The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In novel Chapter 794

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The entire Morris family was drowning in a heavy gloom.

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The moment Dan arrived, Dale ground his teeth and demanded, “Well? Did you find Tessa or not?”

Manny’s eyes were on him too.

He had made no progress at all.

At first, Manny had thought Tessa was nothing more than the bastard child of that whore Diana. He never imagined she would wield such influence.

Now Manny, like Lana lying in the hospital, wanted nothing more than to see Tessa dead.

Dan sank into a single armchair, lit a cigarette, and took a drag.

His unhurried manner drew open disgust from the others.

Dale snapped, angrier still. “I’m asking you a question. Did you find her or not?”

That tone-

As if finding Tessa was solely Dan’s responsibility. It had begun with Manny searching alongside him, yet now the blame fell entirely on him.

Dan turned his gaze on Manny. “Did you find her?”

“You-”

Manny’s face, already dark, went black as ink when he realized Dan was trying to push the fire back onto him.

Seeing the two still at each other’s throats, Dale’s temper boiled hotter.

“This isn’t the time for infighting! What matters now is finding her and handing her over!”

That word–handing–was ground between his teeth, bitter with resentment.

Dan let out a sharp, mocking laugh.

“Allow me to remind you, the person you want to hand over is your daughter.”

Artemis’s face darkened, and she glared daggers at him.

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Dale’s own look toward Dan turned cutting. “I don’t need you reminding me of that.”

“Considering how ruthless you sound, I figured I should remind you anyway.”

Dale’s expression sank further.

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“We’re all grasshoppers tied to the same rope now. Are you really going to talk like this at a time. like this?”

He had no patience for debate. What he wanted more than anything was to find Tessa.

Even if they had once believed she was nothing but a pretext-

Looking at the pressure mounting against them, if they didn’t produce her soon, that pretext would turn into a real catastrophe.

So whether she was an excuse or not, they had no choice but to find her at once.

Dan drew slowly on his cigarette. “Stop looking.”

The room went still.

Dale’s breath hitched. “What did you just say?”

Stop looking?

Manny’s fury erupted. “Are you insane? Do you want us dead faster?”

Was he saying he hadn’t even searched for Tessa?

The thought made Manny’s eyes burn with hatred.

Artemis spoke quickly. “Dan, whatever grudges you have against Manny and me, now isn’t the time. Put them aside.”

“She’s right,” Lina added. “If Ashen Pact falls, then none of us have anything left.”

Both women were rattled.

They had suffered the heaviest losses in the past few days. Their resentment toward Dan had already begun to fade.

All that mattered now was finding Tessa. They needed unity against the outside.

The inside could wait.

Manny snarled, “What is this? Did someone teach you to sweet–talk women, and now you’re

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