Imprisoned While Pregnant, She's Back for Payback novel Chapter 208

Chapter 208 What Does He Want?

Chapter 208 What Does He Want?

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Last night, when everything felt ready to blow, all Finn had seen online was Tess and Connor caught up in some messy gossip headline. But later, back in his room, he spotted her post explaining things.

That huge “Selina” printed across the invitation felt like an open insult.

Selina?

Tess is Selina?

I thought I knew her pretty well–turns out, maybe not.

When the news broke, he was just as floored as everyone else. Even with years in the business world, he remembered Selina–the mysterious, genius designer.

He’d once thought about ordering a custom suit from her, but her studio had flat–out refused.

No one had ever told him no before.

If Tess had been Selina this whole time… maybe it sort of added up.

Still, how was that even possible?

He still found it hard to believe.

A year ago, when Selina was all over the fashion world, wasn’t Tess stuck behind bars?

Finn kept his face blank, not giving away a thing, while Tess’s patience was clearly running out.

The guy–tall, broad, and impossible to ignore–stood in the doorway, blocking her path.

“You gonna move or what?”

Her voice was sharp, eyebrows drawn tight.

That edge in her tone snapped him out of his thoughts.

His chest tightened, and he caught himself staring longer than he meant to. But the guarded, keep–your–distance look in her eyes shut down that brief flicker of warmth instantly.

His face cooled. Still, remembering how yesterday he’d questioned her like everyone else, a little guilt crept in.

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“Evermount Villa belongs to me.”

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He lifted a brow, tugging at the cuffs he’d already fixed.

To Tess, it just looked like he was picking a fight.

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She gave a short, cold laugh and yanked the tie he’d just adjusted. “Let’s get one thing straight -you’re the one refusing to sign the divorce papers. I could walk out today if I wanted to.”

Her eyes were sharp, voice like steel.

Finn’s heart gave a sudden, hard kick. He imagined the villa without her–silent, empty, like some palace floating way above the world.

“Tess, how come you can talk nicely to everyone else, but you’re always rude with me?”

His tone was serious now, shadows from his brow darkening his eyes, making them look deep, almost lost–as if they belonged to someone alone in a place no one visits anymore.

Tess froze for a beat, then her expression shifted.

She scanned him head to toe, wondering, What’s his deal?

But when their eyes met, something in his gaze made the words she’d been ready to throw vanish from her lips.

Her chest lurched hard.

She bit her lip, staring back at him, and realized, Isn’t this the kind of look I used to want from him?

The rush of feelings tightened around her heart, squeezing, almost hurting.

Why?

Her lips trembled, but when she looked up again, her eyes were cold, dark as ice.

A year ago, he didn’t believe me and locked me up himself.

He trusted Nadine’s lies over me and tossed me aside like I was nothing.

I got out and raised Layla alone, all while enduring Nadine’s constant humiliation–something he stood by and allowed.

The small flicker of heat in her chest iced over. She pushed the memories away.

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She gave a short, cutting laugh. “Mr. Lock, your memory’s worse than I thought.”

Every word dripped with sarcasm.

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Finn’s mouth opened, his jaw tightening like the words hurt to say. “Lock Group will put out a statement about you. We’re already working to shut down the rumors.”

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