Chapter 565 The Second Test

bTessa /bsuddenlyughed and booked her arms around his neck. “When did Mr. Landon be such a gentleman?b” /b

“I’ve always been this way–with you.” Landon lowered his head and kissed the corner of her eye, kissing away the lingering wetness. “Once you’re feeling better…”

“Once Grandpa’s better,” Tessa finished for him, lightly tapping his Adam’s apple with her finger. “Alright.” Landon gave in, though his arms around her didn’t loosen. “Let me hold you a bit longer.”

The light from the living roommp stretched their shadows long across the floor, entwined and inseparable.

It was a while before Landon finally lo olligo. He smoothed her rumpled cor and said, “Take a shower and go to bed early. I’ll go with you to the Sinir estate tomorrow.” /li/ol

“Okay.”

After getting ready for bed, Tessa fell asleep in Landon’s arms.

In the days that followed, Tessa ran like clockwork.

She buried herself in textbooks at the medical university by day, then spent her afternoons at the temporary Sinir Corporation office, tweaking the Sundawn Project’s data streams. Rain or shine, she carved out two afternoons a week to visit the Sinir estate, where she sat with Walter in the garden, listening to his stories about roaming the werewolf territories in his youth.

Walter always sped her hand and chuckled, “Our Tessa’s a real busybody now–busier than your brother, the Frostmoon Pack’s alpha.”

Tessa would peel an orange and ce it in his hand with a smile. “Better to be busy. If I keep this up, you’ll see me and Landon living a steady life soon.”

Walter wouldugh until his eyes watered, never knowing that the performance charts on her office desk were surging upward at a dizzying pace. With the exclusive license to Montedra’s werewolf pharmaceutical pipeline and a capital trapid squarely against White Corp’s soft spots, it took less than three months for Sinir Corporation to firmly outshine the White family.

That afternoon, just after her anatomy ss, Tessa was summoned to the dean’s office.

Tessa was summoned to the dean’s office.

She opened the door to find Reginald sitting on the sofa, holding an unlit cigar between his fingers..

“Sir.” Tessa closed the door behind her, her tone calm andposed.

“Sit,” Reginald said, gesturing to the chair across from him. “I read Sinir Corporation’s report.”

“Mm.”

bn /b

“You beat my expectations by a full month.” He looked up at her, and for once, his gaze held less d. and more scrutiny. “White Corp’s overseas operations have been thoroughly disrupted. Your methods are ruthless.”.

“Business is war. Mercy toward the enemy is cruelty to oneself.” Tessa’s response mirrored her answer in the car when he’d asked how she would handle an assassination attempt.

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Chapter 565 The Second Test

Reginald chuckled, bthis /btime with a trace of genuine approval. “Consider that byour /bbfirst /bbpass/bb. /bHe bpaused /bbefore cutting to the chase. “Next. I’ll have someone walk you through Nightshade bPack’s /bcore bsecurity /bprotocols–border patrol strategies, rebel dossiers. This is the second test on your bway /bbto /bbbing /bbLuna /b

bTessa /blooked up. “I ept.”

“But let me make this clear.” She spoke again before Reginald could continue. “I’m not doing this bto /bbprove /bI’m ‘qualified, and I certainly don’t think Ick the ability.”

She met his eyes without flinching, her voiceposed and steady. “I’m doing this because of Landonb. /bbHe’s /bNightshade Pack’s alpha. I’m his mate. His burdens are mine to share. But that doesn’t mean I’ll depend bon /banyone.”

Reginald paused mid–flick of his cigar, then casually tapped the ash that wasn’t there. “Interesting.” He brose /bto his feet. “You set the time. When you’re ready,e to the estate.”

“Alright, I’ll see you out.” Tessa personally escorted Mr. Reginald to the gates of the medical university.

Just as she reached the entrance, her phone buzzed. Ethan’s name shed across the screen.

The moment she saw the caller ID, she knew–this guy was in trouble again.

“What is it?” Tessa answered directly.

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