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Over the years, Victor had followed Abraham and done plenty of things for the Dawson family. <fnc7a9> Discover more novels at f?i?n?d?n?o?v?e?l?</fnc7a9>
The reason Ashen Pact was so hard to handle now was because <b>she </b>and Derrick worked together without a single w!
Thinking <i>back </i>on it…
<i>Oh</i>, <i>damn</i><i>! </i>
At first they had always believed Victor was the one cooperating with them.
But in reality—
They had been the ones cooperating with Victor all along.
From the very start, they had mistaken who was leading and who was following.
No wonder Abraham called them stupid. They really were stupid, blindly wing at Ashen Pact without realizing it.
And the result…
After dinner, Marie and Derrick walked out of the restaurant together, only to run into Dan, who hade looking for her.
The man red at her with fury.
Truthfully, seeing Dan still made Marie feel guilty inside.
Dan said, “Didn’t you say it had nothing to do with you? Then what the hell are you fighting for? You’d better exin this to me!”
In that moment, Dan was about to explode. He had seen shameless people before, but never anyone this shameless.
His eyes burned with menace as he stared at Marie.
For a moment, that look actually made her feel rattled…
Maybe this was the difference between having reason on your side and not. Before, she had the upper hand, so her attitude had been stronger.
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Now it <b>was </b>different.
She’d lost the justification<b>, </b>and that meant her momentum slipped <b>as </b>well.
Marie instinctively hid behind Derrick, which only infuriated Dan more.
“What are you hiding for? What the hell do you mean by that?<b>” </b>
The fact that she backed off the moment he confronted her-
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That was <b>as </b>good <b>as </b>an admission. Dan<b>, </b>seething, reached out to grab Marie<b>, </b>but Derrick mmed a fist across his face.
With a heavy thud, the air fell silent.
Blood trickled from the corner of Dan’s mouth.
Marie felt her chest tighten when she saw it.
Not because she pitied him, of course. She just knew what they’d done this time was pretty
rotten.
But even if she had lost the justification-
Marie still forced herself to swallow and raise her chin. “Don’t think you’re innocent here. If I came after you, you had iting.”
Her words carried a hint of guilt, and it showed.
Dan narrowed his eyes. “I had iting?”
“Yeah. You faked your death back then. I haven’t even properly settled that score with you yet.”
“You beat me half to death not long ago. Did I ever once hit you back? And now you’re saying the ount isn’t settled?<b>” </b>
Letting her beat on him before–wasn’t that already part of settling the debt?
She remembered chasing Dan all the way to Sand City and beating him down there too.
If you added it all up…
That should have been enough to settle it.
Dan said, “You came after me for Tessa–that’s between you and Tessa. Why are you dragging up the past? How’s that the same thing?”
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Marie went silent.
It wasn’t the same.
But… she couldn’t afford <i>to </i>lose her stance.
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“Then what about the debt for sleeping with me? Don’t tell me I can’t settle that too. You think this all gets wiped away just because you took a few beatings?<b>” </b>
Dan froze.
Marie froze too.
The moment the word “sleep” came out of her mouth, both men’s expressions changed.
Derrick’s turned strange.
Dan’s face darkened like a storm rolling in.
His temples throbbed with rage. “I told you I didn’t sleep with you-”
“Who else could it have been, if not you?”
Marie cut him off before he could finish.
Her re was sharp. “After everything you’ve done to me, all I did was snatch a little something from Ashen Pact. I didn’t even take your life. Consider yourself lucky.”
“So I’m supposed to thank you for sparing me?”
“No need to thank me.”
That curt reply made Danugh bitterly. She might say there was no need, but her words burned like mockery.
Marie didn’t want to argue anymore. She hooked her arm around Derrick’s and started to leave. “Let’s go.”
Derrick shot Dan a look.
The veins on Dan’s forehead bulged with fury, especially as Marie passed close to him.
He suddenly grabbed her wrist. “Are you nning to keep stealing?”
Marie froze.
The thought of continuing did make her feel guilty.
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<b>As </b>Dan had said, the beatings she’d already dealt him were more than enough to square things up between them.
But now<b>… </b>
This wasn’t just about personal grudges anymore. It involved factions.
She had to side with Victor and her brother.
Especially since her brother said Victor had once dyed settling scores with Ashen Pact because of her history with Dan.
That meant this time she had no choice but to stand with Victor.
Derrick said coldly, “Let her go.”
Seeing Dan clutch Marie’s wrist, Derrick’s eyes went deadly.
The warning in his stare was obvious.
Dan’s grip tightened as he growled, “Tell me the truth!”
Marie replied, “If you want answers, ask Victor. Not me.”
Because she had already chosen Victor’s side. Whatever they nned to do with Ashen Pact, she would follow Victor’s lead.