The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 813 Evie’s About to Explode

Every time those two met, sparks flew; neither ever backed down, and neither ever spared the other a sharp word.

Marie scoffed. “I told him she’s his future sister–in–law–of course, he’ll protect her. What, you expect me to do it?”

Stella blinked. “Wait, what?”

That didn’t sound right at all.

“Rianne… she’s not actually with Eddie,” Stella said carefully.

Marie waved her off. “Who cares if she is or isn’t? We’ll just say she is. Right now, the goal is to keep Rianne safe.”

Stella sucked in a sharp breath.

“And when Evie finds out the truth later, are you sure he won’t chase you around the globe for it?”

Evie’s temper–now that was something else.

He had the build and the dark looks of a fighter; and his temper matched. Every time Eddie mentioned that sister of his, it was always with frustration.

Marie said breezily, “We’ll deal with that when the time comes. Just send Rianne’s information to Evie.”

“Alright…”

Hearing how unconcerned Marie sounded, Stella couldn’t help worrying for her.

Those two were always setting traps for each other—had been since they were kids—but this time… this time, the pit Marie dug for Evie felt dangerously deep. She just hoped Evie wouldn’t bury her in it once he realized.

Marie brushed it off. “Relax. Once she and Tempest start tearing into each other, she won’t even have time to worry about whether I set her up.”

If Evie spent all that time protecting his supposed sister–in–law, only to find out she wasn’t actually one, he’d lose his mind.

he snapped, reasoning with

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he and Tempest would be at each other’s throats, fighting to the

have time to think about

“Uh…” Stella muttered.

when she put it that way, she wasn’t wrong. Once Evic and Tempest started that inevitable chaos, there’d be

send Evie

Something told her Rianne’s situation

Tessa’s.

caused too much trouble only

a different story; given her past with Tempest, it

or not she was his favorite, Tempest had

ready to walk away now, but Tempest… could he

course, had no clue about any

Tempest inevitably faced off, it would be bloody—no doubt about

and by the time Dale

her out. Yes, out to have

while he entertained her, he’d also set his people moving with deadly precision on matters concerning the Ashen

mere hours, the Ashen Pact had suffered another major loss; the whole Morris family was losing

elders of the Ashen Pact were furious, directing

barely finished a meeting with them before

find Tessa-

told, “She slept in too long, so our boss took

Dale went completely silent.

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words, his face turned the color of

in chaos; every half

didn’t even want to think about it–thinking about it might

was desperate to put out fires, yet he