The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In novel Chapter 563

Chapter 563 A Guessing Game Called “Compensation”

“So don’t worry. If Victor’s handling it, you’ll probably see your mom even faster.”

Tessa: “He’s asking me for compensation.”

What-?!

“Com… compensation?”

Finished

“Yeah. Compensation.” It was clearly Abraham who gave him the task, and yet Victor came straight to her asking for payment.

Stella’s focus snapped right back from watching Marie and Derrick outside.

“What kind of compensation? Is he asking for money?”

“I told him I don’t have any. He said I could offer something else. And he made it clear–no credit.”

The way Tessa bit out the words something else and no credit made the message loud and clear.

Stella immediately honed in. “Something else? But if you don’t have money… what else do you even have?”

In Stella’s mind, Tessa had always been pretty well off.

Of course, that was back when her mother was fine. Now that things had turned upside down, it made sense that Tessa didn’t have much on hand.

If Victor really wanted money, Stella had already been thinking about covering the cost for her.

But then-

“He said he doesn’t want money.”

“What?” Stella blinked.

“He said I should offer something else instead. Said he has no use for money.”

That part, Victor had made clear himself.

Hearing that, Stella couldn’t help but frown.

“Then what does he want?”

Victor wasn’t lying–he really didn’t need money.

But what could he possibly want from Tessa? What did she have?

“Your company?” Stella asked. “Didn’t he call that a useless little startup?”

“Yeah. He said he didn’t want it at/all.”

So… what the hell did Victor want in exchange?

“Then what does he want?” Stella was getting curious too. Was there something about Tessa she didn’t know?

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Chapter 563 A Guessing Game Called “Compensation”

Tessa: “I don’t know.”

“Huh? You don’t know?”

“He told me to guess. Said once I figured it out, that’s when I could see my mom.”

She had no words.

She had to guess?

So Victor himself knew what he wanted, but Tessa didn’t–and now she was stuck playing mind games

“Tessa, can you ask Abraham to help me find out what Victor actually wants?”

Tessa was starting to panic.

She had no idea what he wanted for compensation, but she was desperate to see her mother.

Stella hadn’t figured it out either. She tilted her head. “Didn’t you say you were going to marry him? Maybe if you marry him, the debt thing disappears. You know–family and all that.”

Wait, what kind of advice was that?

Even Stella herself was taken aback by what just came out of her mouth.

“I marry him? What if he starts asking for things I still can’t give? What, it doesn’t cost money to marry a guy?”

Stella: “…That’s fair.”

Was Victor even the type to ask for money, though?

“I’ve got nothing, Stella. Nothing to offer. What am I supposed to marry him with?”

That came out sounding more than a little tragic.

Tessa sighed. “Just ask Abraham, okay? Ask him what Victor really wants. Why can’t the guy just say it directly?”

This whole guessing game was driving her crazy.

“Please hurry, Stella. You’re all I’ve got right now.”

“I know, don’t worry. I’ll ask and let you know.”

Seriously, what was Victor doing?

Was Abraham’s word not good enough for him now?

He knew Tessa had been stressing out about her mother’s situation ever since arriving in Falvaria.

And now he was stringing her along like this?

Since when was Victor this kind of person?

Tessa and Victor’s situation was becoming so convoluted, even Stella’s head felt like it was spinning.

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Chapter 563 A Guessing Game Called “Compensation”

After a few more words, the call finally ended—just in time for Abraham to return from the other room.

He saw Stella leaning by the door and walked up to rub the back of her neck. “What are you watching?”

“Huh? I was watching my sister out there… Wait, where’d she go?”

She had just been there a moment ago.

But after answering Tessa’s call, Marie had vanished.

Abraham looked out at the now–empty entrance. “She left.”

“Yeah, Derrick came for her. She said she was going to go ‘punch him away.”

But where did she go?

Was she not done fighting and took it outside?

Actually… that did sound like something she’d do.

“Oh, by the way, Tessa called me just now.”

Marie could handle Derrick on her own. But Tessa’s situation was genuinely urgent.

When Abraham heard that Tessa had called again, his brow furrowed. “She called you again?”

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