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Chapter 275 He Was With a Woman
As long as Abraham wasn’t around, Victor most likely wouldn’t stay in Rivermount either.
Tessa said, “Oh my goodness, you have no idea! When I slipped, I totally lost my bnce. I just <b>grabbed </b>whatever I could. Who knew I’d grab his belt buckle? Good thing I didn’t yank his pants down, or I really wouldn’t have been able to exin myself.”
“How dare you say that <b>again</b>?” Ste <b>said</b>.
“I swear I didn’t mean to. <b>Tessa </b><b>kept </b>saying it wasn’t on purpose over the phone.
“I know you didn’t mean to,” Ste <b>said</b>. “I was justpletely stunned.”
That
part <b>was </b>true.
In that situation, it wasn’t just Tessa. Everyone <b>who </b>saw it had their jaws on the <b>floor</b>.
The two of them talked on the phone for quite <b>a </b>while before the conversation finally turned to Susan
Tessa <b>asked</b>, “What did Susan want? Was it still about Lillian? Her own son is in the hospital now <b>too</b><b>.</b>”
If <b>Susan </b>still had the nerve to bother Ste <b>about </b>Lillian at a time like this, <b>no </b>one even knew what to say about her anymore.
“If she keeps making a mess like this, doesn’t Patrick care? What if she ends up tearing the whole family apart and still mes <b>you</b><b>? </b>
Ste had already walked into <b>the </b>tea room. The tea was <b>still </b>gently heating. She poured herself a cup and said, “Let her me me. I <b>don’t </b>care. Jonathan’s about to be discharged anyway.”
“What!”
Ste said calmly, “You know the kind of person I am A few words of me aren’t going to <b>change </b><b>me</b><b>.</b>”
Yeah, true.
Things had been messytely. Tessa could see Ste wasn’t the kind to suffer quietly.
So today, if Susan had gone to confront Ste, it was obvious that she must’vee to point fingers again.
And the fact that she dared meant Ste would definitely hit back even harder.
No doubt about it, Jonathan would be the one to take the fall again. First it was Lillian, now it was Jonathan.
Even Patrick, with all his patience, would eventually blow up.
“The Reed family falling apart doesn’t really have much to do with you anyway.”
Ste said, “What?”
Tessa hesitated, “Well, 1…
She <b>didn’t </b>know how to <b>bring </b>it up.
What kind of foundation does the Reed family have to keep cranking out so much drama?
Hearing Tessa mumble, Ste took a sip of tea and asked, “What did <b>you </b>see this time?”
“Oh my, let me tell you. You <b>know </b>I’m not the <b>kind </b>who goes looking for <b>gossip</b>, but gossip just keeps throwing itself in front of me. I can’t help it.”
Ste frowned.
Tessa continued, “He was with a woman. She was pushing a stroller, and they had a bodyguard and a servant with them.”
Ste fell silent.
Blossom <b>Square </b>was one of the most well–known luxury <b>malls </b><b>in </b>Rivermount.
Her eyelid twitched. “Shouldn’t he be at the <b>hospital</b><b>?</b>”
“Exactly. Jonathan got seriously hurt. No matter what, Patrick should be at the hospital right now!
So why was he at Blossom Square!
Tessa said, “I think there’s something going on between him and that woman. They seemed kind of close.”
Ste asked, “Close? With <b>a </b>woman <b>pushing </b>a stroller?”
That didn’t seem right at all. Patrick was way <b>too </b>old for that kind of thing.
Tessa replied. “That’s what <b>I </b><b>saw</b>.”
Ste narrowed her eyes. “Are you sure you didn’t mistake him for someone else?”
She still couldn’t quite believe it. After all, for the past couple years, Ste had seen that Patrick wasn’t into that sort of thing at all. Did I really misjudge him?
Tessa said, “No way. I looked extra hard when I saw it was Patrick. Took several nces just to be sure.”
“If it were one nce, sure, maybe I was wrong. But I looked again and again. There is no way I was wrong every single time.”
Ste was quiet. That did make sense. If Patrick was caught doing something that wild, Tessa would’ve definitely taken a few extra peeks. One wrong nce was possible, but not all of them.
“So whose kid was it?
“Come on,” Tessa said. I only looked a few times and just thought they seemed close. As for whether the baby’s his, I don’t have X–ray <b>vision</b><b>.” </b>
Ste didn’t respond.
In her mind, Patrick had always been strict, upright, and distant. Even with Susan, their rtionship had always been polite and reserved. He just didn’t seem like the type to get wrapped up in affairs.