The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In
Chapter 670 The Climb
Ugh, that woman’s brutal.
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Before Tessa could even react, Marie threw her straight into the sea. Tessa was done. Mentally, emotionallypletely done.
“When we left Spada Ind, two groups went ashore. One of them was your brother Dan’s people.”
Tessa muttered, “He’s not my brother.”
How many times did she have to say it?
That bastard wasn’t her brother. Her mom had only ever given birth to one daughter–her.
Marie said, “It doesn’t matter. What you need to know is that they went there to kill you.”
Tessa went quiet.
Hearing it from Marie like that…
The swirling sense of danger suddenly felt a lot more real.
Marie added, “You don’t have much time. Start swimming.”
The moment she heard “not much time,” Tessa gave in and started swimming toward the ind.
Out on the sea, things looked close–but they were really, really far.
The water was freezing. Salty. Fishy…
Tessa had lived infort her entire life. She had never suffered anything close to this.
Sophia had someone bring over a chair for Marie,
Marie sat down, and a ss of champagne was handed to her.
Sophia looked toward Tessa in the distance and smiled. “She’s starting to shed her fear.”
“Her body’s gotten tougher, but that brain still needs some training.”
Sophia was stunned.
How exactly were they supposed to train that? Some things were just inborn–hard to fix.
Marie said, “When shees back, ask if she knows how to use aputer.”
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“Alright.”
Sophia now understood what Marie wanted to drill into Tessa.
Going to the Ashen Pact was dangerous.
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But ultimately, the person Tessa would be going up against… was someone from the Morris family.
“Mr. Victor sent Ss to Ashen Pact,” Sophia said after a moment, turning to Marie.
Marie raised a brow.
“To find Diana?”
Sophia nodded. “Yes.”
Marie smiled.
“Well, that seals it. Tessa leaves here and she’s officially enemies with Dan.”
Tessa clearly held a special ce in Victor’s heart.
Sending Ss to Ashen Pact now…
It didn’t take a genius to figure out that Victor already knew Dan’s people hadnded on Spada Ind–and what they were nning to do.
Thinking of Dan made Sophia feel indignant on Marie’s behalf.
“The way
Dan moves… he doesn’t hold back at all when ites to you.”
If something happened to Tessa now…
Then no doubt about it–Diana would end up on the wrong side of the Dawson family. And Dan would’ve screwed Marie over yet again.
Only this time, he failed.
Marie
gave a coldugh. “What bond do I have with him?”
One of the reasons she agreed to Ste’s request this time was because she knew Dan had
taken control of the Ashen Paci
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That man used love as bait. And calcted everything.
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Someone like that didn’t deserve to talk about loyalty or emotion.
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Sophia said, “Ashen Pact’s already in chaos. Dale’s n to hand it over to Manny haspletely fallen through.”
Manny.
That name caught Marie’s interest.
“The Ashen Pact sure is riddled with internal drama.”
Until recently, no one even knew Dan had a younger half–brother. Same dad, different mom.
Manny.
He was the one Dale raised like his real son.
As for Dan… and even Tessa… in Dale’s eyes, they meant nothing.
Marie nced toward the shrinking head bobbing in the sea. “Poor girl’s got it rough.”
Sophia followed Marie’s gaze and nodded in agreement. Tessa really was unlucky.
“Getting a father like that? That’s her curse.”
“She’s doing well just by finding the courage to face it,” Marie said with a huff ofughter.
Plenty of people in her shoes would’ve ended up dead already–no power to fight back at all.
But Tessa had managed to stand up, relying on Victor and Ste’swork.
That alone was something.
Sophia nodded. “Yeah.”
Tessa didn’t like adventure. Didn’t like climbing.
She used to be a pampered little princess back in Rivermount, just waiting every month for
her mom’s allowance toe in.
And now…
After soaking in the ocean, she was dragging herself up a steep clitt
From a distance, the mountain hadn’t looked that tall.
But standing here, she realized it was massive… and there were barely any footholds.
The curve of the cliff didn’t help either. It was crescent–shaped, and more than once, she’d
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climbed less than five meters before slipping right off.
The sky grew darker.
The sea breeze picked up…
It was cold. Bone–chillingly cold.
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Tessa knew if she didn’t make it to the top today, Marie wasn’t going to send anyone to fetch her.
Her body was drenched–sweat mixing with seawater.
She kept climbing, and climbing…
By the time she reached the top, it was one in the morning, and her body waspletely drained.
Just then, a helicopter hovered above her.
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