The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

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.

seen that fierce look in Lewis’s eyes before, and frankly, it scared her. So all she could do was shoot him a

wasn’t much else

They reached the study.

stepped in, still

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

Finished

kind you’d expect

people, it was obvious: Stella

gave a small

did you

do? She

never asked about it before. So why bring it

thinking Stella’s the reason I’m a spy,

Tessa eyed him carefully.

Victor even suspects Stella, then I’m really

someone like her can be doubted, then who the

You think you’re capable of

Tessa swallowed hard.

pull. But did he have to say

I don’t care. So–what

wasn’t stressing about the whole spy accusation

after finding out Lewis was in charge of

he’s handling it, there’s zero chance this clears up

“Have you accepted the fact that your mother used to lead

do I

instantly

Stella said it was true, then it

didn’t get it. How could her mother be the former head of Ashen