The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In novel Chapter 491

Chapter 491 Pregnant and Still Throwing Hands

Those deep, penetrating eyes carried a suffocating chill.

It was obvious–when Abraham had just said “baby,” he meant it for Derrick to hear.

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And everything Stella had just discussed with her mother in the study made it crystal clear, Derrick still harbored feelings for Stella.

Derrick looked at Abraham, his breath unsteady.

In that moment, his narrowed pupils shot out daggers of ice.

He glared fiercely at Stella before turning to follow Abraham

Inside the room.

Stella set the photo frame down and reached out to support Marie. “Are you okay? Are you hurt?”

Marie shook her head. “I’m fine. What were you doing just now? Are you out of your mind, provoking him like that?”

The look in Derrick’s eyes as he turned toward Stella just moments ago–so dangerous,

Marie had even suspected that if Stella hadn’t smashed that vase, Derrick might’ve strangled her on the spot.

Stella said, “I saw him hitting you.”

“Hitting me? Please. I’m not pregnant, and I’ve got thick skin, even if I fought him, I wouldn’t come out too bad. But what if you got hurt–what about the baby?”

When Abraham had said Stella was pregnant, Marie had been stunned.

Once she snapped out of it, the fear hit her hard. Thank goodness she’d reacted quickly and managed to grab hold of Derrick

If Stella had gotten injured, then what?

Evelyn stepped up, clearly shaken. “Exactly, Star. That was way too dangerous just now. You’re about to be a mother, and you still jumped into a brawl

Even she had been scared stiff.

She came forward and scolded Stella.

At the words “jumped into a brawl,” Stella’s mouth twitched involuntarily.

Well… technically, when Derrick and Marie were fighting and she jumped in too–yeah, that kind of was a brawl.

Before she could say anything, Evelyn continued, “I get that you’re worried about your sister, but your body can’t handle Derrick’s rage right now.”

“And anyway, when it comes to Marie and Derrick fighting, who knows who’d actually come out worse?”

Marie had been confronting Derrick for days now, and every time she came back without a scratch.

Evelyn knew exactly what her daughter was capable of; and while there’d been resentment between her and Derrick over the years, some of their past affection was still there–Derrick wouldn’t go all out on Marie.

Speaking of Derrick…

Right

now, Evelyn couldn’t help thinking that over the years, the Dawson family had actually wronged him quite a bit.

Especially Abraham–he’d vented all the fury from Stella’s disappearance straight onto Derrick.

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The guy had barely even had a chance to explain himself.

Abraham had hunted him down across the globe like a mad dog

Marie climbed off the bed and gave Stella a once–over. “Let me see–are you hurt?”

Things had gotten so chaotic earlier, she hadn’t had time to check

Stella shook her head. “No. I just smashed a vase on him.”

“Wait–you’re hurt!”

Marie spotted a slice on Stella’s palm, where a shard of porcelain had cut through. She gasped.

Evelyn saw the blood too, her breath hitched.

“You were holding the vase, weren’t you? How did you manage to cut yourself?”

Stella looked at the cut in her palm. “I have no idea.”

She’d grabbed the vase on instinct; it had seemed intact. How had she ended up cutting herself?

She hadn’t even felt it at the time.

“Go to the medical wing–quick. You’re pregnant; you can’t just use any meds.”

Marie was already panicking.

Just like that, they hurried Stella off to the medical room.

In the medical wing. Elena burst into laughter when she heard Eddie was headed to the Mambia Desert–she laughed for ten whole minutes…!

Eddie, who had to listen to her for all ten of them, grew darker and darker in the face. “How long do you plan on laughing?”

He was already seething; and this woman just kept laughing.

As if that weren’t enough–she’d kept it going for ten damn minuses, What kind of person did that?

Elena wiped her eyes with a tissue. “So you finally managed to piss off Mr. Abraham. I told you, your mouth…”

Everyone around Abraham knew about Eddie’s mouth. Back then, people had all been wondering how long Abraham could possibly tolerate it.

Eddie rubbed his forehead. “It’s not about my mouth.”

And really–it pained him to say it.

Why hadn’t it occurred to him that Stella might be pregnant? The thought hadn’t even crossed his mind.

It had taken Abraham, of all people–the guy who had no clue–to pick up on it.

No one knew this, but while Eddie was on his way to the Mamibia Desert, fuming with rage, he’d also been mentally slapping himself silly.

He could be this oblivious?

The two of them had already been together, so pregnancy was kind of… expected. He’d seriously overestimated Abraham’s

so–called restraint.

He’ll thought Abraham wouldn’t let Stella get pregnant before marriage.

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But now it looked like he’d underestimated the man. Stella had been gone for years, and now Abraham was capable of anything

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the baby to tie her down–that was something Abraham would do now.

Elena was laughing so hard her stomach hurt. “Then what was it, huh?”

Eddie was stunned. What was it?

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The way Elena asked that, the way her eyes sparkled with tears from laughter–it suddenly left him with something weighing

on his chest…

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“What the heck is going on?”

Derrick ground his teeth.

Even though he knew he couldn’t win against Abraham, his clenched fists still itched to punch that face in

July forward.

Abraham laced his fingers together and rested them on the desk, his body leaning slightly

“They were drunk out of their minds. And you, a sober adult, actually took their drunken ramblings seriously?”

Derrick went silent.

His breath hitched again.

Flashes of that night surfaced in his mind–and he had to admit, Abraham had a point.

Those words had been said when his father and Abraham were completely wasted.

“So what? Just because they were drunk doesn’t mean they weren’t elders.”

Derrick snapped.

Whether or not Abraham took the engagement seriously, he did. He, Derrick, had always taken it seriously.

Abraham chuckled coldly. “Your father–does he even count as an elder anymore?”

Derrick was stunned.

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In that moment, every emotion on his face shattered completely. That old scumbag, what kind of elder was he even qualified to be?

Abraham scoffed. “If I’m not mistaken, didn’t you sever lies with Mr. Sebastian two years ago?”

“You’ve been going around telling everyone you’re not part of the Tom family.”

Derrick spat back, “I’m not part of the Tom family, but I am Derrick. Stella is my fiancee.”

“And what exactly are you trying to prove with that declaration?

Derrick froze

Abraham narrowed his eyes. “Nothing. You’ll get nothing.”

Those words hit hard. Derrick’s anger snapped his last thread of reason. “I don’t care. She’s mine–you have to give her back.”

That “give her back” sounded like pure fury, but if one listened closely, there was something else there too–something almost like wounded pride.

Ever since that night between the elders, he’d believed Stella belonged to him. And now this unreasonable man shows up and tries to steal her away?

When logic failed, Derrick resorted to pure, stubborn denial. Truthfully, he’d always been like this.

That brar Stella–three years ago, she’d misunderstood everything, and now she had the nerve to blame him too.

le’d sent her that text from a second phone–as if she was too blind to notice it.

Abraham’s gaze grew colder; he lifted his eyelids slightly. “Give her back?”

Derrick said, “Yes. She’s mine. You’re going to give her back to me–whatever it takes.”

When it came to Stella. Derrick was now completely inflexible; nothing anyone said could sway him.

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Abraham let t out a cold laugh and crushed his cigarette into the ashtray.

“Just now, I noticed–your hands seemed to be on Marie’s chest, weren’t they?”

Derrick’s mouth twitched “What are you getting at?”

Just now?

What had happened earlier–had he seen that wrong? With the way things were going, it wasn’t even like that, was it?

Abraham said, “Aren’t you going to take responsibility”

Derrick froze. Take responsibility? What the heck was he even talking about? Was he serious?

Facing Abraham’s dead–serious expression, Derrick’s eyelid gave a violent twitch. “Hey–do you even know why I went to find Marie today? She stole something from me.”

“Abraham, I’m warning you. Don’t be shameless. Pulling tricks like this? Have you no pride?”

He was here to get his stuff back from Marie–and to get Star back from Abraham.

And now Abraham was hitting him with this crap.

Dan was out of the picture now, so he was just going to force Marie onto him, Derrick acting like that was perfectly normal

Abraham lit another cigarette. “But you really did touch her. Marie is still a girl; a girl’s reputation matters…

The way he called her Marie made it sound like she was some fragile little thing.

Derrick exploded. “A girl? Abraham, you’re saying Marie’s a woman? You dare say that with a straight face?”

Abraham brought a hand to his chest. “Said it right here.”

Derrick was stunned. What the heck, did I desecrate the Dawson family’s ancestors in a past life or something?Now he was going to double down and take this seriously too?

“You’re doing this for revenge? You want her to torture me?”

Derrick was officially losing it.

He could see it clearly how–Abraham was trying to shove Marie onto him for Stella’s sake

His chest hurt from the rage. “You want her to poison me in my sleep or something?”

This wasn’t some woman being handed to him—

He knew what kind of person his sister was. She wasn’t a woman; she was a walking death sentence.

“Cut the crap already.”

Derrick was furious, practically shouting.

Abraham chuckled. “My sister isn’t someone just anyone can mess with.”

Derrick’s lips twitched. What the heck, he’s serious?

“Marie, that tomboy–her one and only experience with love was falling for Dan. And he’s still living in her heart.”

“She’s not someone people can mess with? Dan practically crushed her.”

She’d gone to him, only to find out he was about to marry another woman.

It was like someone had slapped Marie across the face–loud and clear.

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Abraham said, “How do you know Dan is actually living a good life right now?”

“What’s that supposed to mean?” Derrick snapped, gritting his teeth.

What was that supposed to mean? Was Dan not doing well? No way….

Marie had just gone to Frapucu, honestly, a lot of things were still unclear.

And now Abraham was already making moves–anyone who knew what was going on would say he was just being protective.

But people who didn’t, they’d accuse him of being completely unreasonable.

Though to be fair, he wasn’t exactly someone who cared about being reasonable. Just look at the crap he was saying now.

“I just accidentally touched her! And now you want me to marry Marie? Has Marie even agreed to this?”

Derrick sprang up, seething.

Before Abraham could answer, a voice came from the study doorway–Marie’s voice, “I agree

Abraham went quiet. Derrick was stunned.

He turned, eyes locking on Marie standing in the doorway–he had no idea when she’d even gotten there. His mouth. twitched uncontrollably.

“What the heck do you mean by that?”

Is this real life anymore?

“What do you mean you agree Agree to what?”

Marie stepped into the room, arms crossed over her chest. “Marrying you, of course. That way you can stop all nonsense. After all, Star would never marry a divorced man. I’m going to make sure you have zero chance.”

Derrick was silent.

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His mind went completely blank. His pupils shrank as he stared at Marie, unable to believe what he was hearing.

What did she just say? That she was going to make sure I have no chance with Stellaever?

“You’d sacrifice your own happiness just to take away my shot?”

Marie shrugged, arms still folded. “Yeah. So what?”

man was Marie?

Derrick’s breath grew ragged and uneven. She’s insane. She’s totally insane. What kind of woman was

“What about Dan? You think he’d be okay with a divorced woman?”

Derrick was growing frantic; he threw out Dan’s name like it was his trump card–that man who had lived rent–free in Marie’s heart for

years.

The truth was, Derrick was already reeling

He’d come here to call Marie out–for stealing his file and handing it to Dan.

Now he felt like he was the one getting trapped, like he was being forced into something he couldn’t escape…

Marie didn’t care. “Him? He’s marrying someone else now. Doesn’t matter–we can both be divorced.”

Derrick jumped to his feet. “Who the heck wants to be divorced with you? Knock it off already!”

“I’m telling you, I will never love you.”

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The angrier he got, the harsher his words became.

Marie raised a brow. “We can get the marriage license tomorrow, and the divorce papers the day after. Or we can stay married forever–1 don’t care. Love isn’t necessary.”

Derrick was silent. So this whole thing was just to make me divorced?

She wanted to cut off any possibility he had left with Stella–like she was determined to end it for good.

Their back–and–forth was heating up. Abraham gave Marie a long, thoughtful look.

The whole situation was spiraling out of control.

Marie turned to Derrick. “You shameless scumbag. Star’s already pregnant–with my brother’s child. And you’re still trying to worm your way in?”

“You think Star would actually marry someone like you? You’re a joke. She doesn’t even want you, and here you are clinging on like a leech. You’re disgusting”

She’d been holding back, but now she let Derrick have it.

Back in the day. Derrick had known–everyone in the Dawson family had sharp tongues, especially Stella. She looked soft and sweet, but the girl could hold her own.

With a Dawson upbringing, even her mouth became a deadly weapon.

The i past few days, Marie had only been fighting him physically–not verbally.

But now that she was unleashing her verbal arsenal, she was like a firecracker…

“You done yet? Marie, I’m telling you–stop confusing people and give me back my stuff!”

If they thought all this craziness would distract him from why he was here, they had seriously miscalculated.

The moment she heard that. Marie’s temper flared again.

Even though she couldn’t exactly explain the situation clearly-

She genuinely hadn’t taken the damn file.

“What stuff? I didn’t take anything”

This guy–she really couldn’t talk sense with him.

Seeing her shrug it off like that, Derrick’s anger reignited. “You came back from Dan’s place and then came straight to beat

me up.

“And here I was thinking you were mad on Stella’s behalf–but clearly you had some other motive all along. And now that the file’s in Dan’s hands, you expect me to believe you didn’t take it?”

Marie went quiet. Could this guy’s brain twist things any hardert

After everything that had just gone down, he still found a way to spin it around. At this point, Marie wished she could just pass out and be done with it. Looks like if I want to handle this idior, I’m gonna have to get serious.

Meanwhile, the Dawson family, they’d expected Derrick to stir things up over Stella now that she was back.

But no one saw this coming–Dan’s file had ignited the fire under Derrick first.

Now everything was in total chaos; and Marie? She was already neck–deep in it, no way

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Hack at the villa, Stella had already been gone for two hours. Tessa, meanwhile, was completely dumbfounded.

She stared at Victor in disbelief after he revealed her mother’s current whereabouts.

“Ashen Pact?”

Ashen Part? Seriously? Who names their organization something like Ashen Pact, for that matter? What kind of decent people come up with a name like that?

There was no way her mother could be involved with something like that.

Victor set down his water glass and gave a short “Mm.” “Based on the current leads, your mother was indeed taken by people from Ashen Pact.”

“What kind of place is Ashen Pact?”

Tessa had heard of it before. She knew it wasn’t exactly a clean organization–they were infamous for their criminal activity.

But the details, she had no idea what they actually did.

Victor glanced at her. “Arson, murder, looting–ring a bell?”

Tessa’s mouth twitched.

That kind of place?

This was…

“No way. My mom is a legitimate businesswoman. There’s no chance she’d get mixed up with a place like that. She’s especially careful about manners and social decorum.

From what Tessa knew, her mother had made good money over the years, but she had never been arrogant about it.

Not like Stella’s biological mom. Susan, who’d act like she was worth nearly thirty million dollars when she only had about three hundred thousand in her account,

Tessa’s mother had always been low–key, warm and polite to everyone.

Even when dealing with business rivals, she never made enemies.

Victor said, “Whether she’s actually in Ashen Pact–we still have to confirm that.”

“Then… I’ll call Stella, Tessa blurted out.

Now that she had a lead on her mother’s whereabouts, her first instinct was to tell Stella.

Earlier, when Stella left, it was only because Victor had refused to reveal anything about her mom.

But now that they had something–Tessa immediately wanted to reach out.

At the mention of calling Stella, Victor’s face darkened,

Just as she raised her phone, he snatched it right out of her hand.

Startled. Tessa looked at him. “What are you doing?”

Victor’s eyes lifted coldly as he stared at her. “Trying to burn the bridge after crossing it, Tessa?”

Her lips twitched What? Tessa? ¡Pait…

“No, that’s not what I meant. I just didn’t want to trouble you any more, that’s all.”

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The more she tried to explain, the darker Victor’s face became; her voice grew smaller and smaller

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God—why did this man always look like he was about to devour someone? Was this really burning bridges? Maybe… kind of? Wait

If she’d left with Stella earlier, Stella would’ve helped her search for her mom too.

And if Abraham had asked Victor, Victor would’ve told him.

Tessa went quiet. Where the heck was my brain just now?

Victor tossed her phone across the bed. “Too late to say it’s not a bother. You’ve already caused enough trouble.”

Tessa had no comeback to that.

“I’m sorry. I really didn’t mean for that to happen last night.”

Victor replied, “Until we get to the bottom of it, you’re not leaving. Don’t even think about it.”

Tessa was stunned.

Victor added, “Even if Abraham comes in person–it won’t matter.”

At that, Tessa’s face fell completely

She got it now. Even Abraham showing up wouldn’t help.

In Falvaria, she was nobody.

Victor, on the other hand, was one of Abraham’s key people.

Which meant this time–even Stella wouldn’t be able to talk her way out.

Tessa gave Victor a long, resentful look. “Then how long is it going to take your people to figure it out?”

“I’m telling you right now–I’m not doing a damn thing.”

She was never good at caregiving. But they’d still forced her to do it; and when something went wrong, they shoved a crime on her that wasn’t even real.

Tessa huffed, puffing her cheeks in frustration.

Just thinking about last night made her angry. She felt so wronged. Seriously, what even was that whole thing?

Stella was right—survival came first. From now on, she wasn’t lifting a finger for anyone

Hearing the aggrieved tone in her voice, Victor looked down; a faint, amused smirk curled at his lips.

“Then don’t”

Tessa glared. “What–you’re just gonna keep a freeloader around?”

“Suspect,” Victor corrected.

Tessa was stunned. Okay, fine–suspect.

And honestly, Victor had almost gotten seriously hurt last night.

Now that she thought about it–thank god nothing actually happened. If he had gotten injured… she probably wouldn’t be alive right now either.

Then tell your people to hurry up.”

She swore–once this whole mess was cleared up, she’d fly straight to Stella’s side and never see Victor again.

After spending these past few days with him, ‘Tessa–who used to scoff at the idea of fate–was starting to think Victor wasdirg

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personal curse

Just look at how much had happened since she met him.

She still wanted to live a few more years, thank you very

“What if your people get it wrong?” she asked suddenly Something clicked in her head; she looked at Victor cautiously.

After all, it was his people doing the investigating…

What if they actually pinned a real charge on me in the end–that’d be it for me. They were already itching to kill me when I was just a spect. If something real came up, they’d probably shoot me on the spot without thinking twice. That thought completely shattered Tessa’s composure.

Victor glanced at her; she said nothing.

There was no way she could stake her life on a mistake from his people.

She looked over at Victor and met his dangerous gaze, Swallowing hard, she said nothing in the end.

Tessa was starting to unravel. She trudged downstairs, head drooping, with no energy left in her at all.

The chef handed her a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice. “This is for Sir; could you please take it up to his room!”

The moment the chef asked her to bring the juice to Victor, Tessa’s mind flashed with every bit of trouble she’d stirred up around him over the past few days.

She shook her head quickly. “No, no, I’m not doing anything right now.”

She was absolutely determined to steer clear of anything that had to do with Victor.

“But Mr. Silas said I’m not allowed in sir’s room or the study… and he told me not to go upstairs,” the chef said.

“Mr. Silas said I shouldn’t even go upstairs,” the chef hesitated, “He said if I touched something I wasn’t supposed to. I might not make it back down alive.”

She remembered now–Silas had said the same thing to her before. Some things were off–limits..

The chef was stunned again.

The directness of the question made Tessa freeze for a second. “None at all–why would you ask that?”

Her mother was a proper, law–abiding businesswoman. What connection could she possibly have with an organization like Ashen

There was no way they were connected.

As for why they’d target a proper businesswoman like her mother… Tessa had no idea.

Stella sounded puzzled “You’re sure?”

“What’s strange? Tessa’s heart jumped to her throat the moment she heard that tone.

“I just overheard someone say that the former leader of Ashen Pact was a woman… and her name was Diana

Stella had overheard it while getting a checkup–Tessa’s mother had been on the phone, and the voice on the other end said the former female head of Ashen Pact had returned to the organization.

Diana–Tessa’s mother’s name was Diana.

Before Stella could respond, Tessa added, “There are plenty of people with the same name in this world.”

True, Stella said in agreement.

Especially with Tessa’s mother currently missing–if she were safe and sound in Rivermount, this could’ve just been a case of

In a place so deeply rooted in power, it was only natural for hidden forces to surge beneath the surface.

Stella asked “Victor told you this?”

Tessa was clearly shaken.

Her mother was named Diana; Ashen Pact’s former female leader was also named Diana. And now, her mother had been taken by Ashen Pact.

Even though, in Tessa’s mind, the two had absolutely nothing to do with each other…

It was exactly this kind of coincidence that wove the two Dianas into one person.

“Is that why you didn’t leave with me earlier?” Stella asked.

Something must’ve happened with Victor. Did he use Diana to negotiate with Tessa?

But deep down, Tessa relied on her mother–constantly trying to make her presence known, trying to be seen.

Her tendency to cry said it all–Tessa wasn’t some heartless person.

Tessa sucked in a sharp breath. “Why else?”

Stella asked, “Should I come get you now?”

Just thinking about what Victor had said to her, Tessa figured that even if Stella came and took her away..

Right now, all she could think about was her mother. If she left with Stella and Victor still came after her, that would drive her up the wall.

Tessa replied. “Victor’s still harping on that whole medicine mix–up. He keeps saying I’m a mole, and he won’t let it go until he gets answers.”

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That was how she saw it.

He couldn’t tell whether Tessa was mole material?

When Tessa heard that, she said, “He’s messing with me?”

Stella said bluntly, “Because you’re easy to mess with? He’s trying to get in your pants.”

Marie’s voice suddenly came through on Stella’s end of the call, “Start I’m not letting that scumbag Derrick off the hook!”

And with that, she hung up.

She was lucky if he even spared her a glance–seduction, as if that was ever an option.

Meanwhile, on Stella’s end. Earlier, while she was getting a checkup in the medical room, Marie had suddenly thought of something and stormed off to find Abraham and Derrick.

Evelyn had stayed behind to keep Stella company during the exam.

Pregnancy confirmed. Evelyn was over the moon. “Oh my, you’re about to have a child of your own!”

She barely had a second to celebrate.

Just as she got close to Stella, Evelyn quickly pulled her behind her protectively.

“You can be mad at Derrick all you want, but don’t scare Star Evelyn said firmly

“No just about it,” Evelyn cut her off. “From now on, if you’re going to be near Star, you better keep it down. Don’t scare little

Of course Derrick had resentment toward the Dawson family. Now Marie wanted to pull a stunt like this? They’d end up at each other’s throats daily–fighting one day, clashing the next.

Marie said. “I’m doing this to get back at that scumbag Derrick.”

This wasn’t revenge–it was self–sabotage.

Marie just scoffed and didn’t reply.

The moment she nodded, Evelyn slapped the back of her head. “You little brat–trying to get yourself killed?”

Evelyn had always felt she’d done a good job raising Marie and Stella.

the other wanted to use marriage as a weapon? It was enough to make her explode.

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