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Chapter 275 He Was With a Woman
As long as Abraham wasn’t around, Victor most likely wouldn’t stay in Rivermount either.
Tessa said, “Oh my goodness, you have no idea! When I slipped, I totally lost my balance. I just grabbed whatever I could. Who knew I’d grab his belt buckle? Good thing I didn’t yank his pants down, or I really wouldn’t have been able to explain myself.”
“How dare you say that again?” Stella said.
“I swear I didn’t mean to. Tessa kept saying it wasn’t on purpose over the phone.
“I know you didn’t mean to,” Stella said. “I was just completely stunned.”
That
part was true.
In that situation, it wasn’t just Tessa. Everyone who saw it had their jaws on the floor.
The two of them talked on the phone for quite a while before the conversation finally turned to Susan
Tessa asked, “What did Susan want? Was it still about Lillian? Her own son is in the hospital now too.”
If Susan still had the nerve to bother Stella about Lillian at a time like this, no one even knew what to say about her anymore.
“If she keeps making a mess like this, doesn’t Patrick care? What if she ends up tearing the whole family apart and still blames you?
Stella had already walked into the tea room. The tea was still gently heating. She poured herself a cup and said, “Let her blame me. I don’t care. Jonathan’s about to be discharged anyway.”
“What!”
Stella said calmly, “You know the kind of person I am A few words of blame aren’t going to change me.”
Yeah, true.
Things had been messy lately. Tessa could see Stella wasn’t the kind to suffer quietly.
So today, if Susan had gone to confront Stella, it was obvious that she must’ve come to point fingers again.
And the fact that she dared meant Stella would definitely hit back even harder.
No doubt about it, Jonathan would be the one to take the fall again. First it was Lillian, now it was Jonathan.
Even Patrick, with all his patience, would eventually blow up.
“The Reed family falling apart doesn’t really have much to do with you anyway.”
Stella said, “What?”
Tessa hesitated, “Well, 1…
She didn’t know how to bring it up.
What kind of foundation does the Reed family have to keep cranking out so much drama?
Hearing Tessa mumble, Stella took a sip of tea and asked, “What did you see this time?”
“Oh my, let me tell you. You know I’m not the kind who goes looking for gossip, but gossip just keeps throwing itself in front of me. I can’t help it.”
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Stella frowned.
Tessa continued, “He was with a woman. She was pushing a stroller, and they had a bodyguard and a servant with them.”
Stella fell silent.
Blossom Square was one of the most well–known luxury malls in Rivermount.
Her eyelid twitched. “Shouldn’t he be at the hospital?”
“Exactly. Jonathan got seriously hurt. No matter what, Patrick should be at the hospital right now!
So why was he at Blossom Square!
Tessa said, “I think there’s something going on between him and that woman. They seemed kind of close.”
Stella asked, “Close? With a woman pushing a stroller?”
That didn’t seem right at all. Patrick was way too old for that kind of thing.
Tessa replied. “That’s what I saw.”
Stella narrowed her eyes. “Are you sure you didn’t mistake him for someone else?”
She still couldn’t quite believe it. After all, for the past couple years, Stella had seen that Patrick wasn’t into that sort of thing at all. Did I really misjudge him?
Tessa said, “No way. I looked extra hard when I saw it was Patrick. Took several glances just to be sure.”
“If it were one glance, sure, maybe I was wrong. But I looked again and again. There is no way I was wrong every single time.”
Stella was quiet. That did make sense. If Patrick was caught doing something that wild, Tessa would’ve definitely taken a few extra peeks. One wrong glance was possible, but not all of them.
“So whose kid was it?
“Come on,” Tessa said. I only looked a few times and just thought they seemed close. As for whether the baby’s his, I don’t have X–ray vision.”
Stella didn’t respond.
In her mind, Patrick had always been strict, upright, and distant. Even with Susan, their relationship had always been polite and reserved. He just didn’t seem like the type to get wrapped up in affairs.
