Imprisoned While Pregnant, She's Back for Payback novel Chapter 191

Chapter 191 Chief Legal Counsel

Chapter 191 Chief Legal Counsel

This time, he hunched his neck and didn’t dare say a word.

But still, he gritted his teeth and couldn’t force anything out.

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Even Steven’s bodyguards had put in the effort, but they made no progress. One of them turned to Tess for direction.

“Should we take them to the police for questioning?” he suggested.

Tess shook her head, bitterness flickering in her eyes.

“Tie them up and leave them here.”

Steven’s brows drew together in confusion, but one look into her cool, steady gaze, and he caved without argument.

He personally ordered his men to bind them tight, every knot firm.

Tess gave the group one last look at the mouth of the alley before following Steven into the

car.

As the door shut, she said evenly, “Someone will take care of them.”

The vehicle eased away. A few dark figures emerged at the far end of the alley.

Tess calmly pulled her gaze back.

“Finn’s men?”

Steven understood instantly.

Her face was pale, and she neither confirmed nor denied it.

Seeing her mood drop, Steven didn’t press.

Finn was practically an unspoken taboo between them.

And what happened back then, even more so.

No matter how much time had passed, no matter how much had changed, that incident was still the deepest wound she had carried.

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“Do you all think it was me… ?”

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“Tess!” Steven’s hands clamped hot and firm on her narrow shoulders. “Look at me. In my eyes, it was never you. You will always be the same Tess I met at the very start. Understand?”

The scenery outside the window kept changing, and then stilled.

Her breathing steadied, and at some point, his hands slipped away, his fingers rubbing lightly as if reluctant to let go.

Because she still had lingering side effects, she got out of the car with Steven’s support.

“Those rumors about you have been flying all over lately. You really haven’t been affected?”

He guided her toward his private lab, making small talk as they walked.

Her eyes darkened a fraction, but she still gave a light shrug with a faint smile. “I’ve already said–they’re just rumors.”

Steven studied her for a moment.

She was clearly forcing nonchalance, and in the dip of her gaze, he caught a flash of something dim and heavy.

He sighed inwardly but didn’t bring it up again.

They reached the far end of the corridor in a silence that was quiet, but not unfriendly.

Steven pushed the door open, sounding just a touch proud. “I had this office set up just for you.”

Her gaze went straight to the crescent–colored desk and chairs, tucked neatly beside a circle of sleek, white furniture.

When she looked back, he was smiling and raising his brows. “Go take a look.”

He led her closer. On the display shelf nearby sat rows of freshly purchased books.

One glance at the titles and her nose stung. She didn’t even know what to say.

“You…”

Her voice rasped, thick with unspoken emotion.

“Hey, don’t start.”

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His normally serious, almost older–brother face softened with a smile. “Check if anything is missing.”

She nodded hard.

Her fingertips brushed the pristine covers, each one thick and weighty like a brick–volumes. she knew by heart.

These were the reference books she’d relied on back at the Lock Group, always kept within arm’s reach on the office shelf.

She hadn’t expected Steven to think of even this detail in furnishing her new office.

“It’s perfect.”

Her voice carried a hoarse edge, her eyes full of memory.

She might have agreed to help him, but it was in name only—at best, she was a consultant. Yet he treated her like this.

Warmth spread through her chest. “You really didn’t have to—”

“Of course I did.”

His reproach was light but firm, cutting her off.

“Tess, you do realize I’ve hired Aetheris’s youngest chief legal counsel, right?”

He patted her shoulder.

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