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.”

When she looked at him, there wasn’t

when you faced your closest kin, you’d

bond.

with Dale, she felt

told her her eyes looked just like his, Tessa had always

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she wasn’t

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

Dale went silent.

said that, his expression

to keep the conversation

be this heartless?” Dale’s voice was

to see her, this

out a short,

a word. You sure you’re qualified to use

Dale, for a businessman, your math is impressive; your self–serving

his was practically bouncing off her face. And he had the nerve

whole body went

met his icy gaze. That look wasn’t the look of a

the rumors were true after all. Dale really

were just nuisances in

All these years…

And he still expects me

lips curved into a sharp smirk. “I’d suggest you get yourself checked out at

Dale said nothing.

be infertile,”

thunderous. The air around him seemed to drop

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