PopularNovelDitutéed Heiress Who Never Fit In Chapter 654 Sides Taken Kale said. "That Ms. Miller-she's Dan's sister." What the hell?" Dan's sister! "That guy has a sister? Since when? Derrick looked baffled.
Kale fell silent.
That guy. That thing.
That was Derrick's usual way of referring to Dan and the people around him.
52% And once one crack opened in a secret, the whole thing spread fast. Sure enough. Kale had gotten his hands on this earth-shattering piece of gossip too.
He laid it all out for Derrick, step by step.
When Derrick finished listening, he was speechless.
Finally, he muttered, "Ashen Pact is seriously fucked up." Calling it a little messy didn't even cclose. Anyone going in with a clear head would cout with a brain full of knots..
And if you didn't have a sharp mind to begin with-forget it. You'd be left with nothing but confusion.
Kale nodded. "Yeah, it's pretty messed up." Even they, who specialized in intel, had their brains scrambled trying to untangle all those relationship threads. Derrick looked out the window.
His long fingers tapped rhythmically on the armrest. Then he said, puzzled, “But Dan looks. way older than Stella's friend." "Older... Does he?" Kale asked.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtDan didn't exactly look old.
But if you had to compare, yeah, he definitely looked older than Tessa.
"He doesn't not look old." Derrick replied. "That guy's calculating as hell." IVILITI, Chapter 654 Sides Taken +9 Pearls He was a master manipulator. The real power behind Ashen Pact. Old or not, his mind was deep and dangerous.
Kale stayed quiet.
Sure. If you say he's old, then he's old.
"He looks about the sage as Mr. Abraham," Derrick added.
The moment Abraham's ncup, Kale clammed up. That was one nnobody dared. gossip about.
"Why'd Marie take that woman and run off?" Kale answered, "Probably to forge a blade." A blade. A weapon aimed at Dan? Yeah, that would track. Right now, Marie's hatred for Dan was absolute.
The people of Ashen Pact...
Thinking back to Shan Na's past collaboration with Mr. Abraham, it was clear-Dan had crossed a line with Maric. Everyone knew the Dawson family hated backdoor schemes.
And Dan had approached Marie with just that in mind. No wonder Marie wasn't going to let him off easy.
"Then let her forge that blade," Derrick said flatly.
Tessa. Sibling against sibling. It had a nice ring to it.
Kale said, "But now Mr. Victor is getting anxious." That surprised Derrick. "Victor?" "Yes. He's been personally looking after Ms. Miller this whole time. Now that she's been taken from under his nose, he's not going to let it go." Derrick fell silent.
This whole web of connections... was a complete mess.
Tessa was Dan's sister. Supposedly. Though no one knew how that "sibling thing even work One look at Dan, and you'd never believe he was younger than Tessa.
2:4U Mon, Sept Chapter 654 Sides Taken 052% But Dan's own sister being sharpened into a blade to stab him? That was poetic justice.
The only problem was Victor.
Victor clearly wouldn't just stand by and let that happen.
"Let them fight, Derrick said with a laugh.
"The messier, the better" He even added a note for emphasis.
Kale was stunned.
It was already a total mess, Derrick paused, eyes gleaming with interest. "We should help her." Kale froze. Her? Who? Marie? "Wipe her tracks. Don't let Dan find her," Derrick said.
"And what about Mr. Victor?" Kale asked cautiously.
"What's that got to do with anything? Just do it." Kale fell silent again.
+ Pearls Derrick added, "I back my wife. Whatever she does is right. I'll help her no matter what." Kale said nothing.
Wife...
With Derrick stepping in, both Victor and Dan found it nearly impossible to locate Marie.
When Victor found out Derrick was involved, he nearly smashed his phone.
He immediately called Derrick. “Mr. Derrick, what exactly do you think you're doing?" Derrick replied coolly. "Nothing much. You're looking for your woman. I'm helping my wife." Victor went silent.
That word-wife-set off something explosive in his head.
12:40 Mon, 1 Sept Chapter 654 Sides Taken He let out a cold laugh. "Your wife?" ☐☐☐.52% + Pearls Derrick said, "Legally and literally."
What had started as a staged marriage on paper. had becomen real. And he hadn't even struggled against it. Victor warned, "If Tessa doesn't cback... do you think you'll still have a wife?" His voice dripped with threat.
Silas, behind the wheel, could sense the tension in the air. It was like a duel between giants.
For the next three days-
Victor and Dan tore the world apart trying to find Tessa Buno one knew e where Marie had taken her. They searched every location they could think of. Any place Marie might have gone. Still, nothing.
Back at the Dawson family estate-
Stella had been trying to contact both Marie and Tessa the whole time. But after that last call from Tessa three days ago, the line had gone completely dead. $10 4.7K 12:40 Mon, 1 Sept A
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