The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In novel Chapter 965

Chapter 965 A Strategic Precaution

Kiel: “The owner of the number is Reese. Female, 24 years old.”

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“Mona has met with her every time she’s gone to Hamlin in the last two years.”

Mona was speechless. Her already crumbling expression instantly became deathly pale and rigid.

Marie shrugged, pulling her gaze away from Mona’s face. “Dad, she’s all yours.”

Holt’s expression was indescribable. His sharp, hawk–like eyes fixed on Mona.

Mona, trembling all over, shook her head. “Holt, I…”

Before she could finish, Marie cut her off, looking directly at Derrick. “Weren’t we going to dinner?”

Derrick nodded. “Mhm, it’s time to go.”

Gary: “You have the nerve to eat? You’ve turned this house upside down, and you still have the nerve to go eat?”

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The Tom family hadn’t had a single decent meal in days. And now, after they’d basically blown the family apart, they were just leaving to eat? It was outrageous.

Marie: “The one who should be too ashamed to eat is your mother. What does this have to do with us? Tsk.”

Gary was speechless.

Mona, facing Holt’s towering rage, despised Marie with every fiber of her being.

Derrick took Marie’s hand. “Let’s go.”

Marie: “I’m starving. Tell Sebastian to order lots of good food. The baby in my belly wants to

eat too.”

To Mona and Gary’s ears, her words were incredibly smug and infuriating. But there was nothing either of them could do about Marie.

In the car, Marie rubbed her still–flat stomach. Derrick took her hand and affectionately traced her palm.

Marie: “What are you doing?”

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“I’m happy.”

Marie: “You’re ridiculous.”

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He was this happy over such a small thing? It just showed how helpless he’d been against Mona all those years. She’d only just started dealing with Mona, and he was already this overjoyed.

Derrick: “Why did you decide to reveal the information about Reese today?”

Now that Marie had exposed it, no matter how muddled Holt had been, he would definitely investigate Reese. Given Marie’s temperament, Derrick had assumed she would let Mona stew in her anxiety for much longer. He hadn’t expected her to just drop the bomb.

Marie huffed. “This is what you don’t get. Stella’s wedding is the day after tomorrow. I can’t have Reese showing up and causing trouble.”

Even if she did come to Falvaria, Marie wouldn’t let her get anywhere near Stella. Still, it was best to eliminate any potential threats beforehand.

Her precious Stella had suffered so much in Rivermount. Now that she was finally about to marry her brother, Marie wouldn’t allow any hitches at the wedding.

Hearing it was all for Stella, Derrick’s earlier happiness deflated a bit.

Marie noticed his mood shift. “What’s wrong?”

Derrick: “Nothing.”

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“Hmph. You’re nicer to Stella than you are to me.”

He said it was nothing, but the next second, he couldn’t stop himself from blurting out his true feelings.

Marie looked at his total inability to hide his feelings and finally understood why he’d been so helpless against Mona for all those years. How could someone so straightforward possibly win against a deep, manipulative woman?

Meanwhile, with Tessa.

She had just gotten on the plane and started gnawing on a pineapple. A few moments later, she was suddenly face–to–face with… a doctor?

Yes, a doctor. She was now lying on a bed while the doctor examined her, and a nurse gently palpated her stomach.

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Tessa looked at Victor, confused. “Why are you having a doctor examine me?”

“You’ve been eating a bit too much lately,” Victor said, his tone serious and earnest.

Tessa was speechless.

Outside, Lewis and Silas overheard this, and their expressions instantly lit up. Especially Lewis.

Before Silas could even react, Lewis had already spun around and yelled through the doorway, “She eats a lot, what? You can’t afford to feed her?”

The entire area fell silent.

“Pfft…” The doctor examining Tessa let out an audible snort of laughter.

He was Percy, and he always accompanied Victor on long–distance trips. He was well- acquainted with Lewis’s mouth. He had even been there when Abraham disowned him and Victor took him in. All these years, that mouth hadn’t matured one bit.

Victor shot Lewis an icy glare. Lewis: “I was just…”

As for Tessa, her expression soured the moment she heard Victor say she’d been eating too much. “What do you mean by that?”

He was calling a doctor just because she ate a lot? So now she wasn’t even allowed to eat properly?

Lewis chimed in, “He probably means you’re eating too much and need stomach reduction surgery.”

Silas: “Just stop talking.”

Silas had seen people who couldn’t read a room, but he’d never seen anyone this oblivious. Couldn’t he see how dark the boss’s face had gotten?

The moment Tessa heard “stomach reduction surgery,” she glared fiercely at Victor. “Fine, I just won’t eat then! Why don’t you just sew my mouth shut?”

Victor’s expression darkened.

“We’re not doing the check–up.”

Tessa was furious.