Chapter 664 Unwanted Apology


    “What?”


    Tess frowned, as if she hadn’t heard it clearly.


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    Jolie froze. When she looked up, she met Tess’s eyes–calm, sharp, and holding a hint of challenge.


    The fire of rage rushed straight up Jolie’s chest. Sienna must have sensed her daughter’s anger, because her fingers tightened hard around Jolie’s neck. A bright red mark was already forming.


    Jolie had no choice. She lowered her head again. She clenched her teeth so hard her jaw trembled, and a painful groan slipped out.


    “I’m sorry!”


    The words came out like a growl.


    As soon as she said it, Jolie shut her eyes and swallowed every bit of anger and hurt left in her chest.


    Her mother had always taught her that as a Reagen, she must never disgrace their family reputation. Jolie had been spoiled all her life and raised with pride.


    But now, her mother was forcing her to lower her head.


    That meant Tess was anything but ordinary.


    Wasn’t this woman a young mother who’d been dumped by the richest man, Finn? At most, she was just the unknown daughter of the Embers.


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    Jolie bit her lip hard.


    This time, she stopped trying to fight desperately to lift her head again. She epted her fate and kept it down.


    “The volume was nice and loud,” Tess said with a light smile. “But who knows if your apologyes fron your heart?”


    Tess gave a light smile, brushing off Jolie’s apology like it meant nothing.


    Sienna caught that reaction, and her face turned dark. She quickly looked toward Olivia for help.


    Olivia was unmoved. Her expression said everything clearly–whatever Tess decides, goes. She was here back Tess up, not anyone else.


    Sienna’s usual calm and pride werepletely gone. Sweat gathered across her forehead, tiny beads showing exactly how nervous she was.


    “Mrs. Olivia, I—I didn’t expect Tess to be your sessor. If I had known earlier, I never would—”


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    “Never what?”


    Tess crossed her arms and watched Sienna in a rx mannered, almost amused,


    Olivia immediately understood what Tess was implying. Her eyes narrowed. “If Tess weren’t my granddaughter and not my sessor, were you nning to use your power to cover up Jolie’s wrongdoing?”


    She hit the word “wrongdoing” especially hard, her gaze sharp and piercing.


    More sweat rolled down Sienna’s forehead, and even her back felt soaked.


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    She hurriedly tried to fix things. “No, that’s definitely not what I meant. We came here to clear things up and to make peace with Ms. Ember.”


    All her earlier confidence hadpletely copsed.


    “Oh? Make peace?”


    Tess’s smile widened, filled with quiet mockery. Her gaze swept across the room like she was cutting through their excuses.


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    “Didn’t Ms. Reagen just say you nned to have those reporters that you brought spread rumors about me?”


    Tess lifted a brow, and the room went silent.


    Compared to the family of three, who stood stiff as boards, Tess looked rxed.


    She didn’t have to tense up now. No one in the room could threaten her. Everyone had to follow her lead


    The moment those words left her mouth, Sienna froze. Even the reporters felt a chill run down their leg


    “Oh? So this is how your Aetheris media works?” Olivia said with a coldugh. “You don’t report the truth You twist it, edit it, and turn it into cheap drama?”


    Her sharp stare cut through every pale–faced reporter in the crowd.


    When Olivia got serious, the air around her tightened. People could practically feel the temperature dr


    “Grandma, you don’t have to be that mad,” Tess said gently. “I am actually making some ns myself.”


    Olivia lifted a brow, instantly intrigued. Her anger faded as quickly as it appeared.


    “Oh, really? What did you arrange?” she asked.


    Tess’s lips curved. “Well, Ms. Reagen isn’t the only one who knows how to contact the media.”


    Her voice was calm and cool, echoed in the space.


    And that echo kept bouncing inside Sienna’s chest, hitting the same spot again and again.


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    “What do you mean by that?” Sienna’s fingers tightened.


    The cold mask she held onto began to crack.


    ere invited by me,” Tess said with a little shrug.


    “It means some of these reporters


    “But unlike Ms. Reagen, I only aske


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    She then turned her head toward the crowd.


    “So? You all recorded everything that happened in this office, right?”


    Four or five reporters instantly raised the cameras, which glowed under the bright lights, and nodded.


    Sienna swayed where she stood. Only now did she realize Tess had outyed her. Completely.


    Her eyes widened and no longer hid her shock.


    “Y–you nned this from the start!”


    “No,” Tess said, shaking her head lightly.


    Her voice was calm, almost gentle. “I just deal with whateveres. If someone pushes, I push back. Simple as that.”


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