The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 769 Never In Line Anyway

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As Victor and Maric pressed harder and harder, Manny held back from losing his temper at Dan, only because he realized Dan was already taking the heaviest blows.

Still, his tone was sharp. “Didn’t you used to have a thing with that Marie? Why is she coming at you so viciously?”

He was ready to explode. Tessa really wasn’t in our hands, she wasn’t!

Why couldn’t these people understand that? Yet somehow, the blame for her disappearance had all been dumped onto Ashen Pact. How does that make any sense?

If Manny hadn’t brought up that old entanglement, Dan might have stayed calm; but the moment it was mentioned, his face darkened instantly.

He shot Manny a chilling glare.

“What? Why are you looking at me like that?” Manny bristled. “I’m asking you straight—do you even know how to handle a woman?”

“I heard that when you went to Falvaria, she married Derrick. Is that true?”

Dan’s expression went blank. How had I never noticed before that this bastard Manny had such a talent for stabbing people right in the heart? Every syllable he flung at me sliced straight into my chest, each one a blade that stole my breath.

His fury burned so hot it hurt.

“Worry about yourself.”

“I’m saying all of this could be because of you and that woman. We’re the ones paying for it, don’t you get that?”

Seeing Dan lose his temper, Manny snapped right back. What the heck kind of mess is this?

At that, Dale seemed to wake from a dream.

He suddenly remembered Dan’s time in Falvaria with Marie.

Dale snorted coldly. “Stop saying that, I say this is all your doing.”

“Exactly!” Manny jumped in.

they realized this tidal wave crashing over Ashen Pact might have started with Dan’s personal affairs, both Dale and Manny nearly

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769 Never in Line

is this supposed to be?

say it’s because

He didn’t care.

“You-” Dale began.

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it!” Manny barked. “Do you even know how to coax a

talked, the hotter he

added his voice. “Whatever’s between you

ought to learn from Dad how to

Dale froze.

The air went still.

his gaze on Manny–so cold it was as though he

mirthless laugh. “You’re right; I really should learn from him. Only, his kind

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He paused.

kind of talent- who knows

The air froze again.

last line–coaxing his

been implying in

He walked out.

an entire glass of water, but it did nothing to ease the heaviness

more and

he meant by those words? Especially that last part, it carried the sting of

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