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Weren’t they about to start fighting? How did things change so drastically in just a few minutes?

Marie glanced at Stella and hissed, “Huh? You think Derrick, that bastard, is up to something shady?”

Of course he is.

Otherwise, how could someone change so fast? Marie didn’t buy it not at all.

Stella nodded. “Yeah, definitely something shady.”

Just within one hour.

Everything had flipped. Dan, who was basically a stranger to Marie now, suddenly started acting all affectionate with her over the phone.

No doubt about it…

“And that black–hearted Dan even trashed me during the call.”

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He knew Derrick was right there and still said it on purpose.

Wasn’t he clearly trying to make Derrick think she, Marie, had stolen those documents to give to Dan?

At the mention of Dan, Stella didn’t even know what to say.

Thankfully, Marie still had her wits about her and didn’t fall for it just because of what Dan said.

Marie smacked her forehead. “How could this man be so filthy inside?”

They’d had something in the past, for god’s sake.

And now he was throwing her under the bus like this–was that really necessary?

And what did he even gain from it? If Derrick came after her, how would that help him?

Did he even realize that Derrick had been driven into a rage monster by Abraham over the past few years?

If Donnick an

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If Derrick snapped, he wasn’t going to hold back.

how Derrick had actually brought weapons when he came to

Marie was ready to crush Dan with her bare hands,

again, threw in one more blow.

“Exactly. Was I blind back then? How did I fall

that?”

earlier, she still had a bit of lingering

But now…

this, Stella

)

was a daughter of the Dawson family. She

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someone wasn’t worth it, she knew how

if Derrick wants to marry you tomorrow,

the idea in the first place, and Derrick had been pretty riled up at

that the moment her back was turned, he’d

That shift-it was unreal.

she really marry

both gone at each other hard during their arguments. But now that Derrick was the one

she had no clue what kind

Derrick might be cooking up,

started to hesitate.

looked at Stella.

her head without

“No.”

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way, in her

off when Derrick’s

come out of nowhere. It made Marie completely unsure just how dark his

were.

do you think he suddenly wants to

had come

wasn’t naïve enough to believe Derrick had suddenly fallen for

what made Derrick change his mind, which made it hard

Exactly.

plan, trying to tie Derrick down with marriage,

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shift came from Derrick and it clearly carried

chatted, the two of them slowly made their way

door, they were still going back and forth on the

Tessa was being a well–behaved little