The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In novel Chapter 612

Chapter 612 Oops, That Wasn’t Dan

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Derrick shot him a cold glance. “The moment you leave, Marie’s going to suspect you.”

Sebastian was stunned. Wait, what?

If they ran now, it would definitely raise Marie’s suspicions.

She was far too smart for that; the Tom family hadn’t done anything recently, so if they suddenly fled, she’d immediately connect the dots. So running would basically be a confession?

“Then should we just hide?” Sebastian gave up all pretense of calm.

At this point, it was like choosing between a knife to the front or a knife to the back, either way, they were getting cut.

Derrick let out a dry laugh. “And where exactly do you

Sebastian went quiet.

think you

could hide?”

He didn’t say another word, his face had gone pale again.

“So are we running or not?” Sebastian snapped, clearly losing it.

Ashley muttered, “If we run and Marie catches us, we’ll die even more miserably.”

Sebastian froze.

Drax fell silent. Seriously? There’s no way out?

Now all they could do was cower in Falvaria and hope Marie never discovered they were the ones behind the dirty work.

At this point, all three of them were starting to regret dragging Derrick into it this morning.

They should’ve just escaped on their own.

They weren’t the ones who slept with Marie–Derrick was. It had nothing to do with them.

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“This is a death sentence,” Drax said, sounding completely defeated.

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Derrick stood up

and gave the three cowards a cold glance.

He stretched, then turned to leave.

Seeing him go, Sebastian panicked. “Bro, where are you going?”

“If I don’t go now, she’s going to end up hurting the wrong people.”

Right now, Marie was probably targeting everyone around Dan; if he didn’t stop her, some innocent soul was going to get dragged into this mess.

The second Sebastian heard that, he knew–Derrick was going to confess.

His heart dropped. “Please–don’t throw us under the bus. Don’t tell her we were involved.”

As long as Derrick didn’t say they were part of it, they figured Marie might just let them off.

After beating Ella half to death, Marie was finally feeling a little better. Abel was about to take her back to the Dawson residence.

But just as they arrived, Marie got a call from Julia.

Julia’s tone on the phone sounded off.

They arranged to meet at a café across from the Spirit Pub; when Marie arrived, Eileen was already there too.

Her throat was suddenly bone dry.

Julia had already ordered her a glass of iced fruit juice; Marie grabbed it and downed half the glass in one go.

“Finally. That’s better.”

The rage was fading, replaced by plain exhaustion; it was exactly what she needed.

“Why’d you want to meet here? And at this hour?” Marie asked, setting the glass down, puzzled.

She knew her friends well enough to understand what kind of people they were.

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To put it bluntly, Eileen and Julia were party friends–good for banquets and bar hopping, nothing deeper.

So meeting in the middle of the afternoon like this…

Julia looked at Marie nervously, then glanced at Eileen.

Her expression was very off.

Marie frowned. “What’s with the hemming and hawing? Spit it out.”

Seriously, Julia was never this hesitant.

Anyone who could be Marie’s friend had to have at least a little edge to their personality.

Julia and Eileen certainly weren’t the sweet and docile type.

Eileen nudged her. “Just tell her already.”

The way she said it made Marie’s stomach sink.

Her eyes narrowed as she stared at Julia. “What did you do?”

Julia met Marie’s gaze, then sucked in a sharp breath through her teeth. “I mean, how exactly should I say this…”

Especially when she saw the marks on Marie’s neck.

They were all adults; even if you hadn’t done it yourself, you’ve read about it enough to recognize the signs.

It was obvious that what Julia had feared most had actually happened last night.

She smacked her forehead with a groan.

The slaps rang out as she looked utterly devastated.

“Hey, enough already! What the heck is going on?” Marie snapped.

Watching Julia like this made her temple throb violently.

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