The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 729 A Truth Withheld

At that moment, Stella’s question carried a trace of hopelessness.

“Yeah,” Tessa replied. “Victor came to get me.”

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Victor had taken her away from Marie, and yet Stella hadn’t known. She’d been insisting all along that Dan had kidnapped her?

Oh, God…

Meanwhile, Abraham was still cooling off. It took him more than twenty minutes under a cold shower before he finally stepped out of the bathroom, a white towel wrapped around his waist, droplets of water trailing from his damp hair down over his shoulders and along the ridges of his abs. His whole presence was icy, restrained, and dangerously enticing.

Stella had just hung up the call with Tessa.

When she saw Abraham emerge, she was about to question him when her eyes caught on the sight of him–her throat worked instinctively as she swallowed.

Heaven help her. From opening her heart to getting pregnant, she had barely had a handful of experiences with him. She had no resistance at all.

Seeing her staring at him in a daze, the man chuckled softly. “Like what you see?”

Stella nodded. “Yeah.”

Her honesty only made his smile deepen. “Want to touch?”

“Of course… No! I mean, no,” Stella blurted, nodding and then shaking her head in a rush.

He had already spent half an hour in the shower. If she touched him again, he’d need another thirty minutes under cold water.

Abraham walked over to the sofa, picked up his robe, and slipped it on, letting the towel drop. Those long, lean legs of his were enough to spark endless imagination.

He lifted the blanket on the other side of the bed and lay down, but he didn’t pull her into his arms right away–his body was still chilled, and he didn’t want her to catch cold.

But Stella wriggled over and pressed herself against him anyway. He held her head in place with a firm hand.

around so much,

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“Okay.”

trying to tease him—just finding a comfortable position

Abraham murmured. “I’m cold

let

to hold you. Let me

catch a

“I won’t.”

really be under

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push her off. Truth was, he couldn’t bear to. He

I need to ask you

spot against him, she lifted her

at the way she called him husband. His gaze softened,

just called me,”

”

fell between them. Abraham looked at

pout. “You knew. She tried

voice carried growing accusation. Since when had

sat up and pulled her with

it on purpose,”

“What?”

done something wrong, and he

he explained, “you would’ve told your sister.

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to go

“…” Stella blinked.