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:

tenderness in Caden’s

had a seductive pull,

someone under.

moment, caught off guard. If I wasn’t mistaken, this was

whether or not I’d been kidnapped?

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

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see the light in Caden’s eyes dim as his expression shifted from hopeful to disappointed in an

instant.

piqued, and I couldn’t resist asking, “Who’s Testa? Is she

Caden said after a brief

means he’s in love

didn’t want to elaborate, I decided not

deepened slightly as he asked, “What’s this? Are you jealous?” His tone was deliberate, with

Jealous?

Goddess, this quasi–Alpha has an ego the size of a mountain!

the world is dying

that were true, I would certainly be the

seriously, “Caden, stop acting ridiculous. I don’t care about your personal life. Whoever you like has nothing to do with me. You need to recognize what we

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

my serious and indifferent tone. His expression darkened as he

glancing pointedly at his hand gripping my arm. My voice dropped. as

me. He didn’t loosen his

mix of

break free, but his

just stood there, locked in a tense standoff as

doing?!” A sudden female voice shattered

door

there with Yale at her side.

at me, her face flushed with jealousy and

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