The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 567

Chapter 557 Dangerous Deals and Deepening Doubts

What the hell?

Lewis had spoken too fast–by the time the words left his mouth, he realized he’d messed up. “Ah, no, wait -I didn’t mean it like that.”

Ugh, seriously?

Tessa was speechless.

What did he mean, just act cute? Was she supposed to act sweet around Victor?

Yeah… no. That’s not happening.

She couldn’t be bothered to argue with Lewis. Since Victor had asked to see her, she couldn’t really refuse.

On the way to the study, she glanced over at Lewis. “So who’s the one investigating whether I’m a spy?”

“Me.”

“You?”

Tessa gave him a sideways look, lips twitching in disbelief.

She’d met most of Victor’s close associates–and in her eyes, Lewis was probably the least reliable of them all.

Lewis nodded seriously. “Yep. It’s me.”

Great. Of course it’s him.

“And? How’s the investigation going?”

ま

She already had a headache over the whole thing. Now that she knew Lewis was in charge of clearing her name, she honestly wasn’t sure she had a future at all.

This guy could easily ruin my life.

Lewis gave her a straight–faced reply. “Everything points to you being a spy.

Tessa nearly lost it.

to hold it in. She’d seen that fierce look in Lewis’s eyes before, and frankly, it scared her.

else

They reached the study.

in, still

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of the door, he lifted his gaze, cold and sharp. “You called

Finished

was–that edge to Victor’s voice. The kind you’d expect from someone who lived with a knife

to Abraham’s people, it

a small nod.

did you know I

do? She called her several times a day

it before. So why bring

not… you’re not thinking Stella’s the reason I’m a spy, are

Tessa eyed him carefully.

Victor even suspects Stella, then I’m

be doubted, then who the

“You? You think you’re capable of pulling someone like her

Tessa swallowed hard.

pull. But did he

not suspecting Stella, I don’t care. So–what do you want? Just

about the whole spy accusation

after finding out Lewis was in charge of investigating–there

he’s handling it, there’s zero

took a drag from his cigarette. “Have you accepted the fact that your

do I

instantly

it was true,

still didn’t get it. How could her mother be

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