The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

hapter 840 Not the Hospital Again

Finished

Tessa went quiet. Sure, listening to them talk trash about Dale had been satisfying–but now she was catching the stray fire.

Derrick had gone to bed late the night before. He’d been coordinating closely with Victor, though Victor had a bad habit of making his moves in the middle of the night. Which meant Derrick had to keep up, no matter how exhausted he was.

Early that morning, his phone buzzed relentlessly. Half–asleep, he assumed it was Sebastian calling.

He picked up without looking. “What, Victor’s on the move again? Fine, I’ll cover him.”

He was dead tired. And honestly, after all the raids on Ashen Pact’s assets, the thrill of it had worn off. But-

The voice that exploded through the receiver wasn’t Sebastian’s.

“Derrick, you son of a…” Dan roared.

That woke him up fast.

Derrick blinked, sitting upright as Dan continued shouting down the line. “Are you even a man? You can’t even handle one damn thing? I’ve been getting my ass kicked over and over because of you!”

“Tell me, can you fix this or not? Can you make it right, huh?”

The longer Dan yelled, the louder he got. At this point, he probably wanted to reach through the phone and strangle him.

Derrick, groggy but now wide awake, scratched his messy hair. “What the heck are you talking about?”

you for

Derrick sighed. “Uh…”

explain things

wanted to know. How had Derrick explained things? Why did Marie always come after me

to think Derrick was stirring up

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straighten it out.

up, Dan was the

was still foggy, but as Dan’s furious tirade kept

up again?”

sheets were a mess, and the bed was empty. He touched the

he nearly lost it. “You

with fury. He was genuinely about to pass out from how mad

shameless? It was infuriating–unbearably so. He wanted to strangle Derrick with

just sat there listening

down at all after last night. She’d gone straight to

who always did

is she?”

straight to her

kidding me? She beat the heck out

didn’t even bother responding. He grabbed his coat–still wearing his robe underneath -and bolted out the door. “She can hit you all she wants, but

Dan went silent.

happens to her or the baby,” Derrick

them!”

one in the hospital!” Dan yelled. “Maybe I should