Reclaiming Her Heart

Chapter 981 Just Used Him As a Pawn in Her Game

Tessa propped her chin up, glued to the news online, then grinned, "Oh, by the way, I'm gonna take Raymond some dinner. Heard he's still burning the midnight oil, poor guy." Wind's face fell when he heard that.

Tessa grabbed the lunchbox next to her and bounced out the door.

Wind watched her leave, his eyes full of longing.

The Smith family had trusted him to protect Tessa, a big deal for him. He was their head of security and the best in the biz.

But he broke the rules; he had feelings for Tessa.

Even though Tessa was super tough on her enemies, she always spoke in this sweet, innocent tone.

She was a walking contradiction, and that made her even more appealing.

But he knew Tessa didn't feel the same; she just saw him as a piece on her chessboard. Still, he couldn't help but feel happy.

When Tessa got to the Montague Group, it was already 11 PM.

Raymond had just taken the elevator down to the underground parking lot. He'd wrapped up a meeting and was loosening his tie, looking impatient. Raymond asked, "Any updates from Grandpa's side on the investigation?"

John replied, "Mr. Montague, the special task force is on it, but even with all those people, they haven't found any leads."

quiet; he

what was up with William. If

cigarette but heard John say, "Ms. Cooper's been trending on a bunch of

and through the

the underground garage. As they passed the

like a lunchbox. John figured

top floor, you needed

was about to hit the gas when Raymond said, "Tell the receptionist to let her up

was stunned. If Tessa showed up at the Montague Group a few more times, everyone would know about them in no time. Raymond was

it went out, he leaned back and took the cigarette out of his

to see her ex when you were in a tough spot, what do you think she's up to?" Raymond had been stewing over this for days and finally blurted out the question

she still can't forget her first love after all this time, it means she doesn't like me at all." That's

when it came to

done anything. Admitting this to himself felt like

finished, he realized Raymond might be talking about

paused for a few seconds, then quickly tried to backtrack, "But if we're talking about Ms. Cooper, it's different. I just don't think she'd do something like that." Raymond asked,

Mr. Montague, why

Raymond got out and told John, "Keep pushing the special task

John nodded, "Got it."

John drove the car to the parking