Imprisoned While Pregnant, She's Back for Payback novel Chapter 498

Chapter 498 What Did the Larsons Say to You?

Chapter 498 What Did the Larsons Say to You?

Tania looked at the woman before her nervously.

Even though Tess was smiling, Tania still felt an unexplainable sense of distance.

She gripped her hands together under the table, her fingers twisting anxiously.

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Tess kept her smile and even patted Tania gently on the shoulder, signaling her to relax. “Don’t worry, I’m just asking. Of course, I wouldn’t do anything to your son.”

Tania glanced around the table and saw everyone’s eyes on her. Finn’s gaze was cold as ice, and Abel’s gaze was playful and mischievous. Only Tess’s gaze was truly gentle.

Zane picked up on the tense atmosphere, gave Tania a look, and cleared his throat.

“Just answer whatever Ms. Ember asks.”

He repeated the instruction.

Tania bit her lip, lowered her head, and mumbled, “Okay.

“About two weeks ago, Mr. Ember suddenly found me in Krigan and said he could get my son treated at a big hospital in Aetheris. All I needed to do was work as a maid for a few days and help take care of someone.”

Feeling the pressure all around, she answered much more thoroughly this time.

Tess nodded in understanding.

Just then, the server came over with the takeout containers.

“Sir, miss, it’s all packed up.”

The table was soon cleared, leaving a pile of takeout containers.

“You take these home,” Tess told Tania, pushing the boxes toward her.

Tania glanced at Zane for approval. When he nodded, she hurried to thank Tess and left.

It wasn’t until she stepped out of the restaurant that she finally felt like she could breathe again, the weight on her back lifting a little.

Tania flagged down a cab but didn’t head straight back to the apartment.

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Even though Henry had warned her repeatedly not to stay out too long, today was her special day–every week, she was allowed two hours to visit her son in the hospital.

She planned to bring the packed food along for her son to try.

Thinking this, Tania settled into the back seat of the cab.

Tess pulled her gaze back from the window, lowered her head, and tapped out a message to Lyra.

“Have Raven get someone to follow her. I need to know exactly which hospital room her son is in for treatment.”

A reply came quickly. “Got it.”

Only then did Tess put away her phone and look up.

“Thank you.”

She said it earnestly to Finn.

After all, now that they were divorced, the fact that he was still helping out could only be seen as an act of goodwill.

Finn looked at Tess’s calm expression and felt like an invisible hand was squeezing his heart.

He pressed his lips together in silence.

Tess noticed his silence and, figuring the mood was already awkward, nodded slightly and prepared to leave.

Abel caught her movement, his eyes lighting up as he got ready to follow her out.

“Wait.”

But just as Tess was about to leave, Finn spoke up.

She had no choice but to stop and look back at him.

“I heard the Larsons sent someone here?”

Finn raised his eyes to Tess, but his gaze kept drifting toward Abel.

From what he’d heard, it was Abel who brought the Larsons over.

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When Tess heard the question, she frowned.

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After all, it had nothing to do with him. She wasn’t obligated to answer that question. But since she’d asked for his help not long ago, it didn’t seem right to just brush him off.

“Yeah.” She picked up the file on the table. “If there’s nothing else, I’ll be leaving.”

Finn’s eyes narrowed at the slight movement of her hand.

He stared hard at her slim, fair wrist–there was an emerald bracelet on it.

That emerald bracelet was the Larsons‘ heirloom, only given to their heiress!

He looked up, his usually cold, expressionless eyes suddenly stormy, like an undercurrent beneath calm waters.

“What did the Larsons say to you? Did they ask you to go back to them?”

Finn’s voice was sharp with urgency.

Tess paused, her back still to him, brows furrowing.

Why would Finn ask that?

She remembered the way he’d just stared at her. She looked down and saw the bracelet on her wrist.

Is this bracelet really just an ordinary emerald like Grandma said? If that was true, why did everyone react so strongly to it? If it were just Kylie, that would make sense. She might just be jealous for Nadine’s sake. But why would Finn care?

Tess couldn’t help touching the bracelet, feeling the coolness at her fingertips.

“Uncle Finn, you two are already divorced. These questions are getting too personal.”

Abel stepped forward, slinging an arm around Tess’s shoulders and flashing Finn a cheeky grin.

His attitude and posture were totally relaxed, almost playful, as if he didn’t have a care in the world. But there was a flash of sharpness in his eyes as he locked gazes with Finn, the tension between them palpable.