Imprisoned While Pregnant, She's Back for Payback novel Chapter 42

Chapter 42 A Lazy Golden Retriever

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The woman marched off without looking back, her slim figure disappearing around the corner in seconds.

“Finn, Tess is too much. She’s still giving you the cold shoulder …” Nadine mumbled, her voice trembling.

However, Finn did not even look at her–his eyes just stayed locked on that empty corner, dark and impossible to read.

Tess could practically feel his stare burning into her back, but she did not turn around once.

The second she rounded the corner and slipped out of his sight, she quickened her pace.

It was not until she was finally in the back seat of the cab she had called that the tightness in her chest loosened just a little.

After all, this was Finn–he had been at the top long before she went to prison, and he was still untouchable when she got out.

If it had not been for that confidential file leak back then, Max would not have even been a threat to him.

She had loved Finn for so long–ripping him out of her heart felt like tearing out her own bones, leaving her raw and bleeding.

She pressed a hand over her chest, trying to calm her heartbeat which still had not settled.

However, there was no love left now. Only fear.

If not for Finn, prison would not have been the hell it was.

Outside the window, the world blurred past like a movie in reverse.

All of a sudden, Tess’s eyes welled up with tears.

For a split second, she almost turned around to look back.

Yet, the old Ember house was already shrinking into nothing behind her.

Grandma would always be there–that thought alone sent a thousand needles stabbing into her heart.

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Chapter 42 A Lazy Golden Retriever

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She finally had the guts to cut ties with her mother, but after all those years of being the family outcast, there was no freedom in it–just an emptiness that left her adrift.

She wanted to cry.

Yet, in the end, Tess just forced herself to swallow it down.

She had already wasted an entire day.

Because of her mother’s meddling, Tess still had not gotten her inheritance back.

So she went back to the old staff dorm to pick up Layla.

Bessie had been amazing with her. When Tess got there, Layla had a new pink clip in her baby–fine hair, looking extra sweet and happy.

A bunch of the ladies on break were crowded around her, making her giggle and clap her hands.

The whole scene warmed Tess’s heart.

Bessie, sharp–eyed as ever, spotted her first.

“Tess, you’re back?”

She gently lifted Layla from someone’s arms and, though she clearly wanted to keep holding her, handed her over.

Tess nodded, and Layla squealed happily, wrapping her tiny arms around Tess’s neck.

“She is such a sweet baby. We all love her to bits,” Bessie said, patting Layla’s chubby hand.

“Thank you so much, really,” Tess said, bowing a little.

The gesture flustered the women, who waved their hands and fussed at her. “Hey, what are you doing? No need for that, Tess!”

Bessie just stood there, eyes narrowing a bit as she watched.

Her eyes looked thoughtful and a little curious.

The dorm was a bit far from the main road, so once Tess said goodbye to the group, she planned to carry Layla out to wait for a cab.

However, Bessie offered to walk with them.

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