The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In novel Chapter 668

Chapter 668 The Strong Must Suffer

Since Dan was so afraid that Tessa would bring Victor and Diana to the same side-

Victor figured he might as well make that fear a reality.

Silas accepted the order and left.

Finished

Victor sat down on the lounge chair Marie had used just hours ago. At his feet sat a fishnet. Tessa had dragged from the sea.

The fish inside were long dead, reeking of salt and decay, buzzing with flies.

The air was thick with tension.

Silas wasn’t sure what to say.

Lewis, of course, had no such hesitation.

He spoke when he shouldn’t, always had.

Even now, in this suffocating atmosphere, he blurted, “Well, you’ve gotta hand it to Marie. Three days, and she had Ms. Tessa diving for fish.”

Silas gave Lewis a soul–deep look of despair.

The surveillance footage from the island had been comprehensive.

Victor had watched everything–every grueling moment of Tessa’s training.

He finally understood what she had gone through before making that desperate call three days

ago.

And Marie’s methods?

Insane didn’t begin to cover it.

If you didn’t have a strong heart, you’d probably die of sheer terror.

Even through the screen, the desperation had been palpable–Tessa’s arms spinning like they’d break apart at the joints.

Victor said nothing.

He stared into the ocean, silent and unreadable.

Lewis opened his mouth again-

But this time Silas cut in, quick. “Now that I’ve gone to Ashen Pact, it’ll force Dan to split his

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focus. He won’t have time to worry about Tessa anymore.”

Dan’s plan was simple: make sure Tessa didn’t leave Marie’s hands alive.

Finished

That way, Diana would blame Marie, and the Dawson family would inevitably turn on her.

Give Diana a personal enemy–clean, efficient.

Dan really was good at playing the long game.

Then there was the other concern–Victor and Diana forming an alliance.

Well, that was no longer just a possibility.

Victor had already sent Silas to Ashen Pact. Dan would be too busy fighting fires.

But what he didn’t realize was–truth couldn’t stay buried forever.

Even if Tessa did die in Marie’s hands, Dan would never walk away clean.

Victor recalled the footage of Tessa in Marie’s care.

His eyes narrowed.

“Call everyone back.”

Silas blinked. “Everyone? We’re not looking for Tessa anymore?”

“She’s safest right where she is with Marie.

Silas went silent.

That was… actually true.

Marie was surrounded by killers, sure–but Tessa was different.

In the Ashen Pact, practically everyone didn’t.

wanted her dead. Marie might be the only one who

Victor stood and straightened his rumpled suit. “No cruelty, no strength.”

He tossed out those four words and strode toward the helicopter.

Lewis stood there, dumbfounded. “That’s it? After everything, we’re just giving up?”

“Shut up, Silas smacked him upside the head. “Try using your brain for once.”

But those last words from Victor–Silas understood.

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No cruelty, no strength.

Tessa couldn’t afford to be soft.

Everyone she’d be facing from now on was a blood relative who wanted her

gone.

Sure, Victor could bring her back now and train her himself.

But would he really be as ruthless as Marie?

Silas figured the matter was settled.

Marie would toughen Tessa up and send her back when she was ready.

Then Victor spoke again.

“Keep searching.”

Silas froze.

Ah. So that’s how it was.

No matter how cold he acted. Victor still couldn’t bear to let her suffer in Marie’s hands.

And that suffering was real–the kind that broke people from the inside.

Silas nodded. “Yes, sir.”

Finched

That same night, Marie brought Tessa to another island.

It took just a few hours.

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