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.

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Lewis like

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expect him to hand her over? What

eyes sharp and focused. “Have someone follow

was no way they’d get

Silas nodded. “Understood.”

Lewis was baffled.

knew where she was, why bother tailing

had to fight, shouldn’t they at least try

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an island thousands of miles away

and a wide–brimmed

her, lugging a fishing net over

lips curled into

panting like a

heavy fishing net onto the sand with a

hit the ground with a

eyes full of

an

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

instantly deflated

dramatically into the sand, wrapping both arms around Marie’s

you! I can’t eat one more fish, I’m gonna

Tessa burst into tears.

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

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she’d done nothing but run–dragged out of

island.

morning–five full hours of running. Tessa felt like her

knew exactly how many palm trees lined

Afternoon runs, Evening

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