Chapter 628 Derrick’s Not That Desperate

    In other words, Derrick wouldn’t dare.

    Marie asked, “So you don’t think it could’ve been him either, right?”

    ***+8 Pearls.

    “Of course not,” Julia replied. “You two know each other way too well, you probably even remember each other’s most embarrassing childhood moments. With that kind of familiarity, how could any romantic feelings possibly develop?”

    As far as Julia was concerned, Marie and Derrick getting legally married had been a fluke; there was no romance involved. None.

    “Yeah, that’s true,” Marie admitted.

    “Totally true,” Julia said firmly.

    “Then howe my brother caught feelings for Star?” Marie asked.

    If we’re talking about remembering who wet the bed, Star had done that on Abraham’s bed plenty of times when they were kids.

    Back then, Abraham had looked after her for a long stretch, especially when she was a baby.

    They were close. Inside and out, top to bottom, there wasn’t a part of each other’s lives they didn’t know.

    Her brother had fallen for Star, so what was stopping Derrick from falling for her.

    Maybe she simply wasn’t enough.

    Julia went quiet. Yikes…

    She didn’t dare gossip about Abraham–not even with his sister.

    If word of this ever got back to him, the entire family would be done for.

    Especially since this involved Mr. Abraham iand /iStar. Julia had heard all about what happened to the two families during that banquet recently–it was a total disaster.

    “All I’m saying is, there’s no way anything romantic could happen between you and Derrick,” Julia added.

    Anyone could see it; their personalities were like oil and water.

    Just think about the mess they got into over Star not too long ago–Marie and Derrick had practically torn each other apart.

    If Derrick ever did develop feelings for Marie, it’d only be because he’d never met another woman in his life.

    “Then why would he take the me for Dan?” Marie asked.

    If Derrick wasn’t the one that night, then that meant he had been covering for Dan all along.

    “You idiot,” Julia said. “Dan’s part of the Ashen Pact. You know how messy things are with them right now?”

    “Derrick might only be your husband on paper, but he probably didn’t want you getting yourself into a

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    situation you couldn’t get out of.”

    Now that Julia mentioned it, Maric thought that might actually be the case.

    “Yeah, that makes sense.”

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    “If that’s really the reason,” Julia said, “then Derrick’s actually being pretty generous. That’s not like him bat /ball. He must really not want anything bad to happen to you.”

    After all, the power behind Dan was no joke.

    If Marie had really gone and half–killed him, those people would never let it slide.

    Hearing that, Marie’s breath caught slightly.

    Her mind shed back to the people who’d tried to kill herst night–either members of the Ashen Pact or from the Mint family.

    iThose /iibastards/i… Once she dealt with Evie, she wasing back for all of them.

    “Ashen Pact’s really stirred things uptely,” Julia warned. “And after the scene you made with Dan, you’d better be careful.”

    “And it’s not just them, there’s also the matter of Frapucu.”

    Thinking back to Dan, no one would’ve guessed he was tied ito /isuch a tangled web.

    Back in the day, he just seemed like some poor nobody–a ssic rags–to–riches type.

    “Yeah, I know,” Marie muttered. “That bastard…”

    The more she thought about it, the more she felt like she owed Derrick something.

    She figured once she got her stuff back from Evie and returned to Falvaria, she’d help Derrick squeeze more out of the Tom family.

    Speaking of them…

    The Tom family had suffered a ton over the past few years. Anything tied to Kelly had basically been wiped

    out.

    And since Derrick had cut ties with them, Abraham had shown them absolutely no mercy.

    Last time, when she went to Holt to get those assets, that was probably all the Tom family had left. iOtherwise/ii, /iiwhy /iiwould /iiDerrick’s /iistepmother/ii, /iiMona/ii, /iiand /iiGary /iihave /iireacted /iiso /iidesperately/i?

    They didn’t have much to begin with–and now Marie had taken a big chunk of what was left.

    But she could also understand why Derrick had gone so hard..

    After all, Mona might’ve been the one responsible for his mother’s death.

    “All the more reason you should treat Derrick better,” Julia added.

    Marie was stunned. iNo /ikidding.

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    As for Dan, she was going to take him out the second she got back.

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    After what he did, faking his death, Marie was convinced he’d been ying her the entire time.

    Which meant, every bit of love she’d given him had been aplete waste.

    Back at the Dawson residence, Stey sprawled across her chaise lounge, chatting on the phone with

    Tessa.

    Back when they were in Rivermount, Tessa had always been one for gossip–and after what happenedst night…

    Ste had actually been worried she might’ve taken it hard.

    But apparently not.

    “You’re saying… ugly?”

    Tessa replied, “Yeah. Seriously ugly.”

    Ste was stunned.

    They were talking about the twin sisters–Lana and Lina–who’d tried to sneak into Victor’s vist night.

    Ste had never met them in person, but she’d heard the rumors–those two were known as the ugliest princesses.

    Supposedly, they were ireally /ihideous.

    “Wow… that’s what you focused on?”

    At that point, Ste wasn’t even sure what to say. Butpared to before, Tessa’s current reaction actually reminded her a lot of how she’d been back in Rivermount.

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