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    Chapter 630 I Gossip, Therefore I Am

    Ste couldn’t help thinking. iI’m /istarting ito /iiadmire /iDiana a little, what do iI /iido /iiwith /ithat?

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    When the Ashen Pact dragged Diana back, their original goal had been to force her to hand over the remaining half of the treasure map.

    But no one had expected that once she returned…

    Just like Tessa said, if they were now being driven to this extent, it clearly meant Diana had stirred up a full- blown storm inside the Ashen Pact.

    At this point, they were so desperate, they’d resorted to trying to use Tessa, Diana’s only daughter as leverage.

    Ste said, “If that’s the case, then all you have to do right now is take care of yourself. Don’t let them get their hands on you.”

    That, she thought, would be the greatest support she could give Diana.

    “I know,” Tessa replied.

    They stayed on the phone for a good while longer before finally hanging up.

    Tessa’s stance was clear; she wasn’t nning to go after Diana in the Ashen Pact for now; she had something else to take care of first.

    When Abraham came upstairs, Ste had just ended the call.

    He slipped his arms around her from behind. “Talking to Tessa?”

    “Yeah.”

    “What’d she say?”

    His voice was warm as always. Even though she’d been hearing it since childhood, it still made her heart flutter.

    “She said those twin sisters who run the Ashen Pact… are really ugly.”

    Abraham went quiet.

    “She also said she doubts they’re even the biological kids of that other woman and the man.”

    iNo/i, ireally/i… Ste remembered the father of the current Ashen Pact leader. She’d met him once in her youth; he’d had the refined elegance of a man straight out of a ssic painting.

    As for the twins‘ mother, if she’d been that man’s first love, she couldn’t have looked bad.

    And yet somehow, the twins turned out shockingly in.

    “What?” Ste muttered. “You think I’m being nosy?”

    Seeing him stay silent, she grumbled and turned in his arms, snuggling up to him with a pout. b“/bbIt’s /bbnot /bbjust /bme! Everyone’s gossiping.”

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    Chapter 630 | Gossip, Therefore I Am

    If only one person said they were hideous, it might’ve been nder.

    But when everyone who’d seen them

    said the same thing…

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    Abraham thought for a moment, then pinched her cheek gently. “You and Tessa really love gossip.

    He’d noticed it back in Rivermount, too.

    Most of the intel Ste got hade straight from Tessa’s rumor mill.

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    He had to admit, she’d changed a lot over the past three years since leaving Falvaria.

    At the very least, she hadn’t used to be this into gossip.

    Ste chuckled softly. “Maybe it’s just part of being a woman?”

    Abraham didn’t mind.

    She was just chatting with Tessa on the phone, after all. What he idid /iworry about was her constantly having to run around whenever Tessa needed something.

    If gossiping could cheer her up, then he was all for it.

    “Hey, do you think those twins might’ve been, well, not exactly the real deal?”

    To be honest, Tessa’s theory didn’t sound all that far–fetched to Ste.

    The Ashen Pact leader’s father had truly been a striking man in his youth.

    Abraham chuckled. “You’re something else.”

    His tone was full of affection.

    He didn’t bother confirming whether the twins were biological or not–and Ste didn’t expect him to, either.

    While the two of them were chatting, a knock came at the door. Abel’s voice followed from the other side.

    “Sir.”

    Hearing it was Abel, Abraham let go of Ste and turned to open the door.

    Noticing that Ste was in the room too, Abel hesitated for a brief second.

    “What is it?” Abraham asked.

    Abel nced at Ste, considered for a moment, then leaned in and whispered something in Abraham’s ear.

    Abraham’s expression immediately shifted; his gaze turned ice–cold.

    “He ran?” he asked sharply.

    “Yes,” Abel confirmed with a nod.

    A cold edge curled at Abraham’s lips, but when he turned back to Ste, his face was once bagain /bcalm and gentle.

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    “I’m heading to the study.”

    Ste didn’t know what had happened, but she nodded. “Okay. Go ahead.”

    Abraham left with Abel.

    Ste wasn’t too worried; in Falvaria, there was no problem Abraham couldn’t handle.

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    In the study, Abraham lit a cigarette the moment he stepped inside. Ever since Ste got pregnant, he hadn’t smoked around her.

    Smoke swirled around him as his eyes grew sharp and cold.

    “What’s his objective in running?”

    “It’s hard to say for now,” Abel answered. “But recently, Mr. Keene’s interest in Miss Ste has been… unusual.”

    Abel’s word made Abraham’s already cold gaze turn even darker.

    He let out a low, humorlessugh. “His little obsession? Hah–filthy doesn’t even begin to cover it.”

    Abel didn’t respondi. /iiFilthy/ii, /iihuh/ii? /iiYeah/i, iit /iiwas /iidisgusting/i.

    The man had once been blindly devoted to Lillian, only to turn around and chase after Ste the moment he saw Lillian’s true colors–there was nothing sincere about that.

    More likely, the Keene family had set their sights on the resources behind the Dawson family.

    And thinking iabout /iithe /iiKeenes/ii‘ /iigreed/ii, /iithey /iiwere /iialmost /iias /iishameless /iias /iithe /iiReeds/i.

    Then something clicked in Abel’s mind. His expression darkened instantly. “Horgan and Sutton’s rtionship, suddenly improved.”

    Abraham raised a brow. “What do you mean?”

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