Chapter 504/Too Close for Comfort
Victor raised an eyebrow. “What do you think?”
Nothing was worse than being hit with a question in return.
In situations like this, that kind of response only made someone look clueless.
Tessa clutched her pillow tighter. “I don’t know.”
Victor said, “Obviously, it was to make Abraham keep you here. Otherwise, you think I’d let a spy like you go cause trouble for them?”
“I’m not—I’m not a spy!” Tessa protested quietly. What was wrong with this guy?
So he really did say that just to stop Ste from taking her. How vile.
Tessa felt even more wronged.
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Victor replied, “Whether you are or not- we’ll find out when the investigation’s done.”
There it was again.
Tessa was scared, but she still couldn’t help shooting him a resentful nce.
“Then tell your guys to hurry up. Keeping a suspect like me around must make you nervous too, right?”
Victor looked over at her, slightly surprised.
Not bad. She might be timid, but she still had enough nerve to say something like that.
He didn’t respond. Instead, he stood up and walked toward the door. Tessa instinctively stepped aside, her back pressed t against the wall.
He stopped beside her and nced down at the pillow in her arms. “You really think that thing’s gonna protect you if I decide to do something?”
Tessa’s head snapped up in fear.
There was a flicker of amusement in his
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eyes, and her heart leapt into her throat. She blurted out, “Do you… do you want to do something to me?”
<i>No </i><i>way</i>–<i>was </i><i>he </i><i>really </i><i>nning </i><i>something</i><i>? </i>
<i>Well</i><i>, </i><i>probably </i><i>not</i>.
Like Ste said, he’d never be interested in someone like her. His past flings were all long–legged supermodels.
If he were going to go for someone, it would be someone even more stunning than them” -not someone like her.
Victor didn’t answer.
He simply reached out and grabbed the pillow, trying to pull it out of her arms.
Tessa panicked and hugged it tighter.
But with just a bit of force from him, her arms gave way and she lost her grip–her body stumbled right into his chest.
His unique scent, mixed with his intimidating presence,pletely enveloped her.
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Tessa’s mind nked out, and she instinctively tried to pull away.
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But tension always made things worse. Her knees buckled.
She reached out to steady herself–only to have her handnd-
The next second, Victor grabbed her wrist. His voice was hoarse and low. “What are you doing?”
“I–I didn’t do anything!”
“Hm?”
And then she realized where her hand hadnded–right on his abdomen, right near the waistband of his pants…
Tessa’s breathing turned erratic.
<i>Oh </i><i>god</i>. Did she have a personal vendetta against Victor’s waist or something? The first time, she yanked his belt. The second time, it was the towel. And now–no belt–just straight to the pants?
Her face burned red. She tried to pull her
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hand back, but he still had her by the wrist.
There was no escaping now–even if she wanted to deny it, she couldn’t.
“S–Sorry! I didn’t mean to!”
Victor said calmly, “You sure you weren’t throwing yourself at me?”
Her head was spinning. She couldn’t even remember what just happened. She must’ve been the one who crashed into him.
She really hadn’t done it on purpose.
She’d even locked herself in her room to avoid any trouble.
“I’m sorry.”
She almost added: <i>If </i><i>you </i><i>hadn’t </i><i>climbed </i><i>in </i><i>through </i><i>the </i><i>balcony</i><i>, </i><i>this </i><i>wouldn’t </i><i>have </i><i>happened</i>–but she didn’t dare.
He pushed her away and turned around. His voice was low and tense,ced with
something he couldn’t quite hold back. “Don’t go running your mouth to Ste these days.”
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Tessa: “…” But she <i>wanted </i>to talk <i>to </i>Ste.
Victor spoke again. “You won’t get out of this until things are clear. I’m sure you don’t want that timeline dragging out because of her.”
Her urge to contact Ste instantly deted.
Victor’s meaning was obvious.
Even if Ste got involved, the investigation about whether she was a mole still had to bepleted.
And if Ste interfered, things would probably take even longer.
Tessa’s thoughts finally settled a bit.
She looked at Victor’s back as he walked toward the door, her voice full of grievance. “Then tell your people to hurry up.”
She wanted to clear her name as soon as possible.
Victor didn’t answer. He just walked out.
Tessa picked up her pillow and hugged it tight again, quietly closing the door and
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returning to the sofa.
She never imagined that on top of her world falling apart, she’d also end up- literally–grabbing him.
This mess… it just kept sticking to her.
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Not long after, Ss arrived with a team to switch out the furniture. Tessa watched the workers struggle to lift the cabs–two men together could barely manage it.
They looked super heavy, No way she could move them herself.
Lewis showed up too.
He nced around the room at the perfectly fine cabs and looked at Tessa. “What, you got beef with the furniture?”
Ss really had gone all out.
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