The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In
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“Dan took Tessa?”
“No way.”
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Dan stealing Tessa now? That didn’t line up with his previous strategies at all. What had all those earlier moves even meant, then?
Derrick narrowed his eyes.
There was a strange emptiness growing in his chest.
Sebastian asked, “So… we’re still going to Ashen Pact?”
“Of course we are.”
No question.
“And keep looking for Tessa in secret,” Derrick added. “Make sure to avoid Victor’s people.”
Thest thing he wanted was for Victor to find out about this mess–especially if they weren’tpletely sure what had happened yet.
Just like that, Derrick’s entire train of thought got hijacked by Marie’s panic. He, too, became convinced that Dan had taken Tessa to set up Marie.
Kale nodded. “Understood.”
He headed off to make arrangements.
Once it was just Derrick and Sebastian left, Derrick tapped his fingers against the armrest in a steady rhythm.
Sebastian muttered, “This is a mess, huh?”
It hadn’t hit him earlier.
But now that Derrick had ordered Kale to start searching for Tessa, Sebastian began to realize how tangled this really was.
Tessa disappeared while in Marie’s care–allegedly stolen by Dan.
If this blew up, and no hard proof pointed to Dan, then Diana woulde for Marie. So
would Victor.
Derrick closed his eyes briefly. “Yeah. A real mess.”
Sebastian asked, “Why did she even bother with this? Now there’s no good way to exin it.”
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Derrick scoffed. “What do you think? That precious little sister of hers, obviously.”
Tessa was Ste’s best friend.
If Ste hadn’t asked, Marie would’ve never gotten involved.
Thinking of how much Marie doted on Ste, Sebastian wisely shut up.
But something didn’t sit right with him.
Derrick… was cleaning up Marie’s mess?
That wasn’t like him.
In the past, if something blew up around Marie, Derrick wouldn’t even nce at it.
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So Derrick, too, boarded a ne for Ashen Pact.
And just like Marie, he never once suspected that Tessa might’ve been taken by Victor.
Back when the whole Spirit Pub debacle happened, Marie had unterally med Dan.
Now, this time, Derrick and Marie were <i>both </i>pointing fingers at Dan.
Derrick had people searching inside Ashen Pact–clearly convinced Dan was behind it all.
On the ne…
Sebastian muttered, “If this goes wrong, Tessa’s mom might take on the entire Morris family alone.”
If she found out Dan had taken Tessa?
Then she’d go scorched earth on the whole family.
Derrick chuckled. “Good.”
At this point, whether Dan was guilty or not didn’t even matter.
“Figure out a way to leak it to Victor,” Derrick added, “and make sure all his anger goes straight
to Dan.”
Sebastian blinked. “Pin it on Dan?<b>” </b>
“What—you want Victor banging on your sister–inw’s door demanding answers? Think
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anyone’s giving her back?”
The girl was gone.
Might as well point Victor toward Dan, let him take the heat.
Sebastian didn’t respond.
<i>Yup</i>. Dan was <i>going </i><i>to </i><i>take </i><i>the </i><i>fall</i>. <i>Again</i>.
Lately, Dan had be the go–to scapegoat for <i>everything</i>.
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Sebastian had serious doubts. Taking Tessa now made zero sense for Dan. It would only hurt him.
Marie finally arrived at Ashen Pact’s capital–Noctarth.
She’d been here before, back when she was trying to w back the sodium mine contract Dan had snatched.
The moment she stepped off the ne, Dan got the alert.
He stubbed out his cigar and asked coldly,
“Wha
doing here?”
Though his face stayed mostly unreadable in the dim light of the study, the air around him turned razor sharp.
Conan, standing nearby, tensed instinctively. “Not sure yet. But she brought Sophia. They’re already tracking your location.”
Sophia–Marie’s personal intelligence specialist.
She was infamous for tracking down Yalvoria’s president in under an hour… and selling his whereabouts to his enemies at a sky–high price,
If she wanted to find you, there was nowhere to hide.
Dan raised a brow. “She’s looking for me?”
“Yes,” Conan said gravely.
No doubt about it. Why else would she have Sophia locking on his coordinates?
Dan’s eyes lowered slightly.
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The air around him chilled further. He thought back to thest time he and Marie shed–in Falvaria’s capital.
He exhaled slowly, “Wasn’t she with Diana’s daughter?”
Conan replied, “We don’t know what her goal is yet.”
“Where is she now?”
“Airport”