The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 496 You Think I Wanna Die Too

What if they actually pinned a real charge on me in the end–that’d be it for me. They were already itching to kill me when I was just a spect. If something real came up, they’d probably shoot me on the spot without thinking twice. That thought completely shattered Tessa’s composure.

Victor glanced at her; she said nothing.

The silence only made Tessa more anxious. “I mean, no one’s right a hundred percent of the time, right?”

There was no way she could stake her life on a mistake from his people.

Victor said coldly, “If they’re wrong, they’re dead.”

Tessa was stunned.

So the people doing the digging would die… but what about her

She looked over at Victor and met his dangerous gaze, Swallowing hard, she said nothing in the end.

She finally understood–there was no reasoning with a bandit.

Tessa was starting to unravel. She trudged downstairs, head drooping, with no energy left in her at all.

Silas had acted quickly and already found a chef for the villa, but there were still no other servants.

When the chef saw her, she greeted her respectfully, “Good day, Ms. Tessa

“Mm, hi, Tessa replied weakly.

The chef handed her a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice. “This is for Sir; could you please take it up to his room!”

When Silas brought her here, he had made it very clear–she wasn’t to enter the study or Victor’s bedroom.

He even said it was best if she didn’t go upstairs at all.

But since Victor never came downstairs, the only option was to ask Tessa to deliver it.

The moment the chef asked her to bring the juice to Victor, Tessa’s mind flashed with every bit of trouble she’d stirred up around him over the past few days.

blared in her

no, I’m

wrong with that juice–if Victor had a bad reaction, she’d never be able to clear

enough mishaps with her own hands–now,

there was no way Tessa would get involved with anything related to

The chef blinked, confused.

up yourself,” Tessa

to steer clear of anything that had to do with

allowed in sir’s room or the study… and he told me not to go upstairs,”

tell him to come down and

taking it up there,

chef was stunned. Get him to come

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She wouldn’t dare.

“Or just leave it at his door. No need to go

hesitated, “He said if I touched

went quiet. Things you ‘re not supposed to

the same thing to her before.

Stella had warned her, if you entered Victor’s space without his permission,

can come down and drink it

chef was stunned

Tessa absolutely refused to handle anything related to

to say more, Tessa’s

Tessa answered. “Stella?”

what’s your mom’s connection to Ashen Pact?” Stella asked bluntly over

made Tessa freeze for a

was a proper, law–abiding businesswoman. What connection could she possibly have with an organization like

Pact!

no way

there was any kind of relationship, it would be one where Ashen Pact had captured her–that kind of infuriating

businesswoman like her

puzzled