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Seeing Eddie, Stella twitched her lips, subconsciously ignoring him.
But Eddie sat opposite her and said, “You know what? That best friend of yours is really something. With all that wild energy, when she bumps into Victor, he might be the one who ends up worse off
Stella refuted, “Shut up. She’s just unsteady on her feet; she doesn’t do it on purpose,” thinking, What the hell is this? I don’t want to talk to him. He’s getting on my nerves.
Eddie scoffed, “Many women have stumbled onto him all these years, but I’ve never seen one dare to strip him…”
Stella stopped him, saying, “You’d better stop talking.”
Seeing that Eddie started to talk crap, Stella felt embarrassed and didn’t want to listen to him.
Stella was speechless. She then said, “No one can cure your habit of talking nonsense, huh?”
Eddie was startled when he subconsciously glanced at Abraham, who looked off. Then he smartly shut up and stopped talking.
Stella called out, “Abraham.”
Abraham said, “Hmm, I will call Victor.”
Eddie was speechless, thinking, Alright, after all, she’s still a little princess. Who else can trouble him so much?
Abraham picked up his phone and called Victor.
The phone rang once, twice, but remained unanswered as it was automatically hung up eventually after the final ring.
As Stella heard the final beep on the phone, her heart tensed.
Abraham said, “Both sides should already be engaging in combat.”
Stella was shocked, thinking, Tessa, I’ve tried, but time just doesn’t allow it.
If Tessa had called her earlier, she might have been able to rescue her from that situation.
On the other side, Tessa trembled as she curled up under Victor’s legs.
From the moment she got in the car, she never managed to get out from under Victor’s legs.
She covered her head with both arms, her eyes were closed tightly.
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Tessa was silently praying to her ancestors, “Dear ancestors, please help me get through this ordeal.”
She had been going through an ordeal for the past few days–she had been moving through such dangerous scenes.
The car kept moving, and it was going so fast that Tessa’s curled–up body was unsteady.
The space under Victor’s legs was small, and her waist kept rubbing against his calf.
Tessa screamed in fear the moment the explosion went off.
She could feel her eardrum shattered, as if those things could tear her apart anytime.
She was overwhelmed by terror, fear, and helplessness.
This scene persisted for more than an hour before the car finally stopped.
A man’s voice rang out from outside the car window as he said to Victor in a foreign language, “They were all eliminated. I will bring Silas to handle the cleaning.”
Victor replied with simple words, “Hmm.”
But even with this simple response, it still sounded dangerous to Tessa.
She was terrified.
Back then at Rivermount, she prided herself on having encountered countless hardships and challenges.
Now, she had never encountered such a tough situation–it was so overwhelming that it felt like it could engulf her anytime.
The scene came to a stop.
Tessa was still trembling.
As if he had forgotten her presence, Victor picked up his phone, called Abraham, and crossed his legs casually.
A muffled groan came from beneath his legs, and Victor froze for a moment.
He glanced downwards and realized a small, trembling figure beneath his legs. He first froze, then it hit him – Tessa was here.
Abraham, who was on the other end of the line, asked, “Is it over?”
Victor replied, “Yes, it’s over. The Dawne family is especially cautious this time, so it takes a bit longer.”
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Victor replied in a respectful tone. “Understood.”
As he was about to hang up the call. Abraham asked again. “Is Tessa over there?”
Victor replied. “Yeah, she was below me.”
On the other side of the line, both Stella and Eddie were speechless.
When Abraham asked about Tessa, he put the phone on speaker.
Upon hearing him, Stella and Eddie exchanged glances several times; both of them were flabbergasted.
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Stella twitched her lips as she looked at Eddie, then at Abraham–countless question marks swirled around her head.
She thought. What does Victor mean? Is that what I understood? Hold on, this is way too fast, isn’t it? Is Tessa willing? It’s impossible that she would be willing. On top of that, they are doing it under such a situation; what exactly does this mean?
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Stella’s mind was in chaos as she imagined things.
Eddie hissed sharply and said, “Victor, you’re something, aren’t you? That Ms. Tessa is so capable, and this time she really takes your pants off…
“If you dare to say one more word, I guarantee you won’t be able to say another word tomorrow,” before Eddie could finish his sentence, Victor’s menacing voice came through the line.
Eddie was so frightened that he kept his mouth shut immediately.
Stella then asked anxiously, “Wait, Mr. Victor, what do you mean by that? Is Tessa willing?”
The moment her words fell, and before Victor could answer her, Tessa’s cry came through the line. “Stella, you have to save me, Stella. I didn’t come here of my will. I almost died. I’m
afraid that….
Before Tessa could finish her words, the phone hung up.
Both Stella and Eddie were shocked, again.
They both glanced at Abraham. Stella panicked as she said, “Abraham, you have heard her, right? Tessa isn’t willing.
Eddie then said, “This Victor is a bastard. He has only met Ms. Tessa a few times, yet now he is doing this to her.”
Although last time at Scaflats Cove, what she did was indeed shocking.
But Stella already said that she didn’t do it on purpose and without any ulterior motives.
Surprisingly, Stella agreed with Eddie, nodded, and said, “That’s right. He can’t do that to Tessa. Look how Tessa was crying on the phone.”
Especially that tone of hers was full of terror. Those who didn’t know might have really thought that Victor did something to her.
Abraham pinched his forehead,
Stella hugged his arm as she waved it while saying, “Abraham.”
She was worried about Tessa.
Abraham replied, “Rest assured. Victor knows what he’s doing.”
Stella replied, “If he knew, he wouldn’t have scared Tessa to that state.”
Stella thought. Does that seem like he knows what he’s doing? Not at all. No, Tessa can’t stay by Victor’s
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Eddie nodded and said, “That’s true. Look how scared she is.
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Abraham gave him a stare, and Eddie turned around with a bowl in his arms. He said, “What I’m saying is just the truth.”
Abraham kicked him.
If Eddie hadn’t dodged, given the force Abraham applied, he would have been knocked off the chair and hit the floor along with his bowl.
Seeing that Abraham was in a fury, Stella glanced at Eddie and said. “Don’t say anything.”
Anything that came out of his mouth was like a headache to everyone.
Eddie was shocked, thinking, Didn’t she say the same things? Didn’t she say that Victor is going overboard as well?
Hugging Abraham’s arm, Stella said, “Abraham, help Tessa, please.”
Tessa was quite bold when she was at Rivermount, but she had never encountered such a scene.
Stella knew how devastating it would be for one who had never come across such a scene to go through one.
Back then, when she witnessed Abraham’s murder, she was so scared that she shut herself off for quite a while.
Abraham was helpless to her relentless clinging.
Considering that Tessa had taken great care of Stella at Rivermount back then, he called Victor again.
Victor answered his call and said, “Mr. Abraham.”
Abraham then said, “Be gentle with the girl.”
Victor replied, “How am I supposed to be gentle under such circumstances?”
A response almost without thinking came from the other end of the line. Abraham felt somewhat embarrassed by Victor’s response
Both Stella and Eddie were speechless.
Upon hearing him, the two didn’t get it at all and thought, Under such circumstances? What kind of
circumstances?
Stella looked at Abraham. The latter couldn’t stand her gaze and said, “Anyways, don’t scare her.”
Victor explained, “It isn’t I who scares her.”
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She couldn’t bring herself to continue asking why Tessa was below him.
Victor said, “Star, you can’t speak those words like Eddie did.”
Eddie took the hit for nothing. He got enraged to the point that he almost snapped.
Stella was stunned; she just wanted to ask about Tessa’s condition.
She then asked, “May I have a word with Tessa?”
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She couldn’t get it clear with Victor. The only person she could speak with directly was Tessa.
Abraham said, “Pass the phone to Tessa.”
Victor then said, “She’s already passed out.”
Stella was speechless and thought, Passed out? How badly was she scared back then?
Abraham then had a few words with Victor before hanging up the call. The message was clear – go. easy on Tessa.
Stella stared blankly at Abraham–she was still worried about Tessa.
ham rubbed the top of her head gently and said, “Be good. Tessa is probably with him when they are clashing with the Dawne family.”
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Stella thought, “Is she with him when he’s carrying out the mission? No doubt, Tessa is going to be so scared that she passes out.
On the other side, in the car, Tessa was curled up under Victor’s legs. This time, she had no intention of getting up, no matter what.
Victor reached out his broad palm to her and said, “Get up.”
Tears streamed down her cheeks, and she shook her head.
Victor’s expression darkened, and he asked, “Do you want to stay forever between my legs?”
Tessa was shocked, as if she had just realized that.
Victor grabbed her by the wrist and was about to yank her up, but Tessa wouldn’t dare.
The window of the car was shot at and left with a few holes. Anyways, sitting up would be unsafe.
Tessa said, “I will be sitting here.”
Victor’s tone grew firmer as he called out her name.
Tessa cried, “I want to return to Rivermount. I want to go home.”
She had a complete breakdown and burst out in tears.
Encountering such things in an unfamiliar place, how could someone not lose their mind?
Now, Tessa just wanted to go home–to the place she grew up and her house, where she could find a sense of security being at home.
Victor chuckled and asked, “Ms. Tessa, try to recall how you ended up at Falvaria.”
Tessa was confused.
Victor continued, “If I’m not mistaken, you’ve probably gotten into some trouble at Rivermount, right?”
She had been living in Rivermount since childhood but suddenly found herself in Falvaria. On top of that, her mother was no ordinary person.
A capable and independent woman stationed in the cutthroat world of business.
But then Tessa suddenly arrived at Falvaria. Plus, someone is chasing after her relentlessly at the airport.
Who would believe it if she said she didn’t get into some trouble and fled here?
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Victor’s hand still stayed in front of her, and he said. “Get up: it’s safe now.”
Tessa sobbed and asked, “Is it truly safe now?”
All of a sudden, nowhere seemed safe to her.
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Victor wasn’t someone who would coax women; in fact, when he saw a woman crying, he would even get annoyed.
If Tessa weren’t Stella’s best friend and Abraham hadn’t asked him to take care of her on the phone, he would have thrown this crying woman out of the car.
Victor tried to comfort her and said, “Alright, what’s the big deal about you keeping on crying?”
Tessa replied, “How big a deal is it?”
Upon hearing him, Tessa felt more devastated.
Tears flowed endlessly down her face.
Seeing her with tears and snot all over her face, his brain went fuzzy.
Victor then said, “Alright, it’s a big deal that it frightened you, but it’s safe now.”
Tessa still wouldn’t believe in him.
She had been navigating through a barrage of bullets for these few tens of hours.
This time, she felt the real danger.
Now, even though Victor claimed it to be safe, she didn’t dare to trust him and couldn’t remember what true safety felt like.
Seeing her still crying. Victor lost his patience completely. He then said, “If you were to cry one more time. I will throw you out immediately.”
This method of his worked well, as Tessa completely shut up in an instant–because she fainted for real this time.
Victor saw her head tilt to one side; her face fell on his knee, and her tears smeared his
At this moment, Victor really wanted to throw her off the car.
He couldn’t help but complain in disdain, “Women are such a headache.
Thinking that Stella was also a crybaby, he didn’t know Abraham could tolerate her.
He grabbed Tessa and hoisted her onto the seat.
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Stella was coaxed to bed by Abraham.
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Rivermount tonight was especially cold. The heater indoors was in clear contrast with the snow view outdoors.
Stella sat in the bay window and was unwilling to go to bed until Abraham lifted her and put her in bed.
Stella said, “You won’t let me out, and now you won’t let me enjoy the view either?”
She loved snow, a lot.
Abraham said, “Now you need to get more sleep.”
Both Eddie and the female doctor said that Stella needed to get more sleep.
Only then could she recover faster.
Stella pouted, “I have slept a lot during the day; I can’t fall asleep now.”
Abraham said, “Yeah, I know.”
Stella was perplexed.
He knew? Then why did he let her go to bed?
Abraham lowered his head and glanced at Stella, who looked confused; a mischievous smile curled at the corner of his lips.
Seeing his sly grin, Stella had a bad feeling.
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Stella refused, “Nope, I don’t want to.”
Seeing her intense response, Abraham couldn’t help but flick her forehead and say, “Damn brat, what are you thinking about?”
Stella was shocked as she thought. “Isn’t it what she thought? Then why that sly grin? It’s terrifying.
Since the veil between them was fully ripped apart, Abraham acted without restraint towards her.
Back then, to Stella, he was always a refined and virtuous gentleman.
Then she got to see his side of bloodlust.
Recently, she also witnessed how shameless a gentleman could be and how far his limits could go.
Abraham placed her on the bed, then he turned to get the medicine and said, “I’ll apply the medicine for you first.”
Stella was speechless as she thought, Here it comes again!
Abraham continued, “About the medicine you’ve taken, you still need to take it again.”
Stella replied, “I don’t want to take it.”
It’s too bitter.
Abraham turned around; his smile grew gentler, and he said, “What if you take it with this citrus- flavored sweet?”
g too much.
Citrus–flavored sweets were her favorite, but Abraham restricted her from eating
Stella replied reluctantly, “Alright then.”
Only when she got sick and had to take the medicine would Abraham coax her with the sweets. If she wanted to have some at other times, Abraham would stop her, claiming that it would cause tooth decay.
Warmth filled the air at Seaflats Cove.
While for the Reed family, this place seemed unusually gloomy after the blockade ordered by Abraham.
The mansion remained what it was, but no matter how, the previous sense of luxury could no longer be felt.
After Rianne had made her visit, the entire Reed family became unusually solemn
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Acting without thinking, she immediately kept away Jonathan’s cards and mobile phone and forced him to transfer all the cash in the cards to her account.
Jonathan was naturally not willing to do so, as he thought, Isn’t it causing a huge uproar already?
Rebecca hugged their child and sat by the windowsill.
Jonathan couldn’t use his hands for strength in the first place. When he saw Rebecca like that, he panicked.
He said, “What are you doing? Get down from there at once!”
Rebecca roared, “I don’t care. You have to transfer all the money to my account today. Otherwise, I will jump down from here with the child.”
For the 4.1 million dollars, Susan actually came to discuss with Jonathan to gather the money to treat Lillian first.
Rebecca had never imagined that Lillian was so capable.
Jonathan said, “You get down here first.” He was so furious that it gave him a headache.
Although he couldn’t be bothered with Rebecca now, his son was his flesh and blood, and he couldn’t ignore that.
Seeing Rebecca like that, Susan was boiling with rage, and she said, “You woman, will you only be happy once you’ve torn the entire family apart? Get down here right now!”
Seeing Susan losing her composure, Rebecca started to get angry as well.
Then she went off at her, “I am the one tearing the Reed family apart? That’s quite the accusation. Madam Susan, you have my admiration. You’ve seen Lillian’s true color, haven’t you? Yet you still want to cure her so selflessly?”
If Susan hadn’t seen through Lillian’s true colors before, the necklace incident this time should have made it clear, right?
Little did they expect that Susan was still willing to cure Lillian despite things having come to this point.
Rebecca continued, “Up until this point, if you were to say that Lillian isn’t your illegitimate daughter from outside, I wouldn’t believe it.”
just how selfless had she been in her giving?
What foster mother could go to such lengths for her foster daughter? Someone who was neither blood–related nor a close acquaintance, yet would go to such lengths as to give everything for her.
Susan was fuming. She was about to step forward and tear Rebecca apart. She you bitch: Il
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“Enough!” Jonathan could tolerate this no longer as he roared.
The intense argument between Susan and Lillian fell completely silent at that moment.
Susan stared at Lillian with a furious gaze: she couldn’t wait to tear her apart.
Rebecca didn’t care; before she got her answers, she would be sitting on the windowsill.
Jonathan looked at Rebecca, displeased, and said, “You come down.”
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Rebecca refuted. “Transfer all the money to my account. Only our son has the right to use your money. Who does Lillian think she is?”
Susan said. “You…”
Rebecca interrupted her and said, “You are willing to give; I’ve no comment on it. But if you intend to make a move on Jonathan, you’ll see if I agree.”
Susan was enraged, and she said, “You… Do you really want to turn our family upside down? Speak. Did Stella send you here? How much has she given you?
Whenever she recalled how Stella had turned the Reed family upside down back then, she would think that Rebecca had been sent by her.
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She didn’t wish well for the Reed family.
Rebecca sneered, “It is such a great misfortune for her to have a mother like you. No wonder she wants everyone to know that she has cut ties with you. She can’t afford to have a mother like you.”
Jonathan said. “You’ve had enough.
It would have been better not to mention that Stella cut her ties with the Reed family. Now, when Rebecca mentioned it, it gave Jonathan a splitting headache.
At first, he thought that Stella was just throwing a tantrum.
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As everyone was defending Lillian, she tried to capture the attention of everyone through that method.
But as things escalated, they came to realize that the Reed family was the most laughable party of the entire incident.
Rebecca said, “What do you mean by enough? Let me make myself clear today–our son is the only one who can use our money. Nobody can lay a hand on it unless our son and I die…”
Jonathan replied, “I’ll give them all to you, alright?”
Jonathan felt like his head was about to explode from the argument, and at last, he gave in to Rebecca.
Jonathan, Susan’s tone clearly turned anxious.
Seeing that Susan still wanted to interfere with it, she immediately jumped down from the windowsill, hugging her son.
Then she stepped forward and pushed Susan out of the room, then locked the door behind her.
Susan was caught off guard as she was being pushed out easily. When she came to the realization and wanted to enter the room, the door was locked from the inside.
Susan said, “Rebecca, open up. Open the door.”
In the room, Rebecca looked at Jonathan and asked, “You are being serious, aren’t you?”
Jonathan replied, “Back then, you got into my bed for the money, didn’t you?”
Rebecca was shocked.
Tension filled the air.
Rebecca gulped, looking at Jonathan, and said, “You’re rich and handsome, but let me tell you,
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She was being straightforward, her attitude was firm, too.
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“If we didn’t have a son. I’d let it slide, but we do. I would let it slide if they were your parents, but an unrelated person shouldn’t think about splitting my son’s share. What do you say?”
Rebecca’s words were particularly sober.
To sum up, she used to care about him, but under such circumstances, she had to prioritize money. There wasn’t much she could do. She needed the money to raise their child.
Given the Reed family as it was now, if she weren’t to prioritize money, should she be expecting affection instead?
At Seaflats Cove. Stella could hear the vibrating sounds of her phone in a daze.
The vibrating sounds were intermittent–they were messages.
The sound of flowing water echoed from the bathroom–Abraham was taking a shower; that jerk.
Stella picked up the phone and had a look–it was from Tessa. She had sent a few voice messages. and a video.
Stella opened the video and saw a feminine figure sitting by the window. She took a closer inspection–it was the Reed mansion, and the figure belonged to Rebecca.
Stella was shocked, thinking. What’s the ruckus about now?
She opened Tessa’s voicemail: “Star, the Reed family is in utter chaos–there’s no peace left. Take a look: who knows what kind of fuss Rebecca is exactly making? She seems to be holding a child in her arms
Upon hearing her, Stella zoomed in on the video for a better look. Sure enough, she saw a child’s leg at Rebecca’s waist.
Stella thought. The room belonged to Jonathan. Did she go and make a fuss with Jonathan?
Hold on… wasn’t Tessa still crying to her on the phone just now? Did she have the energy to watch the drama?
Stella was about to call Tessa when the bathroom door opened.
Abraham came out from inside with a towel around his waist. Upon seeing him, Stella blushed.
She instinctively put her phone down and hid herself under the blanket.
Seeing her like that, Abraham chuckled and said, “What are you hiding from?”
Stella replied. “You jerk, I’m not going to talk to you again.”
Abraham took the blanket off her head and pinched her cheek affectionately.
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Abraham replied, “Yeah, he did.”
Stella then said, “Then why are you….
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Speaking until here, Stella couldn’t continue her words, although Abraham didn’t do anything to her.
Stella mumbled, “I’m thinking that you are very bad.”
Stella was shocked, thinking, This guy is a classical example of a gentleman with no shame and no pride; the hardest to deal with is the one with no shame and no pride.
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“You have no idea how terrifying Victor really is. I mean it, I really–Ugh, forget it. If I keep talking about him, I might faint again.”
“Okay, okay, we won’t talk about him,” Stella said softly, trying to soothe her.
When Abraham said Victor had taken Tessa to face the Dawne family in person, Stella knew right away—it had to be even worse than the chans at Rivermount Airnort
“What? Why would she go see Lillian? Did something happen while I was gone? Why the hell would Rianne go check on Lillian?” Tessa was fully fired up now, her voice edging toward furious.
Unbelievable.
When Tessa heard the medicine cost 700,000 dollars a dose–taken daily for a week–she was stunned. What kind of drug costs that much?
Tessa was shocked. Is it’s real? She didn’t buy it. “Sounds like she’s scamming the Reed family, honestly.” Even if such a drug did exist, there’s no way it should cost that much.
Stella shrugged. “Real or not, I’ve got no clue. But judging by how hard Rebecca’s losing it, the Reed family clearly bought it.”
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Stella let out a soft laugh. “That’s more like it.”
Victor and the others were just leaving the study when they passed by the room where Tessa had been staying. He came to a stop, then turned to John and Silas.
Seeing that Victor had no intention of going downstairs, John and the others headed out first.
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