The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 784 Tessa Did It First

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Stella had been about to head upstairs to rest when she noticed Rianne had left her phone behind.

She was on her way out to return it when she saw the scene in the entryway.

In an instant, everyone present was frozen in shock.

The corner of Stella’s mouth twitched as she took in the sight, Rianne on the floor in front of Eddie, clutching his waist with both arms.

Her mind immediately flashed to that morning, when Eddie had clung to her legs…

She thought back to that moment outside Verdant Villa, when Tessa had slipped and ended up clutching Victor’s belt for dear life.

Those two…

It was no wonder they were both her closest friends.

She’d always believed that two completely opposite personalities could never truly get along, yet here was living proof to the contrary.

Rianne usually carried herself with such composure, but right now-

Eddie’s expression grew darker by the second as he stared down at her clinging to his waist. The corner of his mouth twitched. “What are you doing?”

His brows lifted. “Trying to seduce me?”

Rianne’s face turned black after his words.

“I wasn’t, I just-”

But Eddie had dropped his usual careless smirk; his face was darkening fast.

that, Stella rushed forward and grabbed

“Rianne, let go. Quickly.”

her dearest friend, pulling a stunt just

snapped back to

off Eddie’s waist as

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husband, right? He’s in the study. You should go,” Stella said

straightened, smoothing his

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lifted back to Stella, the sharp edge there

smirked. “Well, well, you’re calling him your husband

across

he went again–always had

When his gaze slid back to Rianne, though, it carried something

his mind, an old photograph flashed–eyes

almost predatory, made Rianne instinctively edge behind Stella for

he simply turned and

residence, Rianne’s heart still

after Stella like a chastened bride, quiet and uneasy, all the way

getting in, she caught Stella’s

she could speak, Stella cut her off. “I

that scene just now… had been pretty heated to

I was going to say?”

exact

his

do I have? On my way in, I saw

that moment, Rianne felt completely

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