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?”

snapped. “I’ve been taking the blame for you for how long now? Are you ever gonna clear my name or

Derrick sighed. “Uh…”

explain things

How had Derrick explained things? Why did Marie

think Derrick was stirring up trouble on purpose—either that or too lazy

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straighten it out.

up, Dan was the one who

foggy, but as Dan’s furious tirade kept

beat you up again?”

to Marie’s room. The sheets were a mess, and the bed was empty. He touched the covers–cold. She’d

heard his question, he nearly lost it. “You

fury. He was genuinely about to pass

was infuriating–unbearably so. He wanted to strangle Derrick with his bare

half asleep, just sat

night. She’d gone straight to find Dan first thing in the morning—and, apparently, beat the crap out of

who always did

she?” Derrick

straight to her

She beat the heck out of me, and

his coat–still wearing his robe underneath -and bolted out the door. “She can hit you all she wants, but you

Dan went silent.

or the baby,” Derrick said sharply, “I’ll make sure you go

them!”

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