Chapter b416 /bShe’s Literally Right Next to Me

bSamuel /bsaidb, /b“bTessa/bb, /bbdo /byou even have a conscience? It’s your eighteenth birthday btoday/bb, /bband /bI btook /bbtime /bout bof /bbmy /bbpacked /bschedule just to call you–how could you talk to me like that?” He couldn’t bmake /bbit /bbback /bin bperson/b, but a gift was bstill /ba must.

“Oh, sorry. It’s 1 AM now. My birthday was yesterday,” Tessa replied bluntly.

“Well, it’s not past midnight where I am.” He’d been so busy, hepletely forgot about the btime /bbdifference /bbetween Murica and Yalvaria, and ended up missing the chance to wish her happy birthday right bon /bbtime/bb. /bbI /balready sent your present; make sure you check for a delivery”

“What is it?”

Every year, he sent her some bizarre item for her birthdayi. /i

Likest year–he mailed a bone needle made from the rib of an ancient vampire, supposedly capable of piercing any spiritual barrier and mending soul fractures.

The year before that, it was a healing potion made from an animal’s blood infused with mandrake root, concocted by a witch and a werewolf healer. That one was said to help torn nds heal on their own.

“If I told you now, it wouldn’t be a surprise!” Samuel’s voice was bright and cheerful. “Why are you bstill /bup sote? What are you doing?”

“Getting ready to sleep.”

“Who were you just with? Was it Landon?”

The moment Landon’s name came up, Samuel got

flustered.

“Tessa, I have to remind you–even though you’re eighteen now and technically an adult, you’re still young. Don’t do anything you’re not ready to deal with,” he rambled on, nagging.

Tessa was powerful, and yes, she was legally an adult now—but in his eyes, she was still that little girl who never grew up, the one he constantly had to worry about.

Especially when it came to Landon–the Montedra–born king.

Samuel had long suspected that guy had ulterior motives. If he ever tried to seduce Tessa, she probably wouldn’t be able to resist.

After all, in Montedra, no female could withstand the allure of someone like Landon, strong, handsome, and loaded.

But now that Tessa was an adult, Samuel couldn’t help but wonder. iAre /iishe /iiand /iiLandon /iifated /iimates/i? biIf /i/biwere/ii, /iithen /iit iwouldn’t /iibe /iisurprising /iiif /iithe /itwo iof /iithem /iiwere /iialready/i… iengaging /iiin /iisome /iiintimate /iibonding/ii. /i

That thought had barely formed when he suddenly heard Landon’s deep,manding voice.

“That’s right. She’s with me right/now.”

Landon leaned toward Tessa’s phone as he spoke. Immediately, Samuel’s shrill, indignant bvoice /bbpierced /bthrough the speaker.

“What are you two doing together thiste? Landon, have some decency! You’re ba /bbgrown /bmanb, /bband /bbyou’re /b

bstill /bbclinging /bto a young girl like Tessa, you!”

bBefore /bTessa could even move, Landon hung up the call for her.

b“/bbAll /bright, no inore of his nonsense,” Landon said, shutting off the phone and cing it on the bnightstand/b. He leaned down to kiss her lips. “Now, are we going to sleep… or keep going?”

Tessa looped her arms around his neck, a teasing smile tugging at her lips. “If we keep going, bI’m /bafraid byou /bmight wear yourself out.”

Before she even finished the sentence, Landon flipped her beneath him. “I’ll show you just how far bfrom /bworn out I am.”

Laughter bubbled from Tessa’s lips as their bare bodies intertwined once more…

At the same time, Samuel–whose call had just been cut off–tried calling again, only to find the phone already powered down.

He was far away in Yalvaria now.

Even if he was worried, there wasn’t much he could do.

After all, Tessa was an independent person now. She had her own thoughts, and there were plenty of decisions he couldn’t make for her.

“Tessa, you better be happy, you hear me?”

With that, Samuel returned to his research.

No matter what happened, he genuinely wanted Tessa to be okay.

Between Landon and Nathan, he’d pick Landon any day.

That Nathan guy was a full–on creep.

Nathan had been hunting him downtely, just to use him to threaten Tessa.

Just thinking about how despicable Nathan truly was gave Samuel a headache.

Treating Tessa as nothing more than a stand–in for his deceased Luna, doing everything in his power to mold her into that image… iWho /iiknew /iiwhen /iihe’d /iifinally /iigive /iiup /iithat /iitwisted /iiidea/ii? /i

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