Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath (Stella) novel Chapter 869

Adelle stood frozen, trembling all over.

How did Dan know about what happened with Mervin Burton? She’d always been so careful—how could Dan have found out?

He…

She watched Dan’s back as he headed up the stairs. He didn’t even pause or look her way.

As he walked, Dan called out, “Mervin Burton is an outsider too, isn’t he?”

“So it’s fine for you to bring in outside help to give your Finch the upper hand, but when it comes to me, suddenly everything has to be handled ‘in the family’? Since when is that fair?”

In the name of “handling things in the family”—now she wanted to close the doors? How convenient.

But back when she was the one opening the doors and inviting outsiders in, did she ever think about what kind of disaster it could bring down on Black Gate?

Adelle felt like her chest was caving in. “Is that why you brought Lacey back?”

Lacey…

That woman. That name. For years, Adelle had been haunted by her—by the fear that, even if Lacey wasn’t in Litamark, she’d come back one day.

So Adelle had been searching for Lacey all these years too… She’d wanted to wipe her out, once and for all.

But no matter how many people she sent out, no one ever found Lacey. Some of them never even came back.

She’d never understood why—until now. Thinking back, it had to be Dan, pulling strings behind the scenes.

Dan had never bothered to hide his ambition. Whatever they did, it was probably impossible to keep secrets from him. Realizing just how deep his scheming went, Adelle’s chest felt even tighter.

Dan stopped and glanced over his shoulder at Adelle.

Their eyes met midair, and she saw a ruthless coldness in Dan’s gaze—one that reminded her of how his mother had looked at her, the last time they saw each other.

Adelle felt her heart stutter.

Dan didn’t answer her question directly. Instead, he asked suddenly, “You and Derek—you met on a trip, didn’t you?”

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