The Wrong Girl and the Wronged Girl (Stella and Ethan) novel Chapter 790

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Marie thought to herself. These past few days I’ve really been… honestly giving it my all.

She really had been. No matter what she did, she threw her full strength into it.

And the result? Could someone please tell her what the heck was going on here?

Danger; signals cutting straight through the airwaves.

Abraham’s voice came through, heavy with pressure and intimidation. “You screw up and blame other people for not warning you?”

Derrick and Marie went quiet. Wait, what?

Being called “stupid” by Abraham didn’t sit well with Derrick. “What’s that supposed to mean? How are we stupid?”

Abraham sneered. “If Tessa were really with Ashen Pact, you think that’s how Victor would’ve reacted?”

Derrick was speechless. The way he should have reacted? Wait a second–what was Victor’s reaction at the start?

Instinctively, Derrick glanced at Marie; she, too, had fallen into thought because of Abraham’s words. At the beginning… what had Victor done? It seemed like… he hadn’t reacted at all.

Derrick asked, “He didn’t react?”

“To Ashen Pact, Victor only moved after you two made your move. You think that’s the speed he’d normally react at?”

It was obvious; with Victor’s sharpness, this wasn’t the kind of reaction or timing he should have had toward Ashen Pact.

Tessa was his woman.

If he knew Tessa had really been taken by Ashen Pact, never mind them–Marie would’ve been the first to get an earful.

But at the time, she hadn’t received a single call from Victor.

That didn’t match the reaction of an enraged man.

Marie protested, “But wait… didn’t he later help us take stuff from Ashen Pact?”

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“If Tessa were with Ashen Pact, you think he’d stop at just snatching a few things?”

Marie and Derrick went quiet.

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Their eyes locked, wide–eyed and dumbfounded. So…. was it really because we were too stupid to put the pieces together?

Marie bristled. “Then what about you?”

“I didn’t know at first either–I guessed.”

Marie went quiet.

Well, great. Now she had nothing to say to Abraham. He hadn’t known either; he’d just been smart enough to guess. So basically, he was clever and they were just dumb.

Marie sniffled a little.

“Since you guessed it, couldn’t you at least have told me?”

Her voice wavered with grievance as she said it.

Abraham hung up on her.

That left her and Derrick staring at each other again. Marie’s little face scrunched up like a steamed bun. “Could it really be that we’re just stupid?”

Now that Abraham had pointed it out, Victor’s initial reaction did seem out of place.

Derrick said, “That’s you, not me.”

From the beginning, he’d suspected Victor might have Tessa, but Victor’s later ferocity toward Ashen Pact had made him dismiss the idea. Thinking about it now…

Marie went quiet.

What a mess this had turned into.

One thing after another; she muttered, “Maybe I really am a little slow in the head.”

Damn… if that’s the case, then I really did wrong Dan pretty badly, didn’t I? Uh…

Dan’s furious denials–his insistence that he hadn’t taken Tessa–still echoed in her mind.

Back then, how had she answered him. By refusing to believe. She hadn’t trusted a single word he said…

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These past days, no matter what Dan had told her, she hadn’t believed him.

And now, this.

The whole ordeal had left Maric fuming.

She went straight for the spicy soup, downing bowl after bowl.

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She hadn’t been eating well lately, but now that the truth was clear, she tore into it with a vengeance…

As if Abraham and Victor themselves were boiling in that pot.

Derrick cautioned, “Don’t eat too much–your stomach’s been bothering you.”

“Shut up. I’ve been starving these past few days!” Marie shot back.

She hadn’t been able to keep food down lately, always nauseous; on top of all the chaos, she hadn’t had a proper meal in days.

When Derrick heard her say she was starving, he remembered all those times she’d been about to throw up.

He hesitated, then carefully asked, “Should we find you another psychologist?”

Marie went quiet.

Her face immediately darkened. “I don’t even have psychological stress; what the heck would I need that for?”

“Hey–when it comes to you and Sebastian, I honestly don’t even want to start.”

Just thinking about the stunt Derrick and Sebastian had pulled left her speechless.

Never in her life had she been pushed into such a corner…

A psychologist? And who had shown up? A patient. How was that even acceptable? Marie still simmered with anger.

“You tell me–do they really need to fake it?” She couldn’t make sense of it. What exactly was between Victor and Ashen Pact? Besides, with my brother’s status–and Victor’s too–why would either of them need to put on an act? How had things ended up like this?

Derrick handed her a glass of juice. “Alright, quit dwelling on it. If you’re really that pissed, just drop it. I’ll take you home.”

Sure, Abraham had said they were too dumb to notice Victor’s odd behavior at the start.

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But honestly, it was almost inhuman.

When Marie heard the word home, she hesitated.

Then she shook her head. “No… let’s keep working with Victor for now.”

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