The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In novel Chapter 675

Chapter 675 Worst–Case Scenario

There was no way Marie could face Victor herself.

Marie was stunned.

Send Abraham?

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The thought of her brother’s temper made her wince–but Sophia was right. If anyone could deal with Victor right now, it was Abraham.

She dialed him immediately.

Abraham had been enjoying a rare stretch of peace. Ever since Victor had started tailing Derrick, he hadn’t shown up at the Dawson estate once.

So when Marie’s call came through, Abraham was surprised. “Already surfacing? That’s fast.”

He’d expected her to lie low longer. When he took Stella away, she’d stayed hidden for over a month. Tessa? Barely twenty days.

Marie’s voice was tense. “It’s bad.”

Abraham went quiet.

Stella, nearby, was trimming thorns off a rose stem. But the second she heard Marie’s tone, her hand slipped–and the thorn sliced her finger.

She hissed in pain, dropping the scissors to check her wound, only for Abraham’s large hand to grab her wrist.

A bead of blood welled up on her fingertip. Abraham’s expression darkened.

He turned on the speakerphone, set the phone down, and gestured to the butler nearby.

The butler nodded and hurried off to get the first aid kit.

While disinfecting Stella’s finger, Abraham’s tone sharpened. “What happened?”

“It’s Tessa,”

Abraham went silent.

Stella froze too.

The moment Marie mentioned Tessa, the hand Abraham held stiffened slightly.

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Clearly, Stella was panicking.

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Abraham frowned and gave her hand a reassuring squeeze as the butler returned with the kit.

He cleaned the cut carefully, irritation growing in his voice. “What about her?”

“She was taken. Bro, I swear, this is serious. I don’t even know how to face Victor anymore. When he finds out, he’s going to hunt me down.”

Marie knew exactly what Victor was like.

Sure, he’d been working with Abraham all these years, but everyone knew how calculating he

was.

And once he turned on someone, he was like a venomous snake–impossible to shake off.

The reason he’d stayed loyal was because Abraham gave him what he needed.

But this was different.

Tessa was clearly his soft spot–his one bottom line.

And something had happened to her… under Marie’s watch.

Marie felt her scalp go numb.

Stella’s breath hitched. “W–what kind of serious?

The second she heard Marie’s worried tone, her composure cracked.

“Star?”

“What exactly happened?”

“I… I…” Marie faltered.

She couldn’t bring herself to say it: that Tessa might’ve been assaulted and killed by Dan’s people.

Stella cherished that best friend. She couldn’t risk traumatizing her.

“Just tell me!”

“I… I…” Marie stammered, throat dry.

Abraham glanced at Stella. Their eyes met, and Stella gripped his hand tightly.

The panic in her eyes said it all–if she didn’t get an answer, her imagination would only make things worse.

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Abraham frowned deeply. His voice over the phone turned cold. “Speak.”

One word. Harsh and unforgiving.

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Marie swallowed hard. “She might’ve been… taken by Dan’s people, and… assaulted… then killed.”

Silence.

Abraham didn’t move.

Stella didn’t blink.

The room fell into a vacuum of shock.

Ice spread from Abraham’s body like a storm. “Under your care–taken by Dan’s people and what? Are you joking, Marie?“.

“I–I… I don’t know what else to think,” she stammered.

That wrecked room, those torn clothes–it had looked like the worst possible outcome.

“I just—if we’re lucky, maybe it’s not that bad, but…” Her voice trailed off.

But if Tessa really was in Dan’s hands… then what good outcome could there possibly be?

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