Chapter 62 I Won’t ept Your Apology
Chapter 62 I Won’t ept Your Apology
“Done talking? Move.”
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Tess lifted her gaze coldly, her piercing eyes slicing right past Nadine andnding straight on the driver’s seat of the luxury car behind her.
The driver visibly flinched and ducked his head lower.
Tess’s eyes darkened.
It was someone she’d once trained herself—a loyal assistant, or so she thought. After Tess was thrown behind bars, the woman had jumped ship without hesitation only to end up chauffeuring for Nadine.
Disappointment flickered across Tess’s face, but she quickly masked it.
“She’s my driver now. Who do you think you’re ordering around?” Nadine tilted her chin smugly.
Tm ordering yourpdog,” Tess shot back without missing a beat.
Nadine blinked, stunned, before breaking into a syrupyugh. “Aw, getting upset? It hurts to see your people turn on you, doesn’t it?”
She leaned in close, her breath brushing Tess’s ear like honeyed venom–sweet on the surface, deadly underneath.
But she had miscalcted.
“She doesn’t matter,” Tess said with calm indifference, shaking her head. “She’s no one.”
Her words were soft, but the scorn ran deep–like a p in the face cushioned with silk.
Nadine’s confident smirk faltered, but before she could fire back, Tess grabbed her shoulder and shoved her against the car door and forced her to make way.
The sudden movement left Nadine dazed, her mind reeling. The world spun around her, and the first thing she felt was the <b>sharp </b>pain searing through her back.
“Tess!” she shrieked, her voice shrill with rage, eyes zing.
But Tess <i>had </i>already stepped away, cradling the baby in her arms, her smirk cold.
“Nadine,” she said, her voice quiet but sharp as a de. “No matter how well you lie, the truth always finds its way through.”
Her tour was almost gentle, yetced with cruel irony.
Nadier’s face flushed crimson
Was Tess mocking the little show she’d put on for Finn?
Fury boiled in Nadine’s eyes. Her hands clenched, and her expression darkened.
Look belund you. Tess said coolly, sensing Nadine was about to get physical.
<i>“</i>You think in falling for that? Nadine growled, clenched her teeth, and stomped forward in her heels.<fn74dc> Follow current nov?ls on find·novel</fn74dc>
Mrs Lock
The poor came like a crack of lightning- Zane’s
Nadine froze mid–step and turned. Zane approached holding a folder, his expression unreadable.
Noting the document she had just handled not long ago. Nadine’s face turned visibly sour. Sull, she forced out a smile that tried to pass as polite. Something so trivial–did it really need you to permally deliver this?”
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Zane nced at Nadine, whose expression was oddly tense. He figured she was just feeling embarrassed.
“Mr. Lock’s orders,” he replied simply.
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At the mention of that name, Tess’s face hardened. She took the chance to turn and leave while they were distracted.
“Mrs. Lock!”
Zane noticed and rushed to block her path, trying to ce the folder in her arms–only to realize both of her hands were full.
Instead, he respectfully opened it in front of her.
Inside was a check. One million dors.
“This is Mr. Lock’s way ofpensating you,” he exined quietly.
Tess stared at the check, shocked. Then, without a word, she took a step back.
She let the check fall to the ground.
Zane blinked, confused. He bent to retrieve it, offering it again.
But Tess didn’t take it. Her eyes were full of scorn.
“If this is his apology for making me do that,” she said coldly, “then can I buy him to do the same thing? I can give him a million. Will he agree to this?”
“Mr. Lock would never do that!” Zane shot back without thinking.
As soon as the words left his mouth, his scalp turned numb and his face turned bright red.
“Exactly,” Tess said, her voice icy. “If he wouldn’t do that for this amount of money, why should I? Is my dignity worth less-
than his?”
Zane had no answer. He stepped aside quietly, letting her pass.
A little head poked out from the bundle in Tess’s arms–La, curious and blinking.
Zane’s eyes widened in shock.
The child looked like a doll. There was no mistaking it—she looked just like his boss. Exactly like Finn.
<b>Why </b>was there even a question about her parentage?
“Hey! Isn’t that the hotshot attorney everyone’s been talking about?”
“Oh my gosh, that’s Ms. Nadine! <b>I </b>love her!”
“She’s brilliant and beautiful, and she’s the chief attorney at Lock Group! Mr. Lock practically had her on a pedestal!”
People started pulling out their phones, snapping photos.
The Bases were blinding
Tess turned quickly, shielding La with her body,
People wond toud her name the same.
Now, wanding in the middle of the crowd, fallen from grace, she locked eyes with Nadine, who looked both smug and
furious
And someone in the crowd muttered-
“Shit’s not even that pretty. The real beauty was Tess Ember, Lock Group’s former star attorney!”
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“I heard Nadine wed her way up after Tess got locked up. Even got cozy with her brother–inw. A homewrecker through and through!”