Chapter 756 Breaking Point.
Huh<i>… </i><i>Come </i><i>to </i><i>think </i><i>of </i><i>it</i><i>, </i><i>maybe </i><i>that </i><i>really </i><i>was </i><i>possible</i>.
Ste froze. “Uh…”
Hearing Tessa’s words, she went silent.
What in the world was going on anymore?
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Marie had gone mad demanding the Ashen Pact hand Tessa over. Deep down, all she feared was that Victor would be the one to tear her apart.
And now, Tessa’s worry was that once Marie found out she had been by Victor’s side all along, Marie would tear them apart.
In the end, everyone was just trapped in the same fear.
Ste finally said, “Honestly, you don’t need to worry so much.”
“I’m scared,” Tessa muttered.
“You don’t have to be. I’m guessing this whole thing won’t be over for a long while,” Ste said.
Abraham had said Victor was ying a long, calcted game against the Ashen Pact.
It was a game he’d been setting up for years, waiting for the perfect time to strike. If he was finally making a move, it meant he was nning to bring everything down in one strike.
And a game like that wasn’t going to end anytime soon.
But Tessa’s worry wasn’t wrong either.
What if the game wasn’t over yet, and Marie found out the truth about her and Victor first?
If that happened, Marie wouldn’t be tearing at Ashen Pact–she’d be going straight for Victor.
“Rx,” Ste added. “Worst case, my brother will step in,”
There was no way Abraham would ever let Marie and Victor tear each other apart. That much was certain.
Hearing that, Tessa finally felt a little more at ease.
“Right… Mr. Abraham’s still there.”
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Ste might not be able to stop Maric, but Abraham could. “Then you’d better make sure to put in a good word for me. Tell him to hold Marie back no matter what… ah!”
She hadn’t even finished her sentence when Tessa let out a sharp scream.
Ste’s voice shot through the line. “What happened?”
“Nothing–nothing. Ste, I’ll call youter.”
Even as she spoke, Tessa grabbed the hand that had slid around her waist from behind.
Victor.
This man…
She quickly hung up the call.
She tried to turn, but before she could, his mouth pressed hard against her neck. His hands were anything but proper.
No, not <i>this</i>…
“What are you doing? Stop.”
She spun on instinct, but before she could lift her head, he yanked her tight against his chest.
And in that instant, Tessa felt something different pouring off him.
Cold. Heavy with grief. Laced with anger.
All that turmoil knotted inside him, his body tight and unrelenting beneath her touch.
She struggled lightly and lifted her head. “What’s wrong with you?”
The moment their eyes met, she saw something she had never seen before.
For the first time, Victor’s gaze held more than icy detachment. Buried beneath it was a restraint stretched to its breaking point.
“You-” she started.
But before she could finish, he cupped her face and kissed her.
The kiss was fierce. Scorching.
The grief and anger in him only grew stronger in that moment.
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Tessa had meant to push him away. Instead, her arms circled around his lean waist.
Victor towered over her.
In his embrace, she felt fragile, delicate–like a doll in his arms.
It went on and on…
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Victor only let her go when her face turned red fromck of air. Looking at her breathless expression, the storm inside him finally eased.
He let out a low, mockingugh. “Pathetic.”
Tessa frowned. “What was wrong with you just now?”
Ever since seeing Dale, he had been different. <i>Had </i><i>Dale </i><i>said </i><i>something </i><i>to </i><i>him</i><i>? </i>
Tessa had no connection to Dale–just contempt.
As a father, he wasn’t someone to look up to.
A man like that didn’t deserve the title.
He never should have been one.
Victor pulled her head back against his chest. “Tessa.”
She hummed softly. “What is it?”
“Ashen Pact is going down,” Victor said, his voice low and razor–sharp.
Tessa blinked.
“And your father,” Victor added, his tone colder still, “might die.”
Her heart jumped.
She tilted her face up, meeting his eyes.
They were nothing but ice.
That chill felt like it had been buried inside him for years, and now it had finally broken free.
Tessa sniffled softly. “Then his death… would it be by your hand?”
Death.
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That word had haunted her for so long.
Her fears had always been for her mother, Diana.
Because of her mother, she had wished Dale dead.
Her mother’s suffering—all of it came from him, this man, her father by blood.
Between them, only one could live. And in her heart, she wanted it to be Dale who fell.
But now Victor was the one saying Dale would die.
“Yes,” Victor answered.
Tessa froze<i>. </i>
Dale would die–and it would be Victor who delivered it.
She drew a shaky breath. “What kind of grudge do you have against him?”
Victor didn’t answer.
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Her words dragged an old memory through his mind, one so distant it had begun to blur with time–yet it was something he could never forget.
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