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    It really was his fault…

    He had never imagined anyone would stoop to such a petty trick just to upset her.

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    Now Madam Evelyn had already given orders: everything sent to Ste had to be carefully checked in every possible way before it ever reached her hands.

    Ste burrowed into his arms, her voice small and aggrieved. “They all want to steal you away.”

    “Then Ste won’t let them steal me, alright?”

    “Then you can’t let them take you

    either.”

    “Alright. I’ll do whatever Ste says.”

    Abraham soothed her patiently. At this point, whatever Ste said, he simply agreed. Not a hint of contradiction.

    After a long while, Ste finally calmed down.

    But Abraham was the one suffering now–heat surging through his body, leaving him in desperate need of ia /icold shower.

    He had just stepped into the bathroom when Ste’s phone rang.

    It was Tessa calling.

    Seeing her number stunned Ste. Everyone had been searching for Tessa these past days, especially Marie, who was practically tearing the Ashen Pact apart.

    Now, seeing Tessa’s name sh across the screen, Ste froze for a second before hurriedly picking up.

    “Tessa?”

    “It’s me.”

    Ste tightened her grip on the phone. “Did Marie find you? How are you? Did those bastards from the Morris family give you any trouble?”

    Because of Marie, Ste’s words toward the Morris family were nothing but venom,

    If she could curse them, she would.

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    “Huh?” Tessa blinked in confusion.

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    “You don’t know? We’ve been losing our minds looking for you. The Morris family are animals. You’re their blood rtive–how could they treat you like this?”

    Yes, the Liang family were animals too, but Ste’s heart still ached at how the Morris family treated Tessa.

    She herself had the Dawson family behind her. She had Abraham.

    But Bingbing’s mother was gone, and Victor was still practically a stranger.

    Even if she knew Victor’s intentions weren’t simple, how reliable could such feelings be after such a short time?

    “Um… what are you talking about?” Tessa’s head spun. Lately she had been following Victor’s lead so closely that her own thoughts were hazy.

    Now, hearing Ste’s questions, she felt her brain go nk.

    “What do you mean what? I asked if the Morris family hurt you. Did they hit you?”

    “I—I haven’t been with the Morris family at all.”

    The Morris family? Truthfully, she had been itching to hit them herself.

    But Victor hadn’t allowed it…

    And Lewis kept mocking her, saying the little tricks she’d picked up under Marie were nothingpared to what the Morris family could do.

    Thinking about it, he wasn’t wrong.

    After all, the Ashen Pact was one of the most terrifying organizations in all of Noctarth.

    She had barely been by Marie’s side for twenty–some days. That really wasn’t enough to face them.

    But Ste now–what was she even talking about?

    “You’re not with the Morris family?”

    This time, it was Ste’s turn to be shocked.

    If not with them, then where had she been all this time?

    “No, of course not.”

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    “Then it wasn’t my sister who found you?”

    “Marie’s looking for me? I didn’t know that.”

    Tessa’s own face was nk with confusion.

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    The world seemed to crack apart at that very moment.

    Something felt wrong, but she couldn’t piece it together.

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    “I’ve called you several times,” Tessa muttered. “But your brother always answered. Finally, I got through to you this time.”

    “You called me before?”

    Already reeling, Ste felt another wave of shock crash over her.

    “Of course I did. Didn’t your brother tell you?”

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    No. He hadn’t said a word. Not a single hint.

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    “Then where are you right now?” Ste demanded, growing frantic.

    “I’ve been with Victor all this time. You didn’t know that either?”

    “I didn’t know. I had no idea at all.”

    Tessa had been with Victor all along–and she had even called. Abraham had answered.

    Which meant Abraham definitely knew Tessa was with Victor.

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    Then what had all of Marie’s fighting with Dan and the Ashen Pact in Noctarth been for?

    “Maybe it wasn’t anything important, so Abraham didn’t tell you,” Tessa suggested after thinking.

    “…” Not important?

    iHow /iicould /iiit /iinot /iibe/i?

    Marie had been going insane, terrified Victor would swallow Tessa whole. She had been raging

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    against Dan, even squaring off against the entire Ashen Pact.

    And all the while, Tessa had been with Victor.

    “So you left Marie, and from then on you’ve been with Victor?” Ste pressed.

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