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Marie started moving without another word.
Derrick immediately grabbed her slim waist. Marie wasn’t used to being touched there–and she snapped.
“Get your damn hands off me!”
As she raised her hand to slap Derrick, his face instantly darkened. What the hell? Most women melted the second he touched their waist.
But Marie? She turned into a total hellcat.
He caught her slender wrist in one move. “Enough. You think I’m dying to touch you? I wouldn’t take you if someone paid me.”
“If you don’t want me, why the hell are you touching me? Bastard!”
She raised her other hand to hit him again.
Derrick’s temples throbbed in frustration.
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“I don’t want you, and no one else ever will. You’re gonna die alone, just watch.”
That one hit low.
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“You damn bastard!”
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Derrick snorted. “You’ve got a nasty temper, dark as coal too. I’m just being honest. Go out and ask around. -who the hell would want someone like you?”
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If she didn’t rip that mouth of his apart today, she’d never be able to let it go.
Meanwhile, Stella and Abraham exchanged glances.
Stella wanted to step in–but Abraham dragged her away before she could move.
All the way upstairs.
Stella broke free from his large hand. “What the hell are you doing? I-
“She doesn’t need your help.”
He wasn’t wrong.
The way Marie was going at Derrick, there was no way she’d end up on the losing side.
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Still, Stella couldn’t help being mad. After all, Derrick was the reason she and Abraham had been separated for so many years.
That grudge tainted everything. At this point, no matter what Derrick did in front of her, it would always feel wrong.
“You’re awfully relaxed about this. The Tom family isn’t exactly simple anymore, you know.”
Especially that stepmother of Derrick’s. When she first married into the Tom family, she acted like such a saint.
But now, she was making more and more moves.
Let’s be honest–it was all to snatch up more of the inheritance for her two kids.
Hearing Stella’s concerns, Abraham’s lips curled into a faint smile. “The Tom family can be as complicated as they want. Your sister’s not falling for any of it.”
Oh… that’s true.
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No matter what kind of schemes they had lined up for Derrick and Marie, Marie wasn’t the type to take the bait.
Which meant all their plots would be completely useless.
Getting ready for the banquet.
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There’s usually never enough food at these things, and Stella was pregnant–naturally, the whole household revolved around her.
Evelyn, who was out at the moment, called in.
“Have the kitchen prepare something for Stella. Make sure she eats first.”
“Understood.”
The butler answered respectfully.
Not that she needed to worry–Abraham had already taken care of it.
Plus, Stella was getting sleepy.
Abraham took her back to their room, planning to let her nap for an hour before getting up to eat and head
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But as soon as they entered the room, Abraham got a call.
No telling what the person on the other end said, but his expression shifted slightly. Covering the receiver, he looked at Stella.
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“Just take a nap for now. Later, you and Marie can head to the banquet together. No rush, okay?”
Stella sighed. “Busy again?”
Ever since they came back to Falvaria, Abraham had been swamped nonstop.
He gave a soft “yeah,” rubbed the top of her soft hair, and turned to leave.
Stella really was feeling drowsy.
She climbed into bed, planning to sleep a bit.
But just as she closed her eyes, her phone rang.
It was Tessa.
“Did you try to strip Victor again?” Stella asked flatly.
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“Or did you tell him something crazy like, ‘Let’s get married right now?”
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So those two options were Stella’s go–to guesses now whenever Tessa did something dumb around Victor?
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Either she stripped him or said something completely insane.
Tessa groaned. “Remember when I told you I was scared to like him?”
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Stella thought for a moment. Yeah, that had happened.
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Since Tessa kept trying to peel clothes off Victor, Stella had started to suspect she actually liked him.
“I remember. So what?”
Please don’t tell me she got in trouble with Victor again because of that.
You couldn’t really blame Stella for thinking this way–Tessa getting into trouble with Victor was practically routine at this
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Tessa sighed. “He asked me why I was scared to like him.”
…Huh?
What was going on?
From what Stella knew, that didn’t sound like something Victor would say.
“And what did you say?”
That question carried a lot of weight.
Stella couldn’t quite process everything at once.
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Tessa groaned again. “I didn’t dare say anything. Anyway, forget about me screwing up-
“Then what do you want to talk about?”
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Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: The Wrong Girl and the Wronged Girl (Stella and Ethan)
Ch 504 Ok. I’m officially trashing this book. It keeps getting worse. Grooming, the adoptive mother accepting and approving of the grooming, now here comes Victor with the emotional and physical kidnapping, using fear to force consent… just like Abraham did all Stella’s life. Even now. It’s just too much scumbag crap on this book. On top of that, Lillian still hasn’t gotten exposed to the world and still hasn’t died and we are at over 500 chapters. Can’t even close the first arc! Goodbye!...
Ch 500 This is just getting more ridiculous, especially this Dan thing. Why isn’t Derrick going after Dan instead of Marie? It also doesn’t seem like Dan has amnesia because why would he go with Marie to that island or even think to use Marie to steal from Derrick. Why would he even know who Derrick is? He didn’t know who Abel was, supposedly. Are they all jut idiots or are we, as readers, supposed to act Ike we didn’t notice he has memories of these people and just not Marie and Abel? Ridiculous....
Ch 489 Doesn’t this prove that Dan doesn’t actually have amnesia? Why would he go to the island with a strange woman and why would he steal from Derrick? He doesn’t know them....
Ch 488 I feel like this is going to be what Stella stole in his study in Pagenda or wherever his estate was....
Ch 485 I thought it was going to be the Reed family mine that she robbed, thus taking the Keenes product and leaving them in that situation....
Ch 483 o then, how did the Reeds fine her? How did they not know where she was from?...
Ch 477 Definitely hidden pedo in here, referring to tiny women as little girls in every way possible....
Ch 468 How could Stella inherit her adopted father’s weak stomach constitution?...
Ch 468 Abraham and Marie’s mother has been called Evelyn, Diane and Loretta.. which is it? Evelyn has been the most used....
Ch 465 She still doesn’t know the mistress is Lillian’s aunt?...