The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 744 Tangled Worries

“Then should we be harsher?” Marie asked through clenched teeth.

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Derrick’s lashes lowered, the sharp glint in his eyes hidden in shadow. Harsh? They had already bled the Ashen Pact half to death.

But after a moment, his lips curved faintly. “Harsher, then.”

And so, the two reached an unspoken accord.

Their strikes fell without pause, ruthless and unrelenting, hammering the Ashen Pact with no room to breathe. The message was simple: hand Tessa over, or choke on the pressure.

Meanwhile in Falvaria, Stella couldn’t shake her unease.

“Abraham!” she called.

“Hm?” He lifted his eyes from the papers in his hand, a faint smirk tugging when she flinched and corrected herself.

“…Husband.”

She still slipped sometimes. After all, she had called him by name her whole life.

Now she lay propped against pillows, too heavy with the weight of triplets to do much more than rest.

Abraham sat nearby, documents balanced in one hand, the other reaching over to smooth her hair when she spoke. He rarely left her side now–especially after the business with the pregnancy test.

Her voice was small. “It doesn’t feel right. About Melissa.”

He raised a brow. “What about her?”

handle it. But…” Stella shook her

into something deeper, steadier. “What people show you is never all there is. Everyone hides a face no one else

he mean Melissa’s performance might have been a mask? That the innocent confusion she’d shown was nothing

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did fit better into the role of someone

yet… Stella’s chest tightened. Something still didn’t

“Sleep,” Abraham murmured.

can’t.” Her mind

“Then let Abel dig. When the truth is clear, you can

flickered in her eyes. If Abel was watching,

“Sleep now,” he coaxed.

if you hold

like a child, not wanting to think, not wanting to

his phone buzzed. Abraham’s gaze darkened. He hung up immediately, easing her against the pillow before stepping into the hall to take

the door even closed, her own phone vibrated. The sound

mumbled, rubbing

uneasy,” came Tessa’s voice, tight

“Uneasy? Why?”

I’ve been with Victor this whole time–she’ll

“… Most likely,

her teeth. “This whole mess started because of

Stella said quietly, “the board’s been set. None of us can stop the pieces from playing

“Then Marie…”