Always Been Yours

Chapter 67

Tessa thought her heart would fly out of her chest, but without stopping to think, she opened the door and hurtled into the car to shout at the driver, “Sir, there are some bad guys chasing after me right now, so could you please drop me off somewhere crowded in the city? Please! I’ll pay you double!”

Startled by how quickly things had escalated, the driver was shocked when he finally noticed the approaching burly bodyguards, all of whom looked like vicious brutes.

Adrenaline rushed through him as he slammed on the accelerators, whizzing Tessa away in record time.

Tried as they might, there was no way the bodyguards could catch up now. They stalked back to the house, looking guilty as they reported to Lauren, “She escaped, ma’am.”

Lauren’s blood boiled when she heard this and she barked, “You fools! You had one job! How could you allow one person to outrun all of you?”

Sophia, too, was seething with rage.

She had wanted to teach Tessa a hard lesson, and yet, the woman had gotten away. “We can’t let her get away that easily, Mom!” she cried, her fists clenching at her sides.

Lauren looked as wicked and ferocious as a scorned witch. “Of course I won’t let her get away!” Then, she snapped at the bodyguards, “Go over to Pinnacle Community now and drag that wench back here!”

door after receiving their

out a huge sigh of relief when she peered out the window and

her escape was an honest man, and presently, he couldn’t help worrying as he registered how rattled Tessa was. “Say, young lady, do you need me to call the

with

about if I drop you off at the hospital? You’re hurt, and

didn’t turn down

they pulled up

of the car, Tessa insisted on paying the driver double as promised. “Take the money,

can tell you look like you have it rough in life. Now, go and get those wounds treated; I can only do so much

she could press the money into

the car disappear into the

and stared at the hospital building, then looked down at the abrasion on her arm. After hesitating for

had to spend money and she just couldn’t bring herself

weren’t serious enough to warrant an overreaction; she could easily purchase ointments and such from any nearby pharmacies without