The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

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Tessa didn’t press the issue, after all, Lewis, despite his overactive imagination, could be incredibly rigid.

Who knew what kind of instructions Victor had given him?

For all she knew, the guy might actually insist on following her to the bathroom.

God… Her brain just completely shut down. Why would Victor assign someone like this? If the situation was really that serious, couldn’t he at least have sent a female bodyguard?

But then again, thinking about her current relationship with Victor, Tessa figured it wasn’t her place to make too many demands.

Given the circumstances… she’d just skip the nap.

She shot Lewis a glare but said nothing.

The cook came over with her medicine. “Ms. Miller, here’s the medication to take after your meal.”

“Thank you.”

Tessa thanked her politely.

The two maids Silas had hired were dismissed by Victor.

Apparently, he’d said they couldn’t even manage to help her change clothes or administer medicine properly, totally useless.

Tessa felt a little bad about that.

She hadn’t expected that her feverish confusion and lack of cooperation would end up costing people their jobs.

So now, with this new dose of medicine, she took it obediently, drank it all down in one go.

“In a bit… never mind, I’ll get it myself.”

She’d been about to ask the cook to bring her a blanket, but stopped herself.

She wasn’t some pampered heiress anymore.

There was still a tough battle ahead; starting now, she had to do everything she could for herself.

She went upstairs, fetched a blanket, and came back down to curl up on the sofa, draping it over her legs.

constant surveillance, there was no way she could nap in

room.

sat down on

“Can you go

she just wanted him to keep some distance; stop staring at

his head.

13:16 Fri, 29 Aug

9 Aug

Nap

Tessa was stunned.

was

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faced the back of the

all the things Lewis had just said, even without seeing him, she

was like a thorn pressing into her

on for half an hour–neither of them

head and caught Lewis still staring straight at her, completely

don’t have to

for her to get

fever, and Lewis’s presence was only

to my

Tessa was stunned again.

so unless Victor says otherwise, he’s

finally giving in. She picked up her

she could dial, Lewis spoke up. “You’re calling

she said

bother Stella

people weren’t about to take orders

probably shouldn’t call

Tessa raised an eyebrow.

this afternoon. He might be

of Tessa’s mouth

that case, there was no way she’d dare call Victor now; absolutely

the