The Wrong Girl and the Wronged Girl (Stella and Ethan) novel Chapter 565

Chapter 565 The Real Cost

Tessa would completely fall apart living Victor’s kind of life.

Abraham said, “Tessa’s future isn’t going to be much different. They’re about the same.”

About the same?

Stella’s chest tightened. Letting Tessa live the way Victor does?

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“And besides, Tessa already said she’d marry him. He didn’t even say yes. There has to be something else going on.”

Abraham looked up. “Tessa said she wanted to marry Victor?”

“Yeah.”

Stella nodded. Her head was still spinning from all the chaos around the two of them. Everything was so messy it made her brain feel like sludge.

“By the way, do you know something about Ashen Pact? From the way you talk about it, it sounds way worse than I thought.”

Abraham’s phone rang. He checked the caller ID, then hung up without answering. “We need to go.”

Always with the mystery.

So Victor really did want Tessa? But if that were true, then why didn’t he just say yes when she offered to marry him?

Why all this back–and–forth that made everything even more confusing?

And honestly, Stella wasn’t fully convinced Victor would even want Tessa.

Compared to all those long–legged women Victor had been surrounded by before, Tessa was definitely on the short–legged side.

Aren’t all men into long legs?

Still thinking it over, Stella got into the car with Abraham. He glanced at her soft white coat and smiled.

“Not bad. You’re finally taking care of yourself.”

She used to refuse anything that covered up a fancy gown. If she was wearing formalwear, it had to be styled to perfection. A coat? Absolutely not.

“I’m putting my health first now.”

Abraham chuckled.

While he focused on something else, Stella quietly pulled out her phone and sent Tessa a message:

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“Victor wants you as the compensation.”

Whether Tessa believed it or not, that’s what Abraham had said. Stella still didn’t fully buy it.

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Tessa stared at the message, completely frozen.

No way. That can’t be right.

Wasn’t it supposed to be compensation? What did Stella mean by that?

She immediately tried to call, but Stella didn’t pick up. She was on her way to the banquet, and with Abraham beside her, she’d declined the call.

All Tessa got was the constant beep beep of the line going dead.

She looked at the message again, then typed back:

“What does that mean?”

It was just compensation. How did this suddenly turn into being about her?

A few seconds later, Stella replied:

“My brother said Victor wants you. You’re the compensation.”

Tessa’s arms went numb.

He wants me? If that’s really what he wants… then what the hell am I supposed to do?

She quickly shot back:

“I don’t believe it.”

Stella answered right away:

“I don’t either. But that’s what he said.”

Whether it made sense or not, that was the answer Abraham gave. Stella still wasn’t sure she believed it

herself.

Tessa sent another message:

“Why don’t you believe it?”

Stella blinked at her screen. Why don’t I believe it?

She glanced at Abraham, who was casually flipping through documents on his tablet.

She didn’t reply right away. Could she even say it out loud?

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No. The truth would sting.

Finally, she typed:

“I just don’t.”

Because if she was being honest, Victor had been surrounded by foreign women with knockout figures. Tessa didn’t exactly match that.

Not to mention the chaotic mess she’d made around Victor lately–grabbing him in all the wrong places- and still, nothing had ever happened between them.

Even after Marie’s claims that Victor didn’t work, Tessa had proven otherwise. And still… nothing.

So there was only one explanation: Victor probably didn’t like her that way.

When Tessa didn’t respond, Stella hesitated, then sent another message:

“Why don’t you just ask Victor directly what he wants?”

This endless guessing wasn’t getting them anywhere. And Tessa didn’t have the energy to keep doing it.

If Abraham was right, then she needed to hear it from Victor himself.

Tessa read the message and felt a jolt go down her spine. She replied:

“How am I supposed to ask?”

Seriously–how was she supposed to ask something like that?

Could you even be subtle with a question like that? If she tried to be vague, it’d just sound clueless. And if she was going to ask… it had to be direct.

And that was terrifying.

On top of that, hadn’t she already said she’d marry him?

She’d already lost her dignity. She’d said she could marry him, fine. But the problem was–Victor hadn’t agreed.

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