Love's New Bloom by Simone Hastings

Chapter 185 You’ve Never Known Love

Three days later, at 7 pm inside a suburban detention center, Chandler finally saw Tessa, who was being held in custody.

Besides Chandler, Osborn was also in the interrogation room.

Tessa was confined in a trial cell behind iron bars, sitting on a metal chair with handcuffs and ankle shackles. She kept her head lowered. and her hair hung loose. She wore an orange prison uniform over her shirt.

On the second day of being held there. Tessa confessed to all the crimes she’d committed. She even revealed the location where the corpses of her assailants back then had been disposed of. However, those bodies were unlikely to be retrieved because they were all cut up and dumped in the mountains. Wild animals would have devoured those dismembered remains by then.

Her willingness to cooperate and confess astonished Osborn. She also confessed how she and Jack meticulously planned Erin’s kidnapping with the clear objective of obtaining her unborn child. However, Tessa deliberately didn’t disclose the location where Erin was

held captive.

If it weren’t for the prohibition against torture, Osborn would probably have been willing to resort to any means to pry the information from

her. But Tessa stated that even if she was tortured to death, she wouldn’t reveal where Erin was.

On the previous day, after yet another round of interrogation, Tessa suddenly requested to see Chandler, claiming she might disclose

Erin’s whereabouts.

Hence, Osborn immediately summoned Chandler to the detention center. In fact, even if Osborn hadn’t called him, he would have come on

his own anyway.

Now, facing Tessa’s feigned ignorance, Osborn wore a stern expression and loudly demanded, “Until when will you resist, Tessa

us where Erin is right now!”

were filled with a chilling coldness as he stared at Tessa. He requested, “Osborn, please leave first and let

Tessa for a

a glance, nodded, and

left, Chandler spoke again, “Now you can talk.”

should I say?” Tessa looked up and asked with

his cool. A barely noticeable curve formed

three words impassively, “You’re so ugly.”

burst out cursing. “You vile man! How dare you call me ugly? Who do think is responsible for how I look now? It’s you! It’s all because of you

had told Chandler about the unfortunate events she’d experienced in the

gloomy Tessa, Chandler coldly said. “Stop deceiving yourself. Initially, I thought your misfortune

but now I just want

words made Tessa’s eyes turn red with anger as she gasped for breath. She cruelly said, “I regret not letting a group of thugs have their way with Erin! It was too kind of me

punch Tessa’s mouth! He was standing there merely to engage in a psychological battle with Tessa to see whose defenses

Erin’s whereabouts, simply wanting to torment Chandler mentally. He wouldn’t fall for her tricks, but her words still made him boil with

But now I guess you’re not even the one who throws punches anymore, are you?” Tessa looked unbothered and disinterested. Her expression was clearly provoking, as if she were taunting Chandler to go ahead and kill her if he dared. That infuriating look of

his willpower to contain the intense hatred and fury surging within him. He wished he could beat Tessa to death. The two

afraid that he couldn’t control himself. At any moment, he might rush out, seize Osborn’s gun, and blow Tessa’s head off right there!

kill me but you’re holding yourself back I must say, this

the moment.

He calmly said. “Since you’ll be sentenced to death anyway, there’s no need for me to dirty my hands. You’re not worthy enough for me to end

expected, his words infuriated Tessa, and once again, she lost control of her emotions. “Let me tell you the truth, Chandler! Erin is already dead! If you want to

five minutes as he stood there. They stared each other down, wanting nothing

than to kill

hate me

child I love?”

genuine confusion and helplessness shook Tessa. To Chandler, she was as insignificant as if she were an ant. It

belong to the same world.