Counterback of the Despised Lona

Chapter 39 Who the Hell is Tessa?

Caden’s POV

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Rosaline struggled angrily. “Caden, that’s enough! Let go of me. Who’s Tessa? What nonsense is this?!”

Her resistance and irritation were like a bucket of cold water dumped over my head, extinguishing all the hope and anticipation I had moments before.

1 let go of her, leaned back in my chair, and asked, “Why did my button end up with you?”

Rubbing her wrist, Rosaline glared at me and said sharply, “Last night, you got drunk and wouldn’t get off the floor. When I tried to pull you up, your button popped off.”

I immediately followed up, “So, you’re the one who helped me back to my room last night?”

“Yeah, but then Queenie insisted on taking over. You two siblings really have a strong bond, don’t you?” I caught the sarcasm in her tone, but it didn’t bother me

Queenie was nothing more than a sister to me–there could never be anything more between

Scenes from last night began flashing in my mind again I had been drunk, but everything had felt incredibly vivid.

I saw Tessa. I held her hand, spoke to her. She had gently urged me not to lie on the floor.

The sensation felt so real when she pulled me up.

But if Rosaline was the one who helped me up, then what I saw last night… could it have been her?

Rosaline isn’t Tessa…..

But why does she give me the exact same feeling as Tessa?

Suddenly, I stood up, closing the distance between us in just a few steps.

I looked down at Rosaline with a mix of hope and intensity. In a soft voice, I asked, “Rosaline, are you absolutely sure you’ve never been kidnapped before?”

Rosaline’s POV:

moment, there was a tenderness in Caden’s gazethat I had never seen before.

his voice had a seductive pull, like a powerful undertow

someone under.

froze for a moment, caught off guard. If I wasn’t mistaken, this was the second time Caden had asked

was he so fixated on whether or not I’d been kidnapped?

gaze that seemed capable of swallowing a person whole, I straightened up and replied seriously. “Caden, I don’t know why you’re so obsessed with asking this, but let me make it clear to you one last time–I have never

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answered him earnestly and

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dim as

instant.

him like this, my curiosity was piqued, and I couldn’t resist asking, “Who’s Testa? Is she a girl you like?

Caden said after a brief

he means he’s in

didn’t want to elaborate, I decided not to press further..

His tone was

Jealous?

this quasi–Alpha has an ego the size of a

in the world is

that were true, I

eye and said seriously, “Caden, stop acting ridiculous. I don’t care about your personal life. Whoever you like

months. Just two months and three weeks left. Once this contract is over, we’re strangers. Got

as he grabbed

I shrugged, glancing pointedly at his hand gripping my arm. My voice dropped. as I said

me. He didn’t loosen his grip.

jaw was tight, his brow furrowed, and a mix of complicated emotions flickered in his

to break free, but his grip

tense standoff as if time

female voice

the door

Yale

her face flushed with

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