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…

really was about Tessa.

time, I needed to start

we’d just have to

another message, “Look into Heidi. Stage name: Angel. Former resident singer at Chroma

of last month. See if anything unusual happened

18th of last month was the day of my engagement ceremony with

was the day Heidi appeared in front of Caden

like Yura said, it was too

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like that usually weren’t coincidences at

Heidi’s

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

be

and headed to the CEO’s office.

the door, about to see Caden again, my breath

breath to compose

cool voice rang

door open

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up immediately as his gaze locked onto me. “You need something?” he asked with a

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

to

of imitation products, which have significantly impacted Ice and Fire sales. Our revenue has

sharp eyes narrowed. “I’ve

“Alright, I’ll get

gripped my waist. Before I

me

the moment, pulling me onto the couch

hands planted firmly on either side of me