The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In Chapter 631 You Call That Gratitude? "Mr. Keene cto see Miss. It might have something to do with Miss Sutton." Abraham fell silent.

The air in the office went still.

+8 Pearls Abel said, "Logically, since Horgan rejoined the Keene family, Mr. Keene should be locked in a deadly power struggle with him by now. And yet..." And yet what? He didn't finish the sentence.

For Ethan to show up now and make a scene with Stella-there had to be something more behind it.

Abraham let out a cold chuckle. "Find him first." As for how to deal with it, a glint of danger flashed through Abraham's eyes, sharper than ever before. The reason behind it? The Keene family really thinks Horgan alone is enough to turn the tide? Meanwhile, on Tessa's side, her legs were still sore, and after the high fever, her whole body was drained of energy.

At the table, she took the initiative to serve Victor a bowl of soup. Just as she set it down in front of him, her gaze landed on a scratch mark on his tattooed arm.

Her cheeks flushed bright red on the spot.

Victor raised an eyebrow. "So attentive all of a sudden?" Tessa stammered, "Well, uh... thanks for last night." If it hadn't been for Victor, she probably would've been dragged off by those two creeps.

And that scratch on his arm, she'd left it... back on the bed...

"What are you looking at? Why's your face so red?" Tessa avoided his eyes and said nothing, silently burying her head in her bowl to eat. Victor arched an eyebrow. "Tessa?" "I wasn't looking at anything," she muttered. "Just... really, thanks for last night." Victor let out a quiet laugh. “And this is how you're thanking me? By servingsoup?" Tessa was stunned.

Victor added, "The way I like to be thanked... isn't quite so cheap." There was clear implication in his tone.

Tessa picked up on it immediately; her face turned even redder.

Victor took a sip of the soup she'd given him and said, "For now, don't call Star over here." 13:15 Fri, 29 Aug OD Chapter 631 You Call That Gratitude? "Huh?" Tessa looked up from her bowl.

Don't let Stella chere? She hadn't planned on bothering her anyway.

After all, Stella was pregnant. And after everything that had happened, Tessa had cto a painful realization, her presence brought danger.

18 Fears If those people were trying to use her to threaten her mother, then they might also go after Stella to force. Tessa to cooperate.

Stella was Abraham's most precious treasure.

If something happened to her because of Tessa, even dying a dozen times wouldn't be enough to atone.

Victor said, "And don't go see her either." "Yeah, I know. I'm basically a walking hazard right now." She hadn't realized it before; never even had the concept. But now, she understood-crystal clear.

Victor raised a brow.

He saw that fleeting trace of sadness in her eyes and could guess what she was thinking.

With a soft chuckle, he said, “Relax. You're not capable of dragging Star down." Tessa was stunned.

Victor went on, "This is Falvaria. No one dares touch her." The Dawson family had seen more than its fair share of trouble over the years. Countless threats lurked in the shadows.

Plenty, far too many.

And everyone knew Stella was Abraham's one true weakness; his Achilles' heel. But no one had dared to lay a hand on her.

Because everyone knew, leave Stella untouched, and there was room to negotiate.

But if anyone did move against her...

Even if they went in ready to die, they'd drag their entire family down with them.

If Abraham's weakness was shattered, the whole family would be wiped out. No one would get out alive.

Hearing Victor's words, Tessa was a little skeptical. “What about the Ashen Pact? They wouldn't dare either?" She'd heard about them, the current leader of the Ashen Pact was supposedly completely unhinged.

She hadn't understood it before.

But after seeing the weapons those twin sisters carried last night and wed last the things they were wearing... she was starting to get it. 13:15 Fri, 29 Aug 29 Augu Chapter 631 You Call That Gratitude? Victor snorted. "The Ashen Pact? In front of Mr. Abraham, they're nothing" 46 Peoria.

No one knew for sure who was currently in charge of the Ashen Pact. But Victor was pretty confident they wouldn't dare stir up trouble in Abraham's presence. Thinking about the connection between Tessa and Stella, he had to admit-this girl had a surprisingly tangled web of relationships.

Tessa was stunned. Uh...

Now that he put it that way, maybe she didn't need to worry about Stella so much after all.

"Wait a minute," she said. "When you toldabout that guy, you said his see nwas Dale something. But last night you said those twins were called Nolan... That's not the slast name." Do kids in Falvaria not share their dad's last name? Is this different from Rivermount? Victor replied, “In the Morris family, only the boys take their father's last name.” Tessa was stunned again. So, girls aren't supposed to exist? From the way Victor said it, she pretty much figured it out-that mistress... her last nwas Nolan! At the end, Victor got a phone call and stepped out.

Before he left, he leaned down next to Tessa's ear and said, "I'll be back late tonight. Wash up and go to sleep." Tessa went quiet.

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