The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 448 Nosebleed Alert

Chapter 448 Nosebleed Alert

Tessa: “The moment I was in his arms, I knew.”

Her brain… couldn’t keep up.

Stella was starting to realize that talking to Tessa without at least double the normal brainpower was a recipe for disaster.

“So why were you in his arms?”

Wasn’t she supposed to be scared of him? How did she end up in his arms?

Now it was Tessa’s turn to go quiet. The silence on the other end of the line was deafening.

“Ugh, it’s too complicated to explain right now.”

Honestly, even Tessa didn’t know how to put it into words. Saying it out loud was way too exhausting.

Because

Because the full story? Way too long.

Stella: “Uh… should I just imagine what happened?”

“Imagine nothing! Just forget it!”

What was there to imagine?! Who knew what kind of wild scenarios Stella’s imagination might cook up?

Ugh, she was gonna lose her mind…

Back in the room Victor had been in, after Tessa ran off, his lips stayed curled in that devil–may–care smirk.

Especially with that lingering sweet scent in his arms–it made the gleam in his eyes even more dangerous.

Their chat quickly veered toward Rianne’s accident and hospitalization.

Tessa froze.

accident? What happened?

What on earth?

row hit Stella like a freight

had been perfectly fine. Now suddenly Rianne wanted to go

something happen between

the timing, it was hard not to

of

you still make it back to

own momentary

“As of

of staying in

that, Tessa felt almost entirely sure that something had gone down between

happened, would Rianne be in such a rush to

of it, she

just keep an eye on her

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Chapter 448 Nosebleed Alert

afar. She wasn’t in Rivermount,

Stella: “Got it.”

They hung up.

rattled. That’s when a

Victor…

“Tessa.”

from

made Tessa feel her body heat spiral out

slid

wiped at it. What the–was that a

down. Her smoky–gray loungewear had a huge red

nosebleed had started a while

“I’m coming, I’m coming!”

Why was she

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wiped beneath her nose until there was no more blood,