The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 656 Twenty–Seven Days of Hell

“Pick her up in twenty–seven days, Derrick said.

Victor’s voice tightened. “Twenty–seven days?”

“Mm.”

Victor went silent.

He a

over at Silas.

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Silas and Lewis both looked exhausted–clearly none of them had rested in days, still scouring the world for Tessa.

Victor recalled what Abraham had said earlier. Watch Derrick closely.

He really had seen it all coming.

Victor had assumed Derrick and Marie’s marriage was nothing but a joke. But now? They were clearly the real deal.

Just as Victor opened his mouth to ask more, Derrick hung up.

Victor’s eyes darkened.

Twenty–seven days?

Like how Marie trained Stella back then?

But Tessa wasn’t Stella. Even if neither of them had prior training, Stella had grown up at Abraham’s side–she’d been exposed to all that from a young age. Even if she hadn’t participated, Abraham had taken her along to training bases for fun.

Tessa, though? She’d never even seen that kind of world. What if she literally got scared to death?

Thinking about how skittish she’d been recently, Victor felt a dull pulse pounding at his. temples.

“Mr. Derrick knows

“Mm,” Victor replied irritably.

for? Can’t we just go to Mr. Derrick and ask for

Lewis like he’d grown

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Tessa? And expect him to hand her over?

eyes sharp and

they’d get her back

Silas nodded. “Understood.”

Lewis was baffled.

knew Derrick knew where she was, why bother

they at least try to extract

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on an island thousands of miles away from

on a beach chair, wearing oversized sunglasses and a

off. Tessa stumbled toward her, lugging a fishing net over one

curled into

was panting like

Marie, she flung the heavy fishing net onto the sand with a thud right next. to

hit the ground with

eyes

an angry

the bucket stuffed with fish and giggled, handing over her lemon water. “See?

instantly deflated at

Marie stood, Tessa collapsed dramatically into the

you! I can’t eat one more fish,

Tessa burst into tears.

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Twenty–Seven

she was exhausted. So, so exhausted. Marie’s training was

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but run–dragged out of bed at 5 AM

island.

around the island every morning–five full hours of running. Tessa

point, she knew exactly how many palm trees lined

runs. Afternoon