The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 795 The Price of Betrayal

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The moment Dan’s words landed, Dale’s fury snapped like a whip. “Well? Did you find Tessa or not?”

Manny turned his gaze on Dan as well.

He had made no progress.

Once, he had dismissed Tessa as nothing but the bastard child of that whore Diana. He never dreamed she would cause such upheaval.

Now Manny, like Lana in her hospital bed, wanted Tessa dead more than anything.

Dan sank into the single sofa, lit a cigarette, and took a drag.

His calmness only stoked their anger.

Dale’s voice rose sharper. “I asked you–did you find her?”

As if searching for Tessa were Dan’s duty alone. At the beginning, Manny had searched with him. Now the burden was being dumped squarely on him.

Dan turned his head toward Manny. “And you? Did you find her?”

“You-”

Manny’s face blackened. Dan was shoving the fire back at him, and he couldn’t stomach it.

Seeing the tension spike again, Dale’s temper boiled over. “This isn’t the time for petty fights! What matters now is finding her and handing her over!”

That word–handing–spat through his clenched teeth.

Dan let out a bitter laugh. “Need I remind you? The one you’re so eager to hand over is your daughter.”

Artemis’s face darkened, and she shot him a furious glare.

Dale’s eyes sharpened into blades. “I don’t need you reminding me of that.”

“With how ruthless you sounded just now, I thought I should remind you anyway.”

Dale’s expression only sank further.

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“We’re all stuck in this together. Do you really want to talk like this right now?”

But he had no patience left. What mattered most was finding Tessa.

Even if they once thought she was nothing but a pretext-

The pressure closing in proved otherwise. If they didn’t produce her soon, the excuse would bury them alive.

So, real or not, they had to find her.

Dan took another slow drag. “Stop looking.”

The room froze.

Dale’s breathing quickened. “What did you just say?”

Stop looking?

Manny’s fury exploded. “Are you insane? You want us all dead faster?”

hadn’t

Manny’s eyes

in. “Dan, whatever grudges you hold, now isn’t the time. Put them

“If Ashen Pact

women had taken the worst losses. Fear had already stripped away their resentment toward Dan. All they wanted

Inside could wait.

now you’re actually doing it? That whore Marie isn’t robbing you anymore? Or did she give back everything she

over.

narrowed, cold

have some skill,” Manny sneered. “Well

him off. A knife whistled across the room and struck his face. Pain exploded

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heavy clang, the military blade clattered

study turned to

in a panic. Manny,

palm was soaked

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sight of the wound–an ugly slash from the corner

“Dan! What are you doing?

narrowed

glare. “Insult her again, and it

Her?

same woman who had spent these days robbing Ashen

retort, but pain

wider, and his words died in a

Manny couldn’t even speak. “Her? You mean Marie? Dan, don’t forget–she’s the one who’s stolen the most from Ashen

turned back to

with blood, the wound vicious and raw. He would carry

foot in rage. “I’ll

flicked the cigarette butt into the ashtray, and

been with Victor the

words hit

left, the others sat

from the pain

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and Artemis

said Tessa’s been with Victor

Artemis nodded grimly.

what the hell have they been doing

it already? She was just a pretext,” Artemis

was what made it terrifying–Tessa had been

us into this disaster. What is she trying to do? Has she let herself be

sharp glance. She didn’t like the way it sounded, but she couldn’t

blood tied her to

this… why didn’t Lana and I finish her when we had the

entire Morris family–and Marie–now knew the truth: Tessa had been

a pretext used to shatter Ashen

even bothering to hide, they had driven knives straight into

lay curled in bed, clutching the

knew,” Tessa said pitifully. “Victor

when she realized

Marie had already gone mad tearing through

then, admitted she was

would have torn

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