The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 552 No Turning Back

That night, Derrick hadn’t slept a wink.

And for what?

How was Stella’s heart made, anyway? They’d grown up together, and yet she somehow developed feelings for another man?

Just thinking about it made Derrick furious.

Abraham narrowed his eyes, coldly meeting Derrick’s gaze. “You think Marie alone can help you get everything back?”

“At least I don’t need to rein her in,” Derrick gritted out. “I’ll let her tear the Tom family apart.

Tear it apart? That was putting it mildly.

Those murderers had lived comfortably for far too long–it was time they paid.

Abraham took a sip from a nearby cup–pink, obviously Stella’s.

Derrick huffed and turned his head away. “I’m letting the whole Stella thing go.”

Abraham’s voice turned deeper, more loaded. “Have you ever considered why your father brought that woman into the Tom family in the first place?”

Derrick’s eyes narrowed. “What do you mean?”

Abraham said calmly, “From what I know, your father didn’t even love that woman much. Yet he still let her into the family. Why?”

Why, indeed?

At their level, ninety percent of marriages were about profit and power.

If that woman had no background, how could she have entered the Tom family so easily?

They were obsessed with matching status and bloodlines.

And yet after Derrick’s mother passed, that woman was brought in without resistance..

Man

Derrick’s breath quickened. “It’s because she had tricks. She seduced that old bastard until he lost his mind.”

“You really think your father’s that kind of man?”

Derrick snapped, “If not, then what are you trying to say?”

he was really

line. Anyone who brought

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calmly.

respond. He simply stared

stop

want to hear

set the cup down, replying coolly, “Then why is Kelly still

Kelly.

That woman’s daughter.

over the years, Holt had never fully

had acted for

Finished

had happened. He was

He’d endured. Hidden. Waited.

knew what happened three years ago to finally push him over the

he’d openly

had no

matter–Marie alone is enough. Stay

adjusted the cuff of his shirt

stay out of it or not–he

happened three years ago.

the things

thinking about Holt made something

want the mining

Derrick froze. “!!”

Pagena’s mine?

Holt’s lifeline! Abraham was practically going for the

Derrick’s gaze darkened. “You-”

one site.

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