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“You didn’t see it yourself, did you? Otherwise, I’d love to remind you how she looked then. So proud all her life–yet at the end, she was just an old mutt choking for breath, mouth wide open. It was hrious …
“Nadine!”
Tess’s eyes went red. She raised her hand, ready to p Nadine across the face.
How dare she say that? How could she?
On the other side of the room, Kylie was busy telling Bemy’s assistant to walk him out. She could not catch every word, but when she saw Tess’s hand shoot up, her temples tightened in rm. She was too far away to stop it. “What are you doing? Nadine, move!”
A sharp gust from Tess’s swing blew Nadine’s hair across her cheeks, draining the color from her face.
She only meant to push Tess’s buttons. She never thought Tess would really hit her!
Nadine squeezed her eyes shut, bracing for the p that nevernded.
Instead, she felt a chill by her side.
She peeked and saw Tess’s hand frozen in midair, locked in a grip.
Wrapped around that wrist–an unmistakable, exclusive Rolex.
Tess looked up and her breath caught.
“Finn?” she whispered.
“Out of prison for a year and you still haven’t learned your lesson.”
His voice was low and cold, full of authority that made the air feel heavy.
Finn stood tall and broad, his shadow falling over Tess like a storm cloud.
His
eyes, sharp as des, swept over her like they could cut right through. Her blood went cold.
His breath was so close above her head, carrying that same icy edge she would never forget.
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It dragged her right back to that day, the garden covered in falling crabapple petals, when she was dragged away in handcuffs. He did not even look at her when he said, “Maximum
sentence.”
Under her sleeves, Tess’s hands curled into fists so tight her nails dug into her palms.
This was the first time she had looked Finn in the eyes since getting out.
“What’s wrong? Prison knock the fight out of you?”
Her silence somehow made Finn even more annoyed, his tone dropping to an icy low.
However, before he could finish …
Smack!
Tess’s head jerked to the side, her pupils shrinking in disbelief.
Finn had caught her hand to stop her from pping Nadine–only to let Nadine p her instead.
<i>The </i>red mark Kylie had left on her cheek was still there, and now another one bloomed right next to it.
All Tess could see was the flicker of surprise in Finn’s dark eyes as he turned sharply toward Nadine.
However, Nadine just slipped behind him, peeking out with a smug little grin before her face turned pale and innocent again.
This was her husband–Finn.
Her mother’s love is never fair, and now, even the man Tess had loved for years, her own husband, did not stand up for her,
They all ganged up on her, tearing her apart bit by bit, waiting to watch her break.
Her ears buzzed, her whole body stiff as Finn’s cold grip sank into her bones.
Then Nadine pulled her usual act, pretending like she had just realized what she had done. “Oh! Tess! I was just so scared. You tried to hit me, so I put my hand up to block you. I didn’t know Finn would be here. That’s why I panicked and hit you by ident. Tess, does it hurt?”
She turned those watery eyes on Finn, her voice all sweet and trembling. “Finn, please help me out, okay? I don’t know why Tess tried to p me. If she wants to, I’ll let her. I didn’t mean
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She pretended to be all panicked while exining, her eyes wide and pitiful, but she did not spare Tess a single nce. Instead, she just looked up at Finn with those big<i>, </i>tearful eyes, acting all helpless and wronged.
Tess tasted metal on her tongue and she let her messy hair fall forward, hiding the sneer in her eyes.
She shut her eyes, but no tears came out
Then, slowly, she raised her head and stared Finn down..
He saw the two fresh p marks on her cheek, clear as day.
His brows drew together, Adam’s apple bobbing. His eyes darted to Nadine and then back to Tess’s eyes, which were sharp with cold mockery. That re made his jaw tighten and he questioned, “What’s with that look?”<fneb1f> This text is hosted at find·novel</fneb1f>
Tess did not say a word. She just turned her cold stare straight at Nadine.
Nadine’s heart jumped, but before she could react, Tess suddenly ripped herself out of Finn’s grip and lunged!
“Ah! Tess, what are you doing? Finn, help me!”
A punch. A p.
A kick.
Tess did not even keep track of how many times she struck her—she just kept going, dragging Nadine down by her perfectly done hair and pounding her without mercy.
“Ah!”
Nadine shrieked,pletely powerless.
“Look at you now–don’t you look just like that pathetic old mutt, wheezing for breath?” Tess hissed in her ear, yanking her hair tighter.
“Nadine, you look pathetic.”
“Tess, you’re insane!”
Blood rushed to Nadine’s face as she finally realized why Tess snapped.
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It was not about her p. It was for that old woman. Tess was shoving those same cruel words right back down her throat.