The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 718

Chapter 718 A Thorn That Won’t Heal

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Outside the door, Lewis knocked. “Ms. Tessa, I think you’d better not stay in the room. Come sit

with me.”

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Tessa: “…” Sit with him, only to keep hearing those ridiculous videos about bathing plush toys like babies? Absolutely not.

“Ms. Tessa?”

She had wanted to call Marie, but with Lewis pestering her, she finally gave up and dragged herself out.

“Stop shouting, I’m coming!”

Why did he insist on calling her Ms. Tessa anyway? Did she not have a last name? Completely incomprehensible.

Reluctantly, she sat with him in the living room.

The sound of baby–care tutorials still played from his phone, grating on her nerves.

Tessa snatched up her own phone. If she was going to endure this, she might as well chat with Stella. Of everyone, Stella had the most free time now–back at the Dawson family, she had nothing at all to do.

“Turn it down. I’m making a call,” Tessa muttered, annoyed.

“All right,” Lewis said, obediently lowering the volume. For once, he wasn’t unbearable.

Satisfied, Tessa dialed Stella’s number.

Abraham had rushed back to the Dawson estate the moment he heard.

He entered quietly, just as Stella’s phone buzzed on the nightstand.

She was asleep, her breathing soft.

hardly a sound. Picking up

home, his mother had told him

call was from

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Abraham answered. “Hello.”

“Ah–it’s you, Abraham.”

flustered, almost

something from

important. Is she

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voice in a long while. Ever since Marie had taken her to the island,

Just a little drowsy from the

she’s sleeping then? I won’t

Hurriedly, she hung up.

always been intimidating, but even over the phone,

pressure.

line went dead, Abraham glanced at the

with a stack of documents for the study. Spotting him

already in Noctarth?”

nodded. “Yes. He should be there by

closed his eyes

was furious with Dan. She’s made a move on the

Mines.”

eyes snapped open, sharp as

bowed his head. “What Dan did to Marie back then… his survival has always been a thorn

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A thorn, yes.

still lived, the

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