The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 548 The Slip of the Tongue

Dan’s fiancée was none other than the daughter of Frapucu’s deputy mayor.

Just like that, Dan found himself caught in a deadlock.

Even his usually calm and composed eyes turned

grave.

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Over at the Dawson family’s estate-

Stella was lounging on the couch, chatting with Tessa over the phone. Ever since returning to Falvaria, Tessa had been calling her nonstop.

To be honest, Stella had started getting nervous every time she saw Tessa’s name pop up–because she never knew what kind of disaster was waiting on the other end.

Like right now.

As soon as she answered, the first thing out of her mouth was, “Spill it. What did you strip off Victor this time?”

Tessa’s habit of causing mayhem with a spicy twist was something Stella had long gotten used to.

But more than anything, she worried that one day, Tessa would really push Victor too far.

Tessa: “I didn’t strip him this time.”

Stella let out a huge sigh of relief. “Good, good. As long as you didn’t.”

She was seriously afraid Tessa had peeled something off Victor again. Because when it came to that kind of problem, she had absolutely no way to help clean up the mess.

Just as she began to relax, happy that–for once–Tessa hadn’t created chaos around Victor…

She barely had three seconds of peace before-

Tessa spoke again, voice utterly dead inside: “But I… said I’d marry him.”

…Huh?

wait, wait–what did she say

Marry him?

that? What kind of twisted

Stella’s brain froze completely.

a full few

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you’d marry

had to be

she’d actually just heard Tessa say

groaned, sounding like she was ready to die.

How bad was it?

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was experiencing a level of secondhand embarrassment that made her want to ascend to the

so mortified she couldn’t

swallowed hard, took several deep breaths to steady her nerves, then said, “Hold on,

This was

“I don’t even want

hands, for that

of whatever part of her brain kept making her

could she

wallowed in her own misery, a lightbulb suddenly went off

really have to wonder–were all those

No way…

it. And she was

pressed on. “Then why were you

when you unbuckled his belt at Qianwan, were you already into

was all lining up–it was just too

But now, it was

already had feelings for Victor, how could she explain that accidental slip of

a

how could you not

“Relax. Even if you were,

Thanks for the

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