Chapter 425: Unspoken Thoughts and Uninvited Feelings


    Chapter 425: Unspoken Thoughts and Uninvited Feelings


    Victor said nothing.


    Tessa cleared her throat awkwardly. “Um… just so you know, you shouldn’t be smoking right now.”


    She offered the reminder quietly. Victor raised a brow.


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    No one had ever told him that before. Not during injury recovery, not ever. Did she really not know who she was talking to?


    Tessa’s stomach growled.


    With no cook around, even if Victor didn’t want to eat, she’d still have to make something for herself.


    But judging fromst night’s conversation–and the glimpse she’d caught of the kitchen–everything he liked seemed reallyplicated to prepare.


    “So, um, should I make you something to eat?”


    Victor: “Hmm?“/


    Tessa hesitated. “Well, at this hour, whatever I make probably won’t be ready until noon. So maybe… maybe we skip soup?”


    Soup took too long. And right now, she just wanted something fast and easy.


    Victor raised a brow. “So what are you making?”


    “Pasta. Okay?”


    It was quick. And she’d made it for Ste before–Ste had even said it was good.


    Victor wasn’t particrly fond of pasta, but he didn’t argue.


    “Come here.”


    Tessa stiffened. “W–Why?”


    She really didn’t want to get any closer to this terrifying man.


    Victor said nothing. Just stared at her quietly.


    Tessa: “…”


    Fine. When under someone’s roof, you listen.


    She finally shuffled over.


    Standing in front of him, she looked small–more like a little girl than anything else.


    Victor reached out and touched her cheek.


    His sudden movement made Tessa jerk back. “W–What are you doing?!”


    Was he trying to be flirty? That wasn’t their kind of rtionship!


    Victor said calmly, “There’s blood on your


    Tessa: “Huh?”


    Blood?


    face.”


    Victor added, “Probably from that nosebleed you got… looking at mest night.”


    Her breath caught.


    Oh god. She <i>still </i>hadn’t cleaned that off?


    Chapter 425: Unspoken Thoughts and Uninvited Feelings


    She rubbed her cheek quickly–and sure enough, little crusty kes came off.


    It was <i>dry </i><i>blood</i>.


    Tessa wanted to dig a hole in the floor and crawl in.


    Victor, amused by her flustered panic, said with a smile at the corner of his mouth, “Go wash your face first.”


    “O–Okay.”


    She spun around and ran off like a rabbit fleeing a wolf.


    Victor watched her scamper off, lips tugging upward in quiet amusement.


    Having this little thing around might not be such a bad idea.


    For a moment, hepletely forgot the chaos of how she ended up here.


    J…


    After washing up, Tessa went straight to the kitchen.


    She pulled noodles and a few basic ingredients from the fridge and got to work like a spinning top.


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    Victor, seated in the living room, had a direct view of the kitchen. He watched her little figure bustling about, flipping between pots and cupboards.


    And somewhere in his chest, a strange feeling stirred.


    He couldn’t quite name it—it was foreign, unfamiliar… but not unpleasant.


    Meanwhile, in Rivermount-


    Abraham stirred awake.


    Ste was still in his arms, quiet and sweet.


    She hadn’t moved much at all through the night–justy peacefully nestled against him.


    His gaze softened, and he gently kissed her cheek before slipping out of bed without waking her.


    Downstairs, the butler was already waiting at the bottom of the stairs.


    When Abraham descended, he bowed respectfully. “Mr. Abraham.”


    Abraham looked at him briefly. “Don’t wake her.”


    “Understood.”


    Everyone in the house knew–when it came to Ms. Ste, they were walking on ss. No one dared wake her unnecessarily.


    As Abraham was about to leave, the butler hesitated, then added, “Sir, Ms. Ste hasn’t had much of an appetitetely. Should I call a doctor?”


    Her appetite?


    Now that he thought about it… she hadn’te down for midnight snacks in days.


    Normally, if she wasn’t allowed seconds at dinner, she’d sneak into the kitchente at night.


    But these past few days? Nothing.


    Abraham paused. “Call her friend Rianne. Have here by.”


    1:24 PM


    Chapter 425: Unspoken Thoughts and Uninvited Feelings


    Eddie would be heading out with him soon anyway. And Rianne–wasn’t she an OB–GYN?


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    For reasons he couldn’t exin, just hearing the words ‘obstetrics and gynecology‘ made him instinctively decide Rianne should take a look.


    “Yes, sir. I’ll call Dr. Rianne shortly,” the butler replied.


    Abraham gave no further instructions and walked out the door.


    Ste finally woke<b>–</b>about thirty minutes after he’d left.