817 The Paternity Plot Twist.

Tessa arched a brow. “You didn’t handle it?”

She asked casually, but Dale’s chest tightened. “Lana was seriously injured; she’s still lying in a hospital bed, unable to move.”

“So?”

Seriously injured? By Victor, no doubt…

“So what you’re saying is–she came to kill me, I walked away without a scratch, and she ended up gravely wounded, so that means we just call it even?”

“That’s not what I meant!” Dale’s voice grew tense.

“And the other one–the one still walking freely around the Ashen Pact? What about her?”

Dale fell silent.

The other one… Lina.

For a long time, he hadn’t known the details; and even after he learned the truth, he’d chosen not to say anything. Now that Tessa had brought it up so pointedly, the pounding in his head became unbearable.

“Tess, you’re both my daughters, I—”

He stopped short when he met her eyes. The rest of his words died in his throat.

After a long breath, he said, “Now’s not the time to explain everything. The Ashen Pact’s been in chaos lately.”

“You should tell Mr. Victor not to act against the Ashen Pact anymore-”

“That’s something you’ll have to tell him yourself,” Tessa cut him off, her tone cold. “And for the record, I’m not your daughter.”

looked at him, there wasn’t the faintest flicker of blood–tie

when you faced your closest

bond.

with Dale, she felt

eyes looked just

1/3

that she wasn’t his

wasn’t anger talking–it was instinct. A strong, undeniable

Dale went silent.

said that, his expression

conversation going.

to be this heartless?” Dale’s voice was sharp, colder than she’d ever

see her, this ending was not what he’d imagined. The sting of it twisted

paused, then let out a short, mocking

sure

you can trade your cruelty for my kindness? Mr. Dale, for a businessman, your math is impressive; your self–serving calculations are

bouncing off her face. And

whole body went

back and met his icy gaze. That look wasn’t the look of a father toward his

the rumors were true after all. Dale

of them were just nuisances in his

All these years…

hint of remorse. And he still expects me to feel something because of blood ties? What a

sharp smirk. “I’d suggest

Dale said nothing.

infertile,” Tessa

dark, turned thunderous. The air around him seemed

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