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?

did

Marry him?

the hell was that? What kind of twisted new

Stella’s brain froze completely.

full few minutes to sputter, “You–you said

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said you’d marry

had to

just heard Tessa say she wanted

was ready to die.

How bad was it?

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level of secondhand embarrassment

so mortified she couldn’t

swallowed hard, took several deep breaths to steady her nerves,

no. This was

don’t even want this mouth

these hands, for

get rid of whatever part of her brain kept making her lose

she be

in her own misery, a lightbulb suddenly

really have to wonder–were all those little ‘accidents‘ just buildup

No way…

it. And

on. “Then why were you always pulling Victor’s

be real with me–back when you unbuckled his belt at

all lining up–it

chaos. But now, it

had feelings for Victor, how could she explain that

a straight

short–circuited. “I swear I’m not! Stella, how could you not believe me?

Even if you were, I’d still think

the unconditional

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