The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 801 Nothing Like Yours

When he came back, she hurried to pour him a glass of juice. “Well? What did Tess say?”

The word “Tess” slipped from Artemis‘ lips, softer than she meant it to. It was her way of pretending, if only for a heartbeat, that she could live with the girl’s existence.

She spoke softly, trying to seem kind and understanding in front of Dale.

C

Finished

After all, ever since the Ashen Pact had run into trouble, Dale’s patience with her had been wearing thin…

She was afraid that if things kept going this way, their relationship would start to fall apart.

Yet even when she called Tessa’s name so gently, Dale’s expression didn’t soften in the slightest.

Instead, his gaze on her grew deeper–and filled with scrutiny.

He had never looked at her that way before; it was as if she had done something unforgivable, and he was trying to see right through her.

Artemis felt a chill crawl up her spine under that stare. “Wh–why are you looking at me like that?”

“Nothing,” Dale said flatly.

His reply hit like a blade. People always find something to doubt–especially the ones they love.

No one had ever mentioned in front of him whether Lina and Lana looked like him or not.

Sure, the twins weren’t lookers–but every parent thinks their kids are perfect, no matter what anyone else says.

And since they were twins, he’d always assumed their features were just the result of sharing nutrients in the womb–one taking from the other, leaving both a little imperfect.

they weren’t his… that had never

Lewis and Silas had said it–that sentence like a dagger, “Their features look nothing

words pierced Dale’s chest like

children… don’t look like me? He had never thought about it before. But now, as he looked at Artemis–her face beginning to show the traces of age–he couldn’t find any resemblance between her and the twins

1/3

14:22 Fri, Oct 24

Nothing

Finished

her, and though she didn’t know what was

him and took his

his gaze, his eyes were full of frost.

icy stare–made Artemis‘

eyes locked on her; he didn’t miss a single

her face froze, a cold glint flashed through

don’t they look like

either?”

the kids should at least

that Dale thought about it, Lina and Lana looked like

accepted that they didn’t resemble

one after another–each like a thunderclap splitting her

you

children don’t look like us? Why would he suddenly ask something

her, and instead of being

breathing turned shallow. “Dale, what… what

Not his children…

innocence,

might one day ask that very question–because the children truly

had. She thought the danger had passed.

Ever since she came to Redwood, she had thrown the entire Ashen Pact