognition systems."

This kind of plot is often shown in movies.

Beverley leaned in to join the investigation, feeling the woman's face and neck.

"I don't think she's wearing a mask, Aurelia. It's her real face."

"Did she have plastic surgery then, to look exactly like Megan?" Aurelia wondered, stroking her chin.

"Should I check her chin and nose to see if they're real?" Beverley rolled up her sleeves, ready to investigate further.

Leopold's deep voice stopped her, "She didn't have surgery. She is Megan."

What?

Aurelia was stunned.

"She didn't die?"

Elowen had mentioned that Megan's body was never found, so she might have been still alive.

Lost in her thoughts, she heard Leopold's voice, "Have you been back to the Alcott family?"

"Not yet," she bit her lip. He was the one she most wanted to see.

"I'll arrange for a driver to take you there." He said and wrapped an arm around Aurelia's shoulder, leading her towards the staircase.

This small gesture warmed Aurelia's heart. She had initially thought that Leopold's reunion with his past love would lead to an emotional outburst, leaving her in the cold, but he was much calmer and more composed than she expected. Suddenly, she felt a bit more confident about their marriage.

Megan watched their retreating figures, her heart in agony.

When they returned to the party hall, all eyes were on them, and everyone saw Megan.

Melissa was stunned, barely believing her own eyes. She ran towards Megan, excitedly shouting, "Megan? Is that you? You're alive?"

"Melissa !" Megan threw herself into Melissa's arms and began to sob. The thought of her beloved Leo marrying someone else was too much to bear.

Melissa understood her heartache, "Megan, why didn't you come back earlier? If you had, Leopold wouldn't have married that good-for-nothing girl." Her words were a clear dig at Aurelia.