The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 740 Must Stay by His Side

The way Victor held her so tightly, if the juice spilled, it would drench them both.

In the end, Tessa’s timid wriggling stopped, leaving her breathless and at his mercy.

Finished

Only when her chest rose and fell too quickly did he finally release her, lips curling. “Not bad. Sweet. Tastes like oranges.”

Her checks flushed crimson.

If not for her inconvenient timing, she was sure this man would have already torn her again.

apart

Victor’s hand squeezed her thigh, his warm breath brushing her neck as his voice dropped to a husky whisper. “I’ll deal with you in a few days.”

“Four,” she blurted.

Victor: “…”

“Yesterday was the first day,” she added quickly.

The moment the words left her mouth, her face burned hotter. Oh god–why had she said that out loud? It sounded like she was anticipating it herself.

Heaven knew she wasn’t…

Somehow, she had already grown used to Victor, forgetting that all of this had begun as a transaction.

Maybe because when it came to this, he was always so overbearing.

“I… can I call Marie?” she mumbled, desperate to change the subject.

tell me–are you more worried about Marie’s anxiety, or your

faltered. The

she cared more about her mother’s

“It just feels wrong, using her like this,”

out a low chuckle, eyes softening with amusement. “Morality? That’s

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her lip. “But

Finished

the

the organization down, giving Diana

leaning on Marie’s care for her–Tessa felt

she asked

Marie really was at risk, she would tell her everything and beg her to

could go to the Ashen Pact herself, stall them if

calmly. “No one in the Ashen Pact dares touch her. She’s the Dawson family’s true–born princess. Unless they want to be erased

wasn’t Madam Evelyn striking at them now

Tessa’s heart

eyes lingered on her. “But you–going to the Ashen Pact? You wouldn’t stall them. You’d hand them the

the

she’d taken something they had long sought above all

now, she’d be no more than bait, a bargaining

can do

voice broke on

ironic? The Ashen Pact was her blood kin, yet because of them, she had no right to

sting

time, his kiss was softer,

from her eyes, unbidden. She had never imagined her life would end