Counterback of the Despised Luna by Diana West

Chapter 226 Wait and See

My heart skipped a beat. The mark wasn’t large, but to me, it was glaringly obvious.

Did Caden leave this?

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“Caden said I’m the only woman he truly loves. He’s going to marry me.” Heidi smirked provocatively. “Rosaline, if you know what’s good for you, you’ll resign immediately and never appear in front of Caden again. He only loves me. Stop trying to seduce him. Stop trying to take him away!”

I held back my disgust and smiled nonchalantly. If Caden only loves you, why are you so afraid someone will take him from you?” I clapped the stack of documents in my hands and added indifferently. “Now, if you’ll excuse me, Ms. Tessford, I have a report to give to Caden.

“You–Heidi was so furious that she was at a loss for words.

Ignoring her, I stepped past and left the break room.

Though my stride remained steady, a faint ache spread through my chest.

Why did Heidi keep provoking me over and over again?

Wasn’t she already with Caden?

Then why was she so afraid of losing him? Afraid that I would take him away?

If Heidi really was Tessa, she should be confident that she had Caden’s heart in the palm of her hand.

But she was acting like this instead.

What exactly was she afraid of?

I pondered for a moment before sending Anthony a message, “Anthony, I need you to look into someone for me”

He replied almost instantly, “Who? As long as it’s not that Tessa from a hundred years ago, we’re good.”

Tessa…

wryly. It really was

time, I needed to

or not… well, we’d just have

Former resident

the 18th of last month.

month was the day of my engagement ceremony with Caden.

appeared in front of Caden

it was too

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Wed, 19 Mar

Wait and

that usually weren’t coincidences at

me Heidi’s appearance

Wilda. I’ll dig into it as soon as possible, Anthony responded wiftly.

be waiting.

away and headed to the

to see Caden again, my breath hitched.

a deep breath to compose myself and

cool voice rang

door open and stepped inside.

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up immediately as his gaze locked onto me. “You

Then, I walked up to his desk and placed the documents in front of him. There’s something I need to report about

flicked to the

released a large number of imitation products, which have significantly impacted Ice and Fire sales. Our revenue has dropped by 20% this month.”

eyes narrowed. “I’ve already sent Yale to

get back

a sudden force gripped my waist. Before I could react, I lost my balance and fell. straight

caught me off

of the moment, pulling me onto the couch and trapping

his hands planted firmly on either side of me as