Chapter 83 The Sis–Con?
Though the Keene family reigned as Rivermount’s most powerful n, Tessa had been spoiled by her mother to the point where <b>she </b>feared nothing and no one.
Her mother rarely spent time with her, but if <b>anyone </b>dared toin about Tessa’s behavior, Diana would simply say, “She already did it. What do you expect me to do?”
In <b>short</b>, when her daughter was doing fine, she turned a blind eye. But <b>when </b>trouble came knocking, she fought back <b>hard </b>
A textbook feral mom.
Ste chuckled, “Alright then.”
Lunch ended.
As the two of them prepared to leave, the driver who had been waiting nearby stepped forward and said, “Ms. Dawson, Mr. Abraham is waiting outside for you.”
Tessa raised a brow and turned to Ste with <b>a </b>smirk. “He really is a sis–con, <b>huh</b>? Does he even monitor how much you Hearing that, a few scenes shed naturally through Ste’s mind.
Every time she had dinner out, Abraham would call just to tell her to stop eating
<b>Most </b>people worried their kids did not eat enough. He worried she had eaten too much.
Ste stayed quiet, and Tessa twitched at <b>the </b>corners of her lips. “Wait, seriously?”
Ste nodded. “Yeah. Seriously.
Tessa’s eyes lit up with <b>envy</b>. I wouldn’t mind <b>having </b>a hundred brothers like that.”
Ste was speechless.
eat?”
A hundred? You might as well go teach first grade. Open your eyes, and beom, a thousand questions are thrown at you. Your brain would fry from overload.
Ste got into the car.
<b>That </b>familiar air of elegance surrounded her as she nervously nced at Abraham. “You came here just to pick me up?” Abraham: “Have you caten?”
“Yes,” Ste answered softly.
“Then shall we head back?” As soon as he <b>said </b>it, he <b>scooped </b>her straight into hisp.
Ste stiffened instantly. She was grown now, and having him carry her like this just felt… wrong. Especially afterst night,
now she was even more tense.
His calloused thumb brushed over her lips. “They’re getting even more swollen. That bug bite really did a number on you?”
Her mind went <b>nk</b>. For some reason<b>, </b>it felt like there was a hidden meaning in his words. But his eyes betrayed nothing. and she did not dare guess too much.
Her breathing quickened as she <b>gave </b>a small, awkward nod. “Yeah… it was intense.”
She had nearly stopped breathing at the time. Of course it was intense
Her cheeks flushed uncontroble
Chapter 83 The Sis Con?
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It <b>did </b>not even break skin. What should I say at the pharmacy? “Uh, hi, I got my lips swollen from being <b>kissed</b>.” What kind of medicine would you even buy for that?
“Um. can I sit properly, please?” she stammered.
If he truly saw her as just a little sister, he ought to maintain some boundaries. Otherwise, when he had a girlfriend someday, things would get awkward.
Just <b>thinking </b>about Abraham with another woman made her chest tighten ufortably.
Abraham<b>: </b>“Hmm?”
He looked at her, feigning innocence, but there was a <b>glint </b>of mischief in his eyes as he watched her fluster.
Ste’s voice was <b>light</b><b>, </b>“It’s just this kind of contact isn’t right. What if the person you like finds out? It wouldn’t look
Abraham shot her a yful <b>stare</b>. “Why not?”
Serious
Seriously? Has he pretending not to get it, or did he <b>really </b>not get
good.”
“You know there is a saying about <b>how </b>‘a grown girl should keep distance from her father, right?” Ste tried to reason with
him.
Abraham continued smirking. ‘Am I your dad?”
Ste choked on his words.
No! That’s not the point at all! Argh….
Ste took a deep breath and exined. “This has nothing to do with being a dad or not. Just.. once you grow up, unless it’s your partner, you shouldn’t be too close to the opposite sex. You taught me that yourself.”
Yes. Abraham had taught her all these things growing up.
In raising her, he had practically yed the role of both father and mother. Even with her biological mother in the picture, he never trusted herpletely and insisted on drilling these principles into her himself.
Those words made a smile tug deeper at Abraham’s lips. “So you’ll always listen to me?”
“I do. Always.” She nodded like a pecking <b>chick </b>
<b>Watching </b>her obedient little act, he reached out to rule her bun gently. “The Reed family reached out to Eddie’s assistant. They want him to treat Lilian. What do you say?”
“Absolutely not!” She did not even hesitate.
They <b>had </b><b>dared </b>to go <b>around </b>her back to contact Eddie. If <b>he </b>really treated that woman, they would start <b>iming </b>she was jealous,cking kindness, standing in the way of a healer’spassion… No matter what she did, she would be the viin.
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