Aurora Walton and Lucas Carter novel Chapter 1933

So, they couldn’t afford to waste any more time here.

“Fine. This time, I’ll listen to you,” Sean said solemnly.

When Tessa heard that, something about it made her feel uneasy.

But her mind was consumed by the fear that Grace was about to hold them accountable, and panic drowned out everything else.

In that moment, she didn’t think too deeply about what Sean’s words really meant.

Sean was, after all, extremely calculating.

Once anything went wrong, the one who would bear responsibility would only be Tessa.

After all, it would be Tessa who had taken him and run.

More than that, he had even recorded the conversation.

He had recorded everything, from start to finish.

If the police ever came knocking, the first person they would go after would be Tessa.

Thinking of this filled Sean with quiet satisfaction.

Even if Tessa was his own biological child, so what?

In his eyes, only his future mattered.

Besides, Tessa had grown up by Grace’s side—he hadn’t exactly mistreated her.

No matter how one looked at it, her mother had once cherished him as a first love.

If it hadn’t been for him, how could Tessa have received such good care in the first place?

The more he thought about it, the more Sean felt that Tessa ought to be grateful to him.

And any money they made later on should rightfully belong to him as well.

Of course, Sean never said any of this out loud.

He knew very well that Tessa had received a different kind of upbringing.

If she ever realized his true intentions, everything he had done before would come to nothing.

And then he would still have to find a way to placate her.

If this were happening to someone else, he might even be more understanding.

But now that he was the one trapped on all sides, that understanding was hard to come by.

“Dad, go pack quickly. We need to leave before anyone finds out,” Tessa urged.

“Alright, no problem,” Sean replied.

Seeing how anxious Tessa was, Sean found it almost amusing, but he still went along with her.

After all, this plan had been Tessa’s idea from the start.

He was merely an innocent executor.

When the two of them wheeled their suitcases to the door, they saw Grace waiting outside with her group of bodyguards.

At the sight of them, Tessa stumbled back a few steps.

In that moment, she knew that this was truly the end for her.

“Mom, why are you here?”