The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In novel Chapter 580

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When Victor heard the question, he raised an eyebrow but didn’t say anything. He just stared at her in

silence.

Tessa forced herself to meet his eyes, but his gaze was too dark–so dark it made her throat go dry.

She swallowed hard. “So… do you just want my body?”

The moment the words left her mouth, the entire room fell dead silent.

Victor’s stare deepened, his already unreadable eyes growing even more intense.

Yikes…

That was blunt. Way too blunt.

But she didn’t have a choice. She really didn’t.

She’d been thinking about how to ask for ages and still couldn’t figure out a way–so she just stopped dancing around it.

“Ahem, I–I mean…”

What did she mean? Tessa suddenly had no idea what else to say.

Especially with Victor looking at her like that. That unreadable, quiet stare of his was putting so much pressure on her, she could barely breathe.

At the same time, she really wanted to see her mom.

Minutes ticked by. Five full minutes.

Victor still didn’t say a word.

Tessa, under that heavy gaze, started to sweat down her back.

She cleared her throat. “Uh, how many times?”

Victor narrowed his eyes. “What?”

How many times?

It was clear he hadn’t followed her mental U–turn. Then again, with how unpredictable she was, anyone would have a hard time keeping up.

Tessa said, “I mean… how many times do you want it to count as enough payment for letting me see my mom?”

“My body?”

She nodded.

No one knew how hot her skin was at that moment. She didn’t need a mirror to know her entire face was burning.

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She was really putting everything on the table now.

Silence again.

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This was the part that scared her most–when Victor didn’t answer, didn’t say anything, just stared at her with that dark look.

Because she had no idea what he was thinking.

But she really wanted to get out of this situation. She really wanted to see her mother.

And besides, she had already ruined Victor’s… purity.

So rather than calling it a payment, wasn’t she just taking responsibility?

She’d even offered to marry him.

But Victor didn’t respond back then.

Which meant, obviously, that he didn’t want to marry her. He just wanted her body–right?

Still…

She’d said all of that, right to his face. And he still wasn’t talking. What did that mean?

Had she misunderstood the whole thing?

If she had… that would be so humiliating-

Just as she was about to drown in secondhand embarrassment, a large, warm hand grabbed her wrist.

“Ah-!” she squeaked.

At the same time, the apple plate in her hands dropped with a loud crash, scattering apple slices across the floor.

Before she could even process what happened/she was already on the bed–no, in Victor’s arms.

The two of them were extremely close. His breath was warm on her cheek.

Tessa was already overheated to begin with.

Now, face to face with his intense stare, she gulped hard. “Mr. Victor…”

Before she could say another word, he suddenly let go–and she toppled backward onto the bed.

Tessa gasped. She instinctively tried to sit up, but his arm caught hers-

And then he leaned over her,

At the Tom family estate-

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Maric, meanwhile, sat on the couch, casually painting her nails like none of it had anything to do with her.

After hearing why she had come, all three of them exchanged uncert

glances. Mona’s face, in particular,

was stormy.

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