Chapter 630 I Gossip, Therefore I Am
Stella couldn’t help thinking. I’m starting to admire Diana a little, what do I do with that?
When the Ashen Pact dragged Diana back, their original goal had been to force her to hand over the remaining half of the treasure map.
But no one had expected that once she returned…
Just like Tessa said, if they were now being driven to this extent, it clearly meant Diana had stirred up a full- blown storm inside the Ashen Pact.
At this point, they were so desperate, they’d resorted to trying to use Tessa, Diana’s only daughter as leverage.
Stella said, “If that’s the case, then all you have to do right now is take care of yourself. Don’t let them get their hands on you.”
That, she thought, would be the greatest support she could give Diana,
“I know,” Tessa replied.
They stayed on the phone for a good while longer before finally hanging up.
Tessa’s stance was clear; she wasn’t planning to go after Diana in the Ashen Pact for now; she had something else to take care of first.
When Abraham came upstairs, Stella had just ended the call.
He slipped his arms around her from behind. “Talking to Tessa?”
“Yeah.”
“What’d she say?”
His voice was warm as always. Even though she’d been hearing it since childhood, it still made her heart flutter.
“She said those twin sisters who run the Ashen Pact… are really ugly.”
Abraham went quiet.
“She also said she doubts they’re even the biological kids of that other woman and the man.”
No, really… Stella remembered the father of the current Ashen Pact leader. She’d met him once in her youth; he’d had the refined elegance of a man straight out of a classic painting.
As for the twins‘ mother, if she’d been that man’s first love, she couldn’t have looked bad.
And yet somehow, the twins turned out shockingly plain.
“What?” Stella muttered. “You think I’m being nosy?”
Seeing him stay silent, she grumbled and turned in his arms, snuggling up to him with a pout. “It’s not just me! Everyone’s gossiping.”
If only one person said they were hideous, it might’ve been slander.
But when everyone who’d seen them said the same thing…
Abraham thought for a moment, then pinched her cheek gently. “You and Tessa really love gossip.”
He’d noticed it back in Rivermount, too.
Most of the intel Stella got had come straight from Tessa’s rumor mill.
He had to admit, she’d changed a lot over the past three years since leaving Falvaria.
At the very least, she hadn’t used to be this into gossip.
Stella chuckled softly. “Maybe it’s just part of being a woman?”
Abraham didn’t mind.
She was just chatting with Tessa on the phone, after all. What he did worry about was her constantly having to run around whenever Tessa needed something.
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