The Wrong Girl and the Wronged Girl (Stella and Ethan) novel Chapter 424

Chapter 424 Sentencing and Misunderstandings

Chapter 424 Sentencing and Misunderstandings

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Lewis nearly nodded on instinct–but something in Victor’s tone stopped him cold. He shook his head frantically. “Nope, I’m not curious. Not even a little. Absolutely not.”

Oh god, had he said something wrong again?

Why did Victor’s voice sound even more dangerous than before?

Forget it. He was swearing off talking altogether. This mouth of his was going to get him killed.

“I swear I wasn’t curious about you, Victor. I was curious if I was any good.”

He needed to leave. Immediately.

“I just remembered–I didn’t get all the answers from that guy last night. I should go question him again.”

And without waiting for a reply, Silas bolted.

He vowed: from now on, if Lewis was in the same room as the boss, he was staying far away. This was a high–risk zone. One

wrong

word and boom–collateral damage.

Victor turned his eyes on Lewis.

Lewis blinked. “Want me to help Silas? I could go interrogate too?”

He was desperate to escape.

The air pressure alone was enough to make his heart flutter like a dying bird.

Victor calmly lit a cigarette. “What’s your relationship with Eddie?”

“Uh… no relationship at all?” Lewis blinked. “We’re not close.”

What kind of question was this? He and Eddie had practically nothing in common.

Victor said coolly, “I think you two should become brothers.”

“…We’re not brothers.”

“You could be.”

Lewis’s brain short–circuited.

Could be?What did that even mean?

Brothers either were or weren’t–what was this middle–ground ambiguity?

Victor explained, “Eddie’s going to the Mambia Desert in a few days. You’ll go with him. Keep him company. You two will get along great.”

And just like that, Lewis’s world collapsed.

He’d just been complaining to Silas about how brutal that desert was–and now? Now Victor was sending him?

Silas had predicted this. And he hadn’t said a word!

“B–Brothers, sure–but I don’t want to go to Mambia Desert,” Lewis blurted, without thinking.

He didn’t even register the double meaning in his words.

He thought Victor was just suggesting a bond–not a punishment.

Victor’s stare sharpened.

Silence fell.

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Chapter 424 Sentencing and Misunderstandings

Lewis chuckled nervously. “Victor?”

Victor exhaled a plume of smoke. “Why did I even keep you around again?”

Why had he let this idiot stay by his side?

Lewis blinked. “Uh… firing squad?”

Victor nodded. “Right. That’s it.”

Yeah–there had to have been some redeeming quality. Otherwise, there was no way he’d have tolerated such a fool.

Upstairs, Tessa stirred and rolled over–right off the bed.

Thud! She hit the floor hard, the impact rattling her brain.

She was always a wild sleeper.

At home, the house staff had a daily task: clean and reconstruct her bed.

Because no matter how pristine it was when she lay down, by morning the sheets would be in a crumpled heap on the floor.

Bleary–eyed, she looked around.

A strange room?

Where…?

Oh. Right. She remembered now.

“Eh?”

Where was the patient?

He had a raging fever last night–where’d he disappear to?

She panicked.

Grabbing her phone, she checked the time. Past 9 a.m. already.

“Ahh, so late?”

Victor had mentioned porridge last night… and she was supposed to cook. But at this hour, did breakfast even count anymore?

Still yawning, Tessa padded downstairs.

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