The Wrong Girl and the Wronged Girl (Stella and Ethan) novel Chapter 854

854 Real Men Don’t Hesitate

Wasn’t it really one of those it’s complicated kind of days? Truly… Victor looked at her pouting face, chuckled softly, and brushed her forehead with his hand. The fever was gone, though she still had a bit of a cough.

“What’s so complicated?” he asked.

“Stella. That Ethan guy still hasn’t given up on her.”

When it came to Ethan, Tessa truly couldn’t stand him.

She couldn’t believe how he’d treated Stella before–how he’d let Lillian manipulate him and still had the nerve to act like he regretted it now. Seriously? Regret didn’t change a thing.

All that gloom, heartbreak, and self–pity he wore now–sorry, that wasn’t going to earn her sympathy.

And besides, it was pointless. Stella was doing perfectly fine. The entire Dawson family adored her; they spoiled her, cherished her.

She was even pregnant now, and she and Abraham had already gotten their marriage certificate.

“Oh right,” Tessa suddenly said, “something else happened today!”

“What is it?” Victor asked.

“You know that Reese who used to be around Mr. Abraham?”

Just mentioning it made Tessa sigh; where do I even start with that one?

She’d met manipulative women before, but this one–this one took the crown. Cunning, scheming, daring -she played the game at a whole different level.

Victor frowned slightly. “She wasn’t really around Mr. Abraham; she was more like Princess Jo’s close friend–maybe back in college?”

It had been so long that even Victor wasn’t sure about the timeline. But he remembered there had been someone like that.

“She was friends with Stella too?” Tessa blurted. Oh, great. That makes her even more conniving!

Victor nodded. “Yeah. But because she started having… inappropriate feelings for Mr. Abraham, he kicked her out of Falvaria.”

“He kicked her out? Just like that?”

“Yeah,” Victor said. “I think it was right after she confessed to him for the first time.”

There had only ever been that one intersection between Abraham and Reese.

When Tessa heard that Reese had confessed and gotten thrown out the same day, her eyes lit up.

“Now that’s a real man!”

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He handled problems swiftly; no hesitation, no mess.

Unlike Ethan, who obsessed over Lillian on one side while claiming he wanted to marry Stella on the

other.

That kind of man was trash; even the trash can would find him too close for comfort.

When Victor saw Tessa’s eyes shining as she praised Abraham for being a real man, his face darkened.

He pulled her straight into his arms. “What about me? Am I not one?”

The tone–definitely not pleased.

Hearing that hint of jealousy, Tessa froze for a second, then let out a nervous laugh. “Of course you are.”

Is he serious right now? Did she not know whether Victor is a real man? He was–too much of one, sometimes.

There were moments she could barely handle him.

She was certain if she dared to say no right now, she wouldn’t be leaving the house for days.

“You’re… you’re definitely a real man,” she stammered, completely unwilling to provoke him or make him

angry.

Victor eased slightly, then asked, “So, this Reese–what about her?”

Reese… that name hadn’t been spoken in Abraham’s circle for years.

After that confession, she had vanished completely.

Abraham had no tolerance for that kind of nonsense; everyone knew how fiercely he protected Stella.

Tessa said, “She’s in Hamlin now. Got plastic surgery to look like Stella.”

Victor blinked. “What?”

“And she’s copying Stella’s style, her clothes, even her habits–everything,” Tessa continued.

In short, it was just… bizarre.

Meanwhile, Mona’s elaborate scheme–something she had spent ages planning, thinking it was flawless- had already become a hot topic among Abraham’s people before she even realized it.

After finishing her story, Tessa wrapped her arms around Victor’s neck. “See? None of them are any good. Ethan’s no exception.”

Even if Ethan had passed along that information this time, Tessa was sure he had his own motives.

Back in Rivermount, the way he had treated Stella—just remembering it made her sick.

Victor chuckled. “You know, someone once told me people who aren’t the same kind can never really be friends. I didn’t believe it back then.”

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Tessa frowned. “Yeah?”

“But now I do.”

Ever since Tessa had come into his life, she’d always seemed a bit naïve; but looking at her now, he realized she had more in common with Stella than he’d thought.

Tessa froze for a moment, then caught his meaning and puffed up in mock outrage. “So you’re saying I’m dumber than them?”

With Victor around, though, her life was far calmer than all their chaos.

A lot had happened in her world lately, but at least… she was protected.

It wasn’t quite the same as her days in Rivermount; but at least now, she lived safely within Victor’s grasp.