Chapter 53 You’ll Obey
Zane stood not far away, giving Tess a polite nod.
“You need to apologize to Ms. Nadine,” he said in a low, formal voice.
His words hit Tess hard, plunging her into icy water.
Why is Zane here?
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Why is he telling me to apologize to Nadine when Charles is lying in a hospital bed with a stomach hemorrhage from the force–fed alcohol?
The pieces clicked together in Tess’s mind, and her face turned ghostly pale.
“You did this?”
Her voice rose to a sharp, almost broken pitch, trembling with horror and disbelief.
Zane’s lips pressed into a thin line. Like a wind–up machine, he repeated mechanically, “Mrs. Lock, please apologize to Ms. Nadine.”
Tess stumbled back a few steps, staring at Zane as if he were some kind of monster.
Then suddenly, as if she’d just woken from a nightmare, she whipped around and began searching the area in panic. “He’s here, isn’t he? You’re here, so he must be nearby! Why won’t he come out and face me?”
Her eyes were bloodshot, her gaze frantic. When no one appeared, she turned back and glared at Zane with fire in her eyes.
“She thought Charles had only gotten hurt because of some business pressure–some awful but mundane cost of corporate dinner parties. But now she knew-
“I’ll make
you behave.”
Those cold, menacing words rang in her ears. Tess clutched her chest as if someone were squeezing her heart.
It’s him.
Finn.
She screamed inside her mind, her hands trembling with rage.
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Chapter 53 You’ll Obey
Of course. Of course ….
He had used Charles’s life to teach her a lesson.
And now, all Tess could feel was bitter, gut–wrenching irony.
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She gave a soft, humorless laugh–quiet but laced with despair. Tears slipped down her cheeks.
To make her apologize to Nadine, he had resorted to this–such a vile, twisted tactic.
“This matter doesn’t need Mr. Lock’s personal attention,” Zane said flatly.
The implication stung: neither Charles nor Tess was worth Finn’s time.
Her
eyes were rimmed red, and even her fingers were shaking.
“If anything happens to Charles, that’s a life lost,” she whispered hoarsely.
“Finn has power, sure–but does that give him the right to trample over someone else’s life just to get what he wants?”
She raised her voice suddenly, accusing, “Do you realize this is attempted murder?!”
Zane said nothing, head lowered like a lifeless puppet.
Tess’s strength left her in an instant; an overwhelming exhaustion washed over her.
“Get out. I’m not going. I won’t do it.”
She
spat the words out, every syllable costing her the last of her strength.
With those final words, Tess turned and walked toward Charles’s hospital room, holding the admission slip in her hand. Her silhouette looked frail, painfully lonely under the fluorescent lights.
Zane stared at her for a long time before turning away.
Just as he stepped out of the hospital building, he saw a tall man standing near the entrance, his back to the door.
The cold wind of the night bit into his skin, but what sent a true chill down his spine was the low pressure radiated by that man.
As soon as he approached, a cold chill crept over him, leaving him shuddering.
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