Chapter 629 So Ugly I Gagged


    Back then, Tessa had loved drama, especially gossip.


    Andst night’s incident….


    “They wereing to catch you, you know.”


    Tessa replied, “Oh.”


    Ste fell silent. Oh? What the <i>heck </i><i>does </i>that mean<i>? </i>


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    Before she could press, Tessa burst into a wild, cacklingugh–shrill and chaotic.


    Ste’s mouth twitched. “I mean, seriously?”


    “I couldn’t help it, Ste! I’ve never seen anyone so ugly before. I lost my appetite for three days!”


    Ste stayed quiet.


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    “I saw pictures of that homewrecker and the man too–Victor showed me. Yeah, they’re scum, but <i>at </i>least they looked decent. But the kids they had? Those genes did <i>not </i>mix well. They’re hideous.”


    Tessa couldn’t help but click her tongue in disapproval as she described it.


    Clearly, the level of ugly was way over the line.


    “You saw photos of the other woman and the guy?” Ste asked.


    The real question was how Tessa reacted.


    Sure, Ste could tell she was doing better…


    But still, this girl bounced back fast.


    Ste pondered. <i>Just </i><i>a </i><i>couple </i><i>of </i><i>days </i><i>ago </i><i>she’d </i><i>been </i><i>a </i><i>mess </i><i>over </i><i>Diana</i><i>, </i><i>sobbing </i><i>constantly</i><i>, </i><i>and </i><i>now</i>? <i>Now </i>she <i>was </i><iughing </i><i>about </i><i>ugly </i><i>twins</i>?


    Ste frowned. “Your mood swings are insane, it’s like someone just flipped your switch off.”


    Most people, after something like this, would take a while to process. <i>Tessa </i><i>had </i><i>been </i><ipletely </i><i>wrecked </i><i>earlier </i><i>this </i><i>week</i>. <i>And </i><i>now</i><i>? </i>She was <i>fine</i><i>? </i>


    Tessa shrugged. “Back then, I was mostly worried about my mom. I mean, yeah, she’s a badass, but at the end of the day, she’s still a woman, you know?”


    Just thinking about her mother falling into the hands of the Ashen Pact–Tessa had been terrified.


    “But now that I know how capable she is, I feel way better.”


    People with real strength didn’t get bullied so easily.


    Sure, she knew her mom was still walking a knife’s edge–but at least it wasn’t like before, when they had no clue what was going on.


    Back then had been <i>agony </i>and with that kind of pressure, of course her brain had gone into meltdown


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    <b>mode</b>.


    Hearing this, Ste finally felt a little more at ease too.


    Tessa added, “They’re so ugly, I even started wondering if those twins were actually biological.”


    Ste was stunned. <i>Yikes</i><i>. </i><i>If </i><i>Tessa </i><i>was </i><i>roasting </i><i>them </i><i>that </i><i>hard</i>…


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    It basically confirmed the rumors those twins really <i>were </i>as hideous as people said. Possibly even worse.


    But more importantly, Tessa’s emotional state seemed solid now.


    She hadn’t been scared to tears byst night’s ordeal.


    Ste asked, “So… what’s your n now?”


    Seeing how fast Tessa had bounced back, Ste couldn’t help but ask what she was thinking next.


    Tessa said, “Me? I’m not gonna be a burden to my mom right now.”


    “Wait, what?”


    Wasn’t she just insisting on seeing her mom like, yesterday? Now she didn’t want to be a hassle?


    The logic jump caught Ste off guard.


    Tessa continued, “She’s nning to break off from the Ashen Pact–she’s taking some of the elders with her to start her own faction.”


    “Wait, your mom’s that powerful?”


    Ste was stunned.


    If that was true, then the Ashen Pact was about to seriously implode.


    Until recently, all she really knew about Diana was that she was a self–made woman who didn’t rely on


    anyone.


    She was beautiful, sure–but she never used her looks to get by.


    She’d carved out her own empire in Rivermount with pure grit and skill.


    “But this is the Ashen Pact we’re talking about,” Ste said, her toneced with concern. <i>Because </i><i>the </i>Ashen <i>Pact</i><i>, </i><i>that </i><i>was </i><i>no </i><i>ordinary </i><i>organization</i>.


    Even Abraham, with all his involvement in the underground world, had never held the Ashen Pact in any regard.


    Tessa replied, “Yeah. It’s either her or the Ashen Pact–only one gets to survive.”


    Ste was stunned.


    Tessa continued, “Why do you think those freaky twins came for me personallyst night? They were nning to use me to threaten/her.”


    At that moment, Tessa seemed to have figured everything out.


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    She’d been scared before, but she wasn’t dumb.


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    While she’d been staying with Victor, she must’ve been quietly collecting every bit of intel she could, analyzing, ping things together.


    Ever since learning that the Ashen Pact had taken Diana, Tessa had probably immersed herself in every bit of information about them.


    Ste didn’t respond.


    Tessa added, “If my mom’s pushed them this far, I’m honestly not worried anymore.


    Ste paused. “Fair point.”


    Yeah. The fact that the Ashen Pact had been forced to send those creepy twins in person? That said a lot about Diana’s influence.


    Maybe in the beginning, they really had dragged her back by force…


    But now, with those twins being deployed, it was obvious Diana had already turned the entire Ashen Pact upside down.


    Tessa said, “They probably thought bringing her in would be easy, but now they’re realizing, she’s not someone you can just show out the door.”


    Ste nodded. “You’re right about that.”


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