Chapter 670 The Climb
Ugh, that woman’s brutal.
Before Tessa could even react, Marie threw her straight into the sea. Tessa was done. Mentally, emotionally -completely done.
“When we left Spada Island, two groups went ashore. One of them was your brother Dan’s people.”
Tessa muttered, “He’s not my brother.”
How many times did she have to say it?
That bastard wasn’t her brother. Her mom had only ever given birth to one daughter—her.
Marie said, “It doesn’t matter. What you need to know is that they went there to kill you.”
Tessa went quiet.
Hearing it from Marie like that…
The swirling sense of danger suddenly felt a lot more real.
Marie added, “You don’t have much time. Start swimming.”
The moment she heard “not much time,” Tessa gave in and started swimming toward the island.
Out on the sea, things looked close–but they were really, really far.
The water was freezing. Salty. Fishy…
Tessa had lived in comfort her entire life. She had never suffered anything close to this.
Sophia had someone bring over a chair for Marie.
Marie sat down, and a glass of champagne was handed to her.
Sophia looked toward Tessa in the distance and smiled. “She’s starting to shed her fear.”
“Her body’s gotten tougher, but that brain still needs some training.”
Sophia was stunned.
How exactly were they supposed to train that? Some things were just inborn–hard to fix.
Marie said, “When she comes back, ask if she knows how to use a computer.”
“Alright.”
Sophia now understood what Marie wanted to drill into Tessa.
Going to the Ashen Pact was dangerous.
But ultimately, the person Tessa would be going up against… was someone from the Morris family.
“Mr. Victor sent Silas to Ashen Pact,” Sophia said after a moment, turning to Marie.
Marie raised a brow.
“To find Diana?”
Sophia nodded. “Yes.”
Marie smiled.
“Well, that seals it. Tessa leaves here and she’s officially enemies with Dan.”
Tessa clearly held a special place in Victor’s heart.
Sending Silas to Ashen Pact now…
It didn’t take a genius to figure out that Victor already knew Dan’s people had landed on Spada Island–and what they were planning to do.
Thinking of Dan made Sophia feel indignant on Marie’s behalf.
“The way Dan moves… he doesn’t hold back at all when it comes to you.”
If something happened to Tessa now…
Plenty of people in her shoes would’ve ended up dead already–no power to fight back at all.
But Tessa had managed to stand up, relying on Victor and Stella’s network.
That alone was something.
Sophia nodded. “Yeah.”
Tessa didn’t like adventure. Didn’t like climbing.
She used to be a pampered little princess back in Rivermount, just waiting every month for her mom’s allowance to come in.
And now…
After soaking in the ocean, she was dragging herself up a steep cliff.
From a distance, the mountain hadn’t looked that tall.
But standing here, she realized it was massive… and there were barely any footholds.
The curve of the cliff didn’t help either. It was crescent–shaped, and more than once, she’d climbed less than five meters before slipping right off.
The sky grew darker.
The sea breeze picked up…
It was cold. Bone–chillingly cold.
Tessa knew if she didn’t make it to the top today, Marie wasn’t going to send anyone to fetch her.
Her body was drenched–sweat mixing with seawater.
She kept climbing, and climbing…
By the time she reached the top, it was one in the morning, and her body was completely drained.
Just then, a helicopter hovered above her.

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The readers' comments on the novel: The Wrong Girl and the Wronged Girl (Stella and Ethan)
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?...
Ch 464 Why didn’t she kick her out herself be for she went to attack the mistress…...
Ch 463 This is stupid now. I understand being scared in his presence enough to not think straight, but she’s a lone more often than not and has plenty of time to think things through, especially if she has time to get gossip from Rivermount and report to Stella....