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    Tessa didn’t press the issue, after all, Lewis, despite his overactive imagination, could be incredibly rigid.

    Who knew what kind of instructions Victor had given him?

    For all she knew, the guy might actually insist on following her to the bathroom.

    God… Her brain justpletely shut down. iWhy /iiwould /iiVictor /iassign isomeone /iilike /iithis/i? iIf /iithe /iisituation /iiwas /ireally that iserious/ii, /icouldn’t he at least ihave /iisent /iia /ifemale ibodyguard/ii? /i

    But then again, thinking about her current rtionship with Victor, Tessa figured it wasn’t her ce to make too many demands.

    Given the circumstances… she’d just skip the nap.

    She shot Lewis a re but said nothing.

    The cook came over with her medicine. “Ms. Miller, here’s the medication to take after your meal.”

    “Thank you.”

    Tessa thanked her politely.

    The two maids Ss had hired were dismissed by Victor.

    Apparently, he’d said they couldn’t even manage to help her change clothes or administer medicine properly, totally useless.

    Tessa felt a little bad about that.

    She hadn’t expected that her feverish confusion andck of cooperation would end up costing people their jobs.

    So now, with this new dose of medicine, she took it obediently, drank it all down in one go.

    “In a bit… never mind, I’ll get it myself.”

    She’d been about to ask the cook to bring her a nket, but stopped herself.

    She wasn’t some pampered heiress anymore.

    There was still a tough battle ahead; starting now, she had to do everything she could for herself.

    She went upstairs, fetched a nket, and came back down to curl up on the sofa, draping it over her legs.

    Since Lewis insisted on keeping her under constant surveince, there was no way she could nap in her

    room.

    Sure enough, Lewis sat down on the opposite couch.

    Tessa frowned. “Can you go sit somewhere else?”

    In short, she just wanted him to keep some distance; stop staring at her like that.

    Lewis shook his head. “Nope.”

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    Tessa was stunned.

    Sleeping on the couch was already her biggestpromise.

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    She ignored him, rolled over, and faced the back of the couch–turning her back on himpletely.

    But thanks to all the things Lewis had just said, even without seeing him, she could still feel his eyes boring into her.

    It was like a thorn pressing into her back.

    The silence dragged on for half an hour–neither of them spoke.

    Eventually, Tessa couldn’t take it anymore. She turned her head and caught Lewis still staring straight at her,pletely unblinking.

    “You really don’t have to go this far.”

    This was making it impossible for her to get any rest..

    Her whole body still felt weak from the fever, and Lewis’s presence was only making her feel worse.

    “I only listen to my brother,” Lewis said.

    Tessa was stunned again.

    iGreat/ii, /iiso /iiunless /iiVictor /iisays /iiotherwise/ii, /iihe’s /iinot letting /iiup/i.

    She sighed, finally giving in. She picked up her phone, ready to call Victor directly.

    Before she could dial, Lewis spoke up. “You’re calling my brother?”

    “What else?” she said tly.

    She obviously couldn’t bother Ste right now.

    And it was clear Victor’s people weren’t about to take orders from Mr. Abraham either.

    “You probably shouldn’t call him,” Lewis warned.

    Tessa raised an eyebrow.

    Lewis continued, “Boss has an important mission this afternoon. He might be in the middle of a firefight right now.”

    At that, the corner of Tessa’s mouth twitched–and she promptly put her phone away.

    In that case, there was no way she’d dare call Victor now; absolutely not.

    She set the phone aside.

    Threw off the nket, stood up from the couch, and stomped her way upstairs.

    Lewis immediately started to follow, just like before.

    “I’m changing.” Tessa said.

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    “Oh.

    This time, Lewis didn’t follow her into the room.

    But he couldn’t help wondering. iWhy /iiwas /iishe /iichanging/i? inning /ito igo /iiout/i? iThat /iiwas /iiout /iof the question.

    Now that she was entangled with the Ashen Pact, those people would stop at nothing to capture her.

    If she went outside, Lewis wasn’t sure he’d be able to protect her.

    Soon, Tessa came back out, now dressed in a casual outfit.

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    Thankfully, Victor had at least been thoughtful enough–after she wore his clothes that day, he’d had someone send over new clothes for her.

    Lewis saw her in thefy new outfit and frowned. “Miss Pancake, are you nning to go out? No way.”

    He didn’t even think before blurting it out.

    There were too many unpredictable variables outside, and Lewis wasn’t keen on dealing with any of them. He already wasn’t thrilled about being left out of the afternoon mission; his mood was bad enough. If something went wrong while she was out, he might as well dig his own grave.

    Tessa said, “Thanks to you, I can’t even get any sleep.”

    “Still not going out,” Lewis shot back.

    Tessa was stunned. Seriouslyi? /i

    The tone in his voice was full of irritation.

    She knew it, he thought she was just dead weight. But she wasn’t his burden. iSo /iiwhat /iiwas /iihe /iigetting /iiso /iiannoyed /iiabout/ii? /i

    “Can I at least go to the back of the vi?” she asked.

    Victor’s vi wasn’t that big, but the estate behind it was massive.

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