The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 822 DNA Drama Incoming

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Artemis frowned when she caught him staring at her like that. “Why are you looking at me that way?”

“Where’s Tessa?” he asked coldly. Hadn’t we agreed he would bring Tessa back with him?

“She’s not coming back,” Dale said flatly.

“What?” Artemis‘ voice rose. “Not coming back? Why not?”

That little brat–Artemis had already given in, allowed her to return home; what more did she want? If she refused to come back, what was going to happen to the mess surrounding Ashen Pact? Artemis‘ face darkened.

She walked over and sat beside Dale. “You, as her father, went to get her yourself, and she still wouldn’t come back?”

Dale pressed his aching temples between his fingers.

All he could hear echoing in his head were Tessa’s words—accusing Artemis of cheating, claiming the twins weren’t his.

The pain in his head roared like thunder; he felt like he might explode.

“What does she want, then?” Artemis snapped, her tone sharp now.

Just ten minutes before Dale had returned, she’d gotten another call–one of her resource sites had been taken.

And the person behind it wasn’t Marie or Derrick… it was Victor, the man with Tessa.

She had originally planned to deal with that girl once Dale brought her home.

In other words…

them and Victor, then

the slightest feeling for her, Artemis didn’t believe he would continue attacking

After all…

enemies were growing in number, but the

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off, Derrick and Marie would naturally follow; Victor himself would make sure of it, as long as he didn’t

now Dale

only kept looking

are you staring at me like that? I asked

said after a long pause. “She just doesn’t want to

grew shrill. “This is her home! She’d give up her own family for

warmth in her face drained away, replaced by an icy glint in her eyes–one Dale

at her, his face hardening. “Home? Who besides you and your children even see

he realized something bitter, he had fathered many children, but the only ones who still saw Black Mountain as home were Artemis‘–and even among them… there might be

a curse, circling endlessly, impossible to

grew colder

the edge of mockery in his tone, Artemis

come back,” she said sharply. “Are you trying to say

He was

“Don’t go too far! I never said they couldn’t come home. You’ve seen how I’ve treated Dan all these years! And Tessa–she’s not even in Redwood! You expect me to chase her down to Rivermount and

grew more agitated with

birth to them. But my sincerity has never been returned; and now you’re saying it’s my

said nothing, but the look in his eyes was

world started to crumble–when their interests and power slipped

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