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Tessa tucked herself under the blanket, like hiding could somehow make it all go away.
Victor sat across from her. A cigar rested between his fingers as he watched her, eyes sharp and unreadable.
He didn’t say a word, but the silence pressed down like a weight.
Tessa instinctively swallowed. “Uh, c–could you not look at me like that? You’re scaring me…”
Her voice cracked on the word scaring.
She might’ve been bold and fearless back in Rivermount, but in this unfamiliar place, she felt helpless. His eyes are terrifying.
Like a wolf hiding in the dark–one look from him felt like it could rip her apart.
Victor said, “What exactly is my problem?”
Tessa blinked, stunned. Inside, she was falling apart. What the hell?
She barely got a word out when Victor cut her off. “Think carefully before you answer, or else…”
He paused, but he didn’t need to finish. The warning was loud and clear.
Say the wrong thing now, and she was toast.
Oh, come on… Is this really karma? All I did was gossip a little–did it have to blow up this badly? I was just talking behind his back! Did he seriously have to catch me red–handed?
Tessa dropped her head. “I’m sorry.” When things go sideways, apologize first.
Victor raised a brow. “Hmm?”
“I didn’t mean it,” she mumbled, her voice shrinking with every word.
She wasn’t wearing anything right now. If this man said he’d prove her wrong.. she wouldn’t
stand a chance.
This is all Stella’s fault. She almost got me in serious trouble. Swear to God, if I make it out of this, I’m never gossiping about Victor again. Not one word. I’m done. Seriously.
Victor arched a brow and flicked the ash from his cigar into the tray. His eyes shifted back to her. “So, what exactly is my problem?”
She made the mistake of looking him in the eye. His gaze was deep, dark, and impossible to read. Her heart jumped, and she quickly looked away. “I meant I’m the one with the problem.”
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Tessa blurted out, “I didn’t mean you–I was talking about myself. I’m the one with the problem!”
If saving her life meant giving up her dignity, so be it.
Victor raised a brow. “Oh? So what exactly is your problem?”
Yeah… this situation clearly wasn’t going away anytime soon.
Tessa could tell–if she didn’t give him a straight answer, he wasn’t dropping it.
God, could my timing be any worse? Of all the things to say out loud, why did it have to be that? What kind of idiot gossips about someone like him?
Comered by Victor’s questions, Tessa’s mind was a mess.
She took a breath and blurted out, T’m bad at everything. I mess up whatever I do. The only thing I’m good at is cating.”
She’d embarrassed herself enough–surely he’d let it slide now.
Victor watched her trembling hands clinging to the blanket, panic written all over her face.
He chuckled. “A bottomless pit, huh?”
Tessa didn’t say a word. Why is he such a jerk? Whatever. She wasn’t about to talk back.
She nodded, clearly not thrilled. “Yeah.”
She swore gossip had never backfired this hard in her entire life.
Ten minutes later.
Tessa sat at the dining table, staring at the spread of food in front of her–most of which she’d never even seen before.
Then she looked at Victor.
He leaned back in his chair, one ankle resting on his opposite knee.
With the suit and dress shirt gone, the tattoo on his neck was impossible to miss–he looked like pure trouble.
And honestly, he looked straight–up dangerous. Tessa was rattled–he was the kind of guy you just didn’t cross.
Victor gave her a look. “Can you finish it all?”
Tessa blinked Finish it? Wait–does he actually erect me to eat all this? She gave him a nitiful look “I
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She looked completely anxious and defeated. If she had to eat everything on the table, she’d definitely make herself sick.
Victor’s voice was calm. “So what exactly were you and Stella talking about?”
Tessa said nothing. So this really wasn’t over, huh? God, just let me pass out already. If this keeps going, I’m going to lose it.
His stare was had no clue what to say,
way too intense. Tese
For once, she was completely speechless.
She went completely silent.
Victor watched her drop her head again, and for the first time, a flicker of amusement passed through his cold eyes.
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