Chapter 698 His Odds Rising
“Weren’t you refusing to get in just now?”
Finn cast Tess a sidelong nce.
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Tess quickly gathered up all the unnecessary emotion on her face, leaving only calmness. “A wise person adapts to the situation.”
Hearing this, Finn let out a softugh, like ice and snow melting, like a spring breeze brushing
past.
Only that little breeze never reached Tess.
The faint curve on Finn’s lips slowly faded as well.
“Why are you in Kingnd? Are you stalking me?”
Her voice echoed in the tight, sealed–up car.
Finn, considering the cold weather, had specifically turned on the heater. But sitting in the car with Tess, things still refused to warm up.
Especially with her question.
Finn’s brows twitched slightly, but he quickly returned to normal.
He smiled, pretending to be rxed. “Tess, Kingnd isn’t the Larsons‘ exclusive property.”
Tess raised a brow, neither agreeing nor denying it, only lifting her eyes to stare into the rearview mirror.
She didn’t speak, but Finn admitted defeat first. He sighed helplessly. “Yes.
“I came for you. But it doesn’t count as stalking.”
Tess gave a cold snort. “The Shaws… Was that your handiwork too?”
Finn hadn’t expected Tess to question him this directly. His fingers tightened on the steering wheel.
But her gaze was like needles–he had nowhere to hide.
Finn pressed his lips together, not giving a straight answer, but instead staring directly back at
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Tess. “Why? Are you disappointed?
“Or are you ming me for ruining things between you two?”
Though he still wore a faint smile, his heart was trembling.
“Finn, does this amuse you?”
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Tess frowned and asked, “We’re already divorced. You no longer have the right to meddle in anything about me.”
“But I’m Abel’s uncle. So if I say I did it for him?”
The very sentence Tess used to draw a line became a de cutting straight into Finn’s chest, but he still had to pretend it didn’t hurt.
Inside, he was breaking.
Finn clenched his jaw.
Why could Abel stand by her side so openly? What did that brat have that made her look at him even once?
“You know the truth.”
Tess let out a soft, coldugh.
The two fell silent, and even the air felt frozen stiff.
Finn’s hand remained on the steering wheel, as if debating whether he should take her somewhere else to wait out the rain.
Of course, not just to avoid the rain.
But…
He peeked carefully at Tess through the rearview mirror.
She was looking down at her phone, typing now and then–sending messages to someone, perhaps.
Beep!
Ring ring!
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Chapter 698 His Odds Rising
Tess. “Why? Are you disappointed?
“Or are you ming me for ruining things between you two?”
Though he still wore a faint smile, his heart was trembling.
“Finn, does this amuse you?”
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Tess frowned and asked, “We’re already divorced. You no longer have the right <i>to </i>meddle in anything about me.”
“But I’m Abel’s uncle. So if I say I did it for him?”
The very sentence Tess used to draw a line became a de cutting straight into Finn’s chest, but he still had to pretend it didn’t hurt.
Inside, he was breaking.
Finn clenched his jaw.
Why could Abel stand by her side so openly? What did that brat have that made her look at him even once?
“You know the truth.”
Tess let out a soft, coldugh.
The two fell silent, and even the air felt frozen stiff.
Finn’s hand remained on the steering wheel, as if debating whether he should take her somewhere else to wait out the rain.
Of course, not just to avoid the rain.
But…
He peeked carefully at Tess through the rearview mirror.
She was looking down at her phone, typing now and then–sending messages to someone, perhaps.
Beep!
Ring ring!
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A honk sounded outside, at the same time her phone rang.
Tess picked up. The moment the call connected, Vince told her to look behind her.
Tess turned around and saw that the honking car behind them was Vince’s!
He was even holding two umbres as he hurried toward her.
“Mr. Lock, I really do need to thank you this time.”
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Tess opened the door to get out, but the moment her hand touched the handle, she paused and turned back to Finn. “And of course, I also need to warn you not <i>to </i>interfere too much in the things around me.”
Her gaze swept across the car interior, finallynding on Finn’s slightly stiff, de–sharp side profile. “I don’t care whether you came here by coincidence, or whether you’ve nted eyes around me. But since I’ve said this, don’t let this kind of coincidence happen again.”
With that, the door mmed shut.
“Ms. Tess, I’m really sorry. Mrs. Larson happened to need a ride, and I thought you’d be staying longer, so I went to drive her first.”
Vince looked apologetic, the hard lines of his square face folded with worry.
“It’s fine, Vince. The rain is too heavy. Let’s head back quickly so they don’t worry.”
Tess smiled, took the umbre, and the two got into the car.
Only after their car left did Finn remain frozen in ce.
Thest trace of gentleness on his face fadedpletely, leaving only bleakness and a suffocating gloom.
Tess’s warning still echoed loudly in his mind.
He closed his eyes and exhaled deeply, trying to ignore it. But her cold voice lingered endlessly.
Finn’s chest tightened. He mmed a fist against the steering wheel.
Was she ming him because of Abel?
The more Finn thought about it, the more suffocated he felt. But suddenly, a thought shed through his mind.
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If she really cared about Abel, why did she agree to leave him the moment the Shaws pressured them, even though she clearly knew it was Finn pulling the strings behind the
scenes?
Finn’s heart, which had sunk to the mud, suddenly floated up again.
His eyes flickered with brightness, as if he had discovered a new continent.
Could it be that…
Abel doesn’t matter to <i>her </i><i>at </i>all.
The more Finn thought about it, the more he felt his odds rising. Even his movements became lighter. His fingers brushed the wheel gently, and even when the car started, it felt a little… cheerful.
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<strong>Sara Lili</strong> is a daring romance writer who turns icyndscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of d’s breathtaking cold.