The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In novel Chapter 787

Chapter 787 Always Been With Victor

Marie fell silent. Wait, how does that even conflict?

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Besides, she wasn’t gossiping; so why did Victor make it sound like he was scolding a nosy little. kid?

She pouted. “Then I… fine, fine, I won’t ask anymore, okay?”

Sensing Victor’s impatience, Marie hung up immediately.

Maybe it was the way Victor had been holding the phone that made Tessa restless in his arms; she kept shifting, trying to find a comfortable position.

Victor ended the call and firmly pressed her small head against his shoulder; instantly, Tessa went still.

The truth was, Victor only kept it short with Marie because he didn’t want Tessa to be disturbed.

But after that sharp remark, Marie was left completely dumbfounded.

She stared blankly at Derrick.

“Well?” Derrick asked.

“He said, am I that free? What’s that supposed to mean?”

All she’d asked was whether the person in his arms had been a woman–whether it was Tessa! He could’ve just answered her, but instead he had to scold her…

She was furious!

Marie’s temper flared.

Derrick went quiet.

“Hey! I was the one frantically searching for Tessa not long ago, terrified he’d go to war with my brother over her. Now what the heck does this mean?”

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became.

“Do you even know the people closest to him?” Derrick asked.

“Of course. I know Lewis and Silas.”

“Call them.”

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Marie hesitated. “That doesn’t seem right. What if they’re with Victor? If I call and ask, won’t it make me look even nosier, like I’m just gossiping about him?”

Victor’s tone earlier had carried exactly that implication–that she was being nosy.

Seriously? Am I that kind of person?

“Gossip or not,” Derrick said, “since when is it wrong to at least figure out who the gossip is about?”

“That’s true!”

Marie thought it over; he had a point.

She pulled out her phone and called Silas. At that moment, Silas wasn’t with Victor.

When he saw Marie’s name on the screen, he was surprised, but he still answered respectfully. “Ms. Dawson.”

“Silas, tell me, was Tessa with Victor?”

“Uh?”

Silas went quiet. What kind of question was that?

“Yes or no,” Marie pressed.

“Yes.”

The air on the line went dead quiet. Inside, Marie felt a tidal wave crashing over her.

Her mind went blank with a sharp buzz.

For a long while, she couldn’t even process it.

Hearing only silence, Silas tried cautiously, “Ms. Dawson?”

Marie’s breathing grew uneven. “You mean… Tessa is with Victor?”

“Yes?”

“When did that start?”

“They’ve been together all along,” Silas replied.

He wasn’t hiding anything. After all, as someone who stayed by Victor’s side, he knew the matter with the Ashen Pact was already more or less settled.

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Marie went quiet. They’ve been together all along.

That single sentence nearly shattered her soul.

Together… all along?

Silas was saying Tessa had been with Victor this entire time?

“Since she left me, she’s been with him?”

“Yes.”

Once again, silence swallowed the line.

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But the fire in her chest only burned higher–so hot she felt like she could tear the sky apart. Damn it…

“They’ve been together this whole time, so why the heck didn’t anyone tell me?”

God, she wanted to hit something.

And the one she wanted to beat the most was Victor. Tessa had been taken by him all along!

Marie was utterly thrown into chaos.

“Well, you never asked me,” Silas said carefully.

Marie fell silent.

She hadn’t asked.

Back then, when Tessa had disappeared right under her nose, she hadn’t dared to speak; the fear that Victor might tear her apart had sealed her lips. And now Victor’s people had the gall to tell me that I hadn’t asked? Damn it…

“You guys!”

Once she had the truth, she hung up immediately. Sitting stiffly in her chair, she all but shut down.

Even Derrick’s face showed the same stunned disbelief. Tessa had been with Victor this whole time? Then what the heck had all our battles with the Ashen Pact been for?

Sure, Dan had deserved what he got…

But this time, for Tessa’s sake, they had gone to war against the entire Ashen Pact.

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“What did I say before?” Derrick muttered.

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“Don’t you

dare start,” Marie snapped. “This is so damn inhuman. Do you even know how much I trusted him?”

Her anger finally broke free, boiling over.

She really had trusted Victor.

Someone tell her–this…

Yes, she’d believed in him all along. When Derrick had asked if it could’ve been Victor who took Tessa, what had she said? That Victor wasn’t that kind of man. That if he’d taken Tessa, he would’ve told her.

Marie went quiet. So who’s going to explain to me why Victor turned out to be exactly that kind of man?

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