Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Chapter 867

Adelle stood frozen, trembling all over.

How did Dan know about what happened with Mervin Burton? She'd always been so careful-how could Dan have found out?

He...

She watched Dan's back as he headed up the stairs. He didn't even pause or look

her way.

As he walked, Dan called out, "Mervin Burton is an outsider too, isn't he?"

"So it's fine for you to bring in outside help to give your Finch the upper hand, but when it comes to me, suddenly everything has to be handled 'in the family'? Since when is that fair?"

In the name of "handling things in the family"-now she wanted to close the doors? How convenient.

But back when she was the one opening the doors and inviting outsiders in, did she ever think about what kind of disaster it could bring down on Black Gate?

Adelle felt like her chest was caving in. "Is that why you brought Lacey back?" Lacey...

Adelle had been haunted by her-by the fear that, even if Lacey wasn't in Litamark, she'd come back one

for Lacey all these years too... She'd wanted to wipe her out, once and for

no one ever found Lacey. Some

back, it had to


did, it was probably impossible to keep secrets from him. Realizing just

stopped and glanced over his shoulder

coldness in Dan's gaze-one that reminded her of how his

felt her

he asked suddenly, "You and Derek-you met on

Adelle said nothing.

storm, wasn't there? You guys got caught in a landslide. He got knocked out by a falling rock, and you carried him to the hospital right?

that day, Adelle's fists clenched. "What are you

on, "As far as I know, you spent a month in the hospital afterward.

Adelle stayed silent.

had a fracture, how did

Derek.

Dan


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