Chapter 13 Will You Recognize Me, Finn?
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“Tess?
“Tess? Layla’s crying!”
The baby’s wails and Bessie’s urgent calls snapped Tess back to reality.
She looked down and realized she had been clutching Layla too tightly. She was terrified and crying hard.
She quickly loosened her hold, guilt flooding her heart. She began to soothe Layla in a broken, trembling voice.
Her eyes turned red, and her lips trembled as she bit down hard. Though the room wasn’t cold, she was shaking all over.
Her beautiful eyes brimmed with tears, streaming down her cheeks. She was crying, but her twisted smile made it hard to tell whether it was grief or madness.
She clutched Layla close.
“I need to look him in the eyes and ask–why me? Haven’t I suffered enough? What’s left for him to take? My life?” Her voice splintered, raw with grief.
She stood up suddenly, grabbed the baby sling, and strapped Layla in.
“Tess, where are you going with the baby?”
By the time Bessie realized what was happening and ran after Tess, her frail figure had already vanished.
“What’s going on?” Bessie muttered to herself.
Just then, crack of thunder split the sky.
A chill crept into Bessie’s chest as she looked up at the heavy clouds, feeling increasingly uneasy.
Those women who had been gossiping also fell silent. They glanced at each other in confusion. What had triggered Tess’s breakdown?
All they did was mention Aetheris‘ richest man–Finn.
On the rain–slicked street, Tess’s figure moved through the rain and mist.
Her destination was clear–the towering, magnificent Lock Group where she had once worked.
She was going to see Rinn. She wanted answers.
A year and a half might not seem long, but the suffering in prison had been enough to reshape her completely.
Her beauty remained, but her heart had gone numb.
Time flies. Finn, after all these years, will you still recognize the woman you once knew?
Meanwhile, in the CEO office of Lock Group, Finn’s expression turned icy after he heard the report.
“You’re saying a street cleaner stole my grandmother’s ring?”
Zane replied, “Don’t worry, Mr. Lock. Since it concerns Mrs. Vale, the police assigned a special officer to handle it. According to the housekeeper, Jade, the ring has been recovered.”
“But
Zane pinched the bridge of his nose, bewildered. “It wasn’t the police who found the ring; it was some quick–thinking street cleaner who set a trap, caught the thief, and returned the ring. Mrs. Vale took a real liking to her.”
Zane continued, “Here’s the twist. You’ve met this janitor before. She’s the one who got drenched by your car and whom you helped afterward. The one who cleans with her baby strapped to her back.”
Finn remembered.
So, it’s her.”
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Chapter 13 Will You Recognize Me, Finn?
He stood by the panoramic window, tall and silent. He recalled seeing her on a bus outside the prison once, cradling her baby gently.
Later, when his car accidentally splashed her, she didn’t complain and just shielded her baby without a second thought.
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