After the Secret Wedding Rise of My Queen novel Chapter 286

Chapter 286 Leslie and Richie's Secret
"This is unbearable!"

"Buzz, buzz, buzz ... " The sound of a vibrating phone echoed through the room.

Ivana picked up her phone. It was a call from Rachel.

"Hello? Rachel?" Ivana answered.

"Ivana, did you manage to convince Xan to come?" Rachel's voice was filled with hope.

Rachel had been using her illness to win Xander's sympathy, hoping he would come to the hospital to check on her.

"There's been a change of plans. We won't be going for now," Ivana said, her brow furrowing.

What? Ivanka didn't convince Xander?

Rachel was deeply disappointed.

"Are you coming over for lunch today, then?" Rachel asked.

"I'm not coming over either," Ivana quickly replied, fearing Rachel would read too much into it. "There's something I need to tell you, but you can't tell anyone else. We just found out that Leslie didn't die in the fire."

"What?!" Rachel, despite the pain she was in, shot up in bed, wide-eyed. "Leslie is alive?"

Ivana knitted her brows and said, "I only know that the hospital report showed the child's body didn't match Leslie's DNA."

Hearing this, Rachel began to feel uneasy.

She had always known that Ivana's favorite child was the young Leslie. If Leslie were alive and appeared in front of Xander, it wouldn't just be Rachel who had to step aside—Isabel would have to as well.

Unlike Isabel, Ivana treated Leslie like her own daughter. If Leslie truly returned, Ivana's position as Mrs. Bennett would be unshakable.

As these thoughts ran through Rachel's mind, her face darkened, and a cold, calculating expression took over.

"She'd better be dead," Rachel muttered bitterly.

Meanwhile, Isabel had just arrived at the Nelsons' residence.

Richie had already arrived before them.

Ivana and Xander walked toward Richie, who was standing in front of the wall, staring down at a small doghole.

"So many sunflowers!" Leslie exclaimed.

From that day on, she crawled through the hole every day to see the sunflowers.

One time, she even convinced Richie to crawl through with her.

"Richie, you're so useless! Hurry up and climb through!" Leslie tugged on Richie's ear.

"Ow, ow, ow! You're going to rip my ear off! Let go! I'll crawl through!" Richie complained, finally squeezing through the hole after much effort.

Richie could have easily gone around, but he always chose to crawl through the hole with Leslie, wanting to show he was part of her world.

Leslie had told Richie that the hole was their secret hideout, just for the two of them.

Richie had once asked, "Just us? Xander doesn't know?"

Leslie had told Richie that the hole was their secret hideout, just for the two of them.

Richie had once asked, "Just us? Xander doesn't know?"