Chapter 67 He Wants Her Back
Chapter 67 He Wants Her Back
Tess lifted her daughter into her arms, shielding her from Finn’s gaze with her body.
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She turned her back to him, her profile stiff with defiance, though her fingers trembled slightly as they held La close.
Tess didn’t push away his help–partly because she’d panicked,pletely overwhelmed and out of options–but more so because he was La’s father.
Even if she intended to keep this secret buried for the rest of her life, a small, selfish part of her still hoped La could grow up with a father in her life, even just for a moment.
But that brief exchange of eye contact between them–it shook her to her core. <i>Is </i><i>this </i><i>what </i><i>people </i><i>mean </i><i>by </i><i>blood </i><i>ties</i><i>? </i>
The very thought made her scalp tingle.
Her eviction order petrified Finn in ce.
“Tess,e home with me.”
The words slipped from his mouth before he could stop them.
Tess’s gentle rocking of La came to a halt.
“Get out,” she said coldly.
Her voice was firm, urgent, andpletely unyielding.
The air in the hotel room turned frigid.
Time seemed to stop.
Finally, the door shut with a soft click, leaving only the sound of Tess’s quickening breaths.
She couldn’t imagine what might’ve happened had Finn tried to force her. What can she do if thingse to that?
The thought sent a chill through her bones.
Tess stepped toward the door and added another lock.
Outside, Finn remained motionless.
He hadn’t left.
He slowly lifted his head, his eyes swimming with emotions too tangled to name.
Every moment spent with Tess, he felt her tension like a tight wire.
Is she afraid of me?
His eyes flickered with doubt. His heart sank, an unfamiliar loneliness settled over him.
“Mr. Lock?”
Zane’s voice called softly from beside him, but he couldn’t help stealing a nce into the room.
Mrs. Lock is staying in a hotel <i>with </i>her baby?
The Locks have ess to the best <i>private </i>doctors and state–of–the–art medical <i>equipment</i>. <i>Why </i><i>does </i>she have to be this stubborn?
“Let’s go, Finn said. His voice was low and cold.
The luxury car sped through the empty street, its silhouette vanishing into the night–yet someone was watching it all.
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Chapter 67 He Wants Her Back
Inside the hotel, La had fallen asleep. Her cheeks were rosy, and the flush of illness hadpletely faded.
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Outside, the night was so dark it seemed like ink could drip from the sky. But Tess couldn’t sleep. She stood by the window, a thin breeze slipping in through the crack.
She wore a light nightgown, her slender figure like a dandelion in the wind, fragile and silent.
Earlier, she’d checked her bank ount. Since it had been frozen, the trust fund had bounced back. To im it, she’d need to visit the trustpany the next day.
Tightening her cor, shey down in bed.
Not far away, as soon as her figure disappeared from the window, Finn looked away.
“Mr. Lock,” Zane called out, finally daring to speak. “Mr. Holden’s surgery is done. It wasn’t serious. They say we can resume the talks in two days.”
So they’d be <i>back </i><i>here </i><i>in </i>two <i>days</i>?
Finn’s lips pressed into a thin line. In his mind, Tess appeared again–always turning away from him, hiding her face, never meeting his eyes.
A strange ache tightened in his chest. He didn’t understand it.
His hand clenched into a fist.
She was the one who had messed up in the first ce. And what happened at the lobby hadn’t been his intention.
He rubbed his forehead, frustration simmering just beneath the surface.
“Change the meeting location. Find some ce nearby–a hotel with a higher floor,” he ordered.
Zane immediately understood.
A nearby hotel with a high floor? His boss wanted a clear view of his wife’s hotel.
“Understood. I’ll make the arrangements right away.”
As the car drove off, the city seemed to drift into sleep.
But at that same moment, the lights in Charles’s office were still burning,
He couldn’t sleep.
It had already been two nights.
Tess’s sudden disappearance had left a gaping void.
She hadn’t just left–she’d vanished, like a drop of water melting into a river. No trace. No goodbye.
Charles sat wearily at his desk, staring at the paused video on hisptop Tess was holding a sign in the Lock Tower’s lobby.
Snap!
He mmed theptop shut, heart pounding
No matter how many times he tried, he could never get through that video,
Pale moonlight spilled on his face. After a long silence, he finally stood and rummaged beneath the desk for a document.
It had been a year. A thinyer of dust had gathered on the folder.
Under the soft glow of the deskmp, his eyes flickered withplicated emotion–then wentpletely dim.
His fingers tightened around the paper creasing it sharply.
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Chapter 67 He Wants Her Back
With a heavy sigh, Charles opened his tablet and searched for Finn’s recent whereabouts..
The top headline in the finance section read, “Holden Group and Lock Group Expected to Coborate.”
He tapped into the article, his eyes locking onto the meeting location: Hignd Hotel.
Charles stood and turned off the deskmp.
The next day, on the top floor of Lock Tower.
“Ms. Nadine, the trust fund has been withdrawn.”
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The sound of Nadine mming the blinds down echoed loudly through the room.
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“Fine, I’ll admit I went too far. It was meant to be a joke–I didn’t think Tess would actually take it seriously. But whatever. She
the money in the end, didn’t she? That’s all that really matters.”