Chapter 413 Unexpected Exposure
Chapter 413 Unexpected Exposure
<b>“</b>Yes<b>,” </b>Ste confirmed.
Tessa’s <b>face </b>instantly fell.
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<b>Based </b>on her observations over the <b>past </b>couple of days, Victor <b>was </b>really… kind <b>of </b>extreme when <b>it </b><b>came </b>to employing people<b>. </b>
The cook had only <bsted </b><b>a </b><b>day </b>before being fired. In short, the man was impossible to <b>please</b>.
“So what am <b>I </b>supposed to do?”
<b>“</b><b>Go </b>talk to him!”
<i>Talk </i>to him…
“He’s definitely not going to <b>agree</b><b>, </b>right?”
There <b>wasn’t </b><b>a </b>single soul in this ce. It was clear Victor preferred to be alone.
And yet he’d still taken her in under these circumstances–she really did owe him a lot.
Ste said, “If he says no, then no one can just show up out of nowhere.<b>” </b>
So she’d have to go put in effort just to get his approval?
Before Tessa could say anything else, Ste cut her off, “Ah, I can’t talk anymore. Gotta go.”
<b>Tessa </b>faintly heard a man’s voice on the other end right before Ste hung up.
The dial tone echoed in her ear <b>as </b>she stood there, stunned.
She didn’t want to take care of Victor.
Maybe she could talk him into letting Ste send someone over. She really wasn’t cut out for this.
It wasn’t like she <b>was </b>some uptight prude about men and women being alone.
But to be honest, she barely even knew Victor.
…
Dragging her feet<b>, </b>she climbed the stairs.
Shuffling her way to Victor’s room, she knocked on the door.
Her pace alone made it obvious just how reluctant she was.
No response<b>. </b>
She knocked again…
Still nothing.
What if he already had a <b>fever </b>and <b>passed </b>out? That fast<b>? </b>
Starting to panic, <b>Tessa </b>threw caution to the wind and pushed the door open.
The moment it swung wide-
Victor stepped out of the bathroom, a white towel wrapped low around his waist.
Water still dripped from his muscr chest.
Fresh out of the shower, glistening-
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Tessa barely managed <b>to </b>swallow before her mind wentpletely <b>nk</b><b>, </b>blood rushing through her veins uncontrobly.
Victor caught sight of her<b>–</b>and the tiny trickle of blood under her <b>nose</b><b>. </b>
His <b>eyes </b>narrowed.
A chill <b>radiated </b>from him as <b>he </b><b>spat </b>out three cold words: “What are you looking <b>at</b><b>?</b>”
His <b>voice </b><b>was </b>icily sharp.
Tessa snapped back to herself in an instant and stammered, “N–Nothing! I knocked, and you didn’t answer<b>.</b><b>” </b>
“So you just barged in?”
“I… I didn’t…<b>” </b>
Her brainpletely froze<b>. </b>
She quickly looked away from Victor. This man–he was built like a sculpture of pure power.
Even <b>someone </b>like <b>Tessa</b><b>, </b>who’d never been into that kind of thing, was burning up.
Pathetic<b>… </b>
She’d seen all kinds of pretty boys back in Rivermount. Get a grip, Tessa. Have some dignity.
She scolded herself internally, not realizing Victor had already approached.
The moment his warm fingertip brushed the corner of her mouth, Tessa flinched and instinctively stepped back. “You–what are you doing?<b>” </b>
He raised his red–stained fingertip in front of her eyes, still tinged with the scent of blood. “What’s this?”
Her already scrambled brain exploded at the sight of the blood on his finger.
She instinctively wiped under her nose–only to smear blood across the back of her hand.
She waspletely dumbfounded.
Seriously? She was that hopeless? Staring at a hot guy so hard she got a nosebleed?
“I–I mean, I have chronic nosebleeds?<b>” </b>
The uncertain tone made it unclear whether she was trying to exin or convince herself.
Victor asked calmly, “So this happens every time you <b>see </b>a man?”
“Uh, yes<b>!</b>”
Tessa nodded frantically.
Then realized what he’d actually said–and immediately shook her head. “Wait, no, that’s not it!“.
What kind of nonsense <b>was </b>that?
She wasn’t some ridiculous pervert who got nosebleeds <b>just </b>from seeing a good–looking guy….
Whether she admitted it or not, that was exactly what just happened. “It was an ident. Just a fluke today.”
She scrambled to rify–not lie, just exin.
Victor’s lips quirked into a smile. <b>“</b><b>Get </b>me a ss of water.”
“Oh–okay!”
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The second he gave her <b>a </b><b>task</b><b>, </b><b>Tessa </b><b>acted </b>like she’d been granted <b>a </b>royal pardon and spun around to <b>leave</b>.
But just <b>as </b>she turned-
She felt a sudden tug at <b>her </b>hem.
Before she could even <b>react</b><b>, </b>the towel wrapped around Victor’s waist dropped to the floor right in front of <b>her</b><b>… </b>
She turned her head instinctively.
<b>Her </b>pupils shrank on impact.
<b>Her </b>mind went nk again, like a gong had gone off inside her skull–<i>ng</i>.
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