Chapter 29 Following Tess
Chapter 29 Following Tess
“The Divorce Agreement.”
Finn’s chest tightened suddenly,
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How the hell did Charles end up with a divorce paper Tess had already signed? And why would she even do that on her own?
He kept thinking about how weird Charles had been acting ever since he walked in–like everything had to happen right now.
Finn’s breath hitched. His eyes–already dark–looked even colder now, like all the warmth had been drained out.
So that’s why I couldn’t track her down?
She hadn’t gone back home… She’d been with Charles this whole time?
Finn’s eyes landed on the name “Tess,” and he just stared, like he was trying to burn right through the page.
Did Charles hand over the divorce papers by accident, or was he purposely trying to fool Finn into signing and going along with the split? /
Or… was this actually what Tess wanted?
“Zane,”
Finn hit the intercom button, his tone flat and ice–cold.
While waiting on Zane, Finn went ahead and signed every contract Charles had handed over–except the divorce one. That spot for his signature stayed empty.
When Zane finally walked in, he saw Finn locked in a cold stare at just one sheet on the desk.
“Mr. Lock?”
Zane asked quietly.
Snapping out of it, Finn grabbed the divorce paper and signed it without even blinking
Zane leaned in to see better, and the moment he spotted the words “Divorce Agreement, his eyes went wide. “Mr. Lock … is….. is this for real?” he stammered.
He blinked hard, almost like he didn’t believe what he was seeing. Tess’s name was right there at the end–clear as day.
It wasn’t until Finn quietly slid the paper back into the pile that Zane, quick as ever, noticed the signature.
Finn.
Zane was stunned.
After deciding there was no way his boss had changed his name, Zane glanced up and locked eyes with Finn’s blank stare,
A moment later, the two walked out of the office one after the other. Finn handed the stack of papers to Charles with a smirk. “Mr. Jackman, you’re really looking out for your staff. Would’ve been rude of me to keep you waiting
He gave a slight smile, but his eyes stayed cold and empty, like a deep, black void,
Out of nowhere, a shiver ran down Charles’s arms.
Finn had never been easy to read, but there was something different in his eyes now–something that made Charles uneasy, maybe even scared.
Whatever calm he had managed to hold onto completely vanished.
Did Mr. Lock… know something?
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Chapter 29 Following Tess
Charles snuck another quick look at Finn, but his face gave away nothing. With no other option, he reached out and took the
papers.
“I’ll take my leave now, Mr. Lock.”
Charles turned around and started walking away, unaware of the sharp, icy stare Finn shot at his back.
“Keep an eye on him.
“Track her down.”
Charles didn’t realize someone was following him. Once inside his car, he took the divorce agreement out of the pile.
After seeing Finn’s signature, he finally let out a breath of relief.
Holding the papers firmly, Charles drove straight to the old apartment.
The movie was almost over, so he didn’t look at the divorce papers again. Instead, he left them at home and rushed to the theater.
Worried that Charles might wait too long, Tess left early, carrying Layla in her arms.
“Is Layla getting sleepy?”
The baby, wrapped up snugly, had her eyes shut. Charles spoke in a softer tone on purpose.
Tess gave a small smile and nodded, then got into the back seat with Layla.
The view outside the car slid by in reverse. Neither of them said a word, like it was silently agreed.
Tess slowly turned her head to face the window. The sky was fully dark now, and trees cast faint shadows along the sidewalk.
Layla felt weightless in her arms. Tess looked down at her bundled baby with a soft, loving gaze.
Since she lowered her head just then, she didn’t catch the intense stare coming from a fancy car parked nearby.
Eyes that watched like a predator–cold, possessive, and unblinking.
“Mr. Lock, isn’t that … Mrs. Lock?”
Zane spoke carefully, sneaking a quick look at Finn’s serious expression through the rearview mirror before looking away. Finn squinted slightly, his eyes locked on Charles’s car until it was out of sight.
At first, he was going to have Zane assign someone to tail them, but on a sudden urge, he decided to ride in the back seat himself.
He needed to see for himself who she was staying with after walking out on him.
Charles?
That clueless attorney she had helped move up the ladder?
A cold tension came off Finn, sending a shiver through Zane.
“Looks like they’re going toward the residential area on the edge of town. Should we keep going?”
Zane asked in a low voice, secretly concerned about Tess.
Mrs. Lock was really something else.
After she got out, Mr. Lock had cleared everything just to go get her–but she never came. Instead, she went to live with another guy and didn’t say a thing.
Then she had someone else drop off the divorce papers for Mr. Lock to sign.
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Chapter 29 Following Tess
The thought alone made Zane’s palms sweat. He didn’t even have the guts to look Finn in the eye,
“Go after them.”
The second Finn said it, Zane hit the gas.
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Tess and Charles had no clue they were being followed. When they pulled up in front of the house, the car behind them. quietly stopped a bit farther back, staying completely still and unnoticed,
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