The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In novel Chapter 679

The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 679 Blame Game

“Dan took Tessa?”

“No way.”

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Dan stealing Tessa now? That didn’t line up with his previous strategies at all. What had all those earlier moves even meant, then?

Derrick narrowed his eyes.

There was a strange emptiness growing in his chest.

Sebastian asked, “So… we’re still going to Ashen Pact?”

“Of course we are.”

No question.

“And keep looking for Tessa in secret,” Derrick added. “Make sure to avoid Victor’s people.”

The last thing he wanted was for Victor to find out about this mess–especially if they weren’t completely sure what had happened yet.

Just like that, Derrick’s entire train of thought got hijacked by Marie’s panic. He, too, became convinced that Dan had taken Tessa to set up Marie.

Kale nodded. “Understood.”

He headed off to make arrangements.

Once it was just Derrick and Sebastian left, Derrick tapped his fingers against the armrest in a steady rhythm.

Sebastian muttered, “This is a mess, huh?”

It hadn’t hit him earlier.

But now that Derrick had ordered Kale to start searching for Tessa, Sebastian began to realize how tangled this really was.

Tessa disappeared while in Marie’s care–allegedly stolen by Dan.

If this blew up, and no hard proof pointed to Dan, then Diana would come for Marie. So

would Victor.

Derrick closed his eyes briefly. “Yeah. A real mess.”

Sebastian asked, “Why did she even bother with this? Now there’s no good way to explain it.”

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Derrick scoffed. “What do you think? That precious little sister of hers, obviously.”

Tessa was Stella’s best friend.

If Stella hadn’t asked, Marie would’ve never gotten involved.

Thinking of how much Marie doted on Stella, Sebastian wisely shut up.

But something didn’t sit right with him.

Derrick… was cleaning up Marie’s mess?

That wasn’t like him.

In the past, if something blew up around Marie, Derrick wouldn’t even glance at it.

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So Derrick, too, boarded a plane for Ashen Pact.

And just like Marie, he never once suspected that Tessa might’ve been taken by Victor.

Back when the whole Spirit Pub debacle happened, Marie had unilaterally blamed Dan.

Now, this time, Derrick and Marie were both pointing fingers at Dan.

Derrick had people searching inside Ashen Pact–clearly convinced Dan was behind it all.

On the plane…

Sebastian muttered, “If this goes wrong, Tessa’s mom might take on the entire Morris family alone.”

If she found out Dan had taken Tessa?

Then she’d go scorched earth on the whole family.

Derrick chuckled. “Good.”

At this point, whether Dan was guilty or not didn’t even matter.

“Figure out a way to leak it to Victor,” Derrick added, “and make sure all his anger goes straight

to Dan.”

Sebastian blinked. “Pin it on Dan?”

“What—you want Victor banging on your sister–in–law’s door demanding answers? Think

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anyone’s giving her back?”

The girl was gone.

Might as well point Victor toward Dan, let him take the heat.

Sebastian didn’t respond.

Yup. Dan was going to take the fall. Again.

Lately, Dan had become the go–to scapegoat for everything.

And now, apparently, he’d have to shoulder the blame for losing Tessa too.

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Sebastian had serious doubts. Taking Tessa now made zero sense for Dan. It would only hurt him.

Marie finally arrived at Ashen Pact’s capital–Noctarth.

She’d been here before, back when she was trying to claw back the sodium mine contract Dan had snatched.

The moment she stepped off the plane, Dan got the alert.

He stubbed out his cigar and asked coldly,

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