The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 834

Chapter 834 Not His Fault, Seriously

“Wait–why are you defending Dan?” Marie asked suddenly.

Then it hit her. To be honest, that question had been bugging her this whole time too.

“I’m not defending him,” Derrick said flatly.

His tone carried a mix of helplessness and disbelief.

Marie frowned. “Then why?”

“I’m not; I haven’t!” he said again.

He’d already said he wouldn’t—and had no reason to–but she still kept asking why. Derrick genuinely couldn’t follow her logic anymore.

When he didn’t answer fast enough, Marie waved it off. “Forget it. Doesn’t matter. I’m going to kill him anyway.”

“You haven’t done enough to him already?” Derrick asked dryly.

If anyone had paid a steep price lately, it was Dan—and even the entire Ashen Pact had suffered because of it.

But for Marie, it still wasn’t enough. As long as she could find even the tiniest justification, she’d keep going after Dan with no mercy at all. She’d shown everyone exactly what she was like when she cared–and when she didn’t.

Marie turned to grab her things again. Derrick had taken them from her earlier, and she still couldn’t wrap her head around why he’d stopped her.

“Let go of me. Tonight, I have to—‘

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“There’s no need,” Derrick interrupted, his tone firm. “The child is mine.”

For a moment, Marie froze. “Yours?”

baby’s mine,” he said evenly. “So stop going after Dan, all

began, staring at

flickered in

Derrick completely off

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started, frowning

don’t have to do this,” she cut in quietly, her

Derrick fell silent.

worse than Dan’s

“Marie-”

a doctor for me,” she said coldly. “I’m getting rid of

heard her say that, the color drained

child; that was just who she was–fierce, decisive,

want anything to do with him again; of course she wouldn’t want

But still…

Derrick said, his voice hardening. “You’re not aborting

at him. “What–are you addicted to taking the blame for

darkened. “Do I look like someone who

Well… actually, no. It didn’t quite add up. Everything felt like a

hand around her slender waist, the other gripping her chin

her–fierce,

Marie went still.

breath hitched; her

him away, but Derrick didn’t let go. He held her tightly, leaving her no room to

was breathless that he finally released her. His gaze

instinctively stepping back. “You, what the

to me carefully,” he said, his voice low and rough. “The

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