NovelEnglishChapter 769 Never In Line Anyway
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As Victor and Maric pressed harder and harder, Manny held back from losing his temper at Dan, only because he
realized Dan was already taking the heaviest blows.
Still, his tone was sharp. “Didn’t you used to have a thing with that Marie? Why is she coming at you so
viciously?”
He was ready to explode. Tessa really wasn’t in our hands, she wasn’t!
Why couldn’t these people understand that? Yet somehow, the blfor her disappearance had all been
dumped onto Ashen Pact. How does that make any sense?
If Manny hadn't brought up that old entanglement, Dan might have stayed calm; but the moment it was
mentioned, his face darkened instantly.
He shot Manny a chilling glare.
“What? Why are you looking atlike that?” Manny bristled. “I'm asking you straight—do you even know how
to handle a woman?”
“I heard that when you went to Falvaria, she married Derrick. Is that true?”
Dan’s expression went blank. How had | never noticed before that this bastard Manny had such a talent for
stabbing people right in the heart? Every syllable he flung atsliced straight into my chest, each one a blade
that stole my breath.
His fury burned so hot it hurt.
“Worry about yourself.”
“I'm saying all of this could be because of you and that woman. We're the ones paying for it, don’t you get that?”
Seeing Dan lose his temper, Manny snapped right back. What the heck kind of mess is this?
At that, Dale seemed to wake from a dream.
He suddenly remembered Dan’s tin Falvaria with Marie.
Dale snorted coldly. “Stop saying that, | say this is all your doing.”
“Exactly!” Manny jumped in.
Once they realized this tidal wave crashing over Ashen Pact might have started with Dan’s personal affairs, both
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtDale and Manny nearly blew their tops.
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What the heck is this supposed to be? Dan's face was thunderous.
“Fine, say it's because of me.”
He didn’t care.
“You-" Dale began.
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“If it's because of you, then fix it!” Manny barked. “Do you even know how to coax a woman?”
The more he talked, the hotter he got.
Dale added his voice. “Whatever's between you and her-settle it.”
“You ought to learn from Dad how to handle women,” Manny jabbed.
Dale froze.
The air went still.
Especially when Dale turned his gaze on Manny-so cold it was as though he could swallow him whole.
Dan gave a sharp, mirthless laugh. “You're right; I really should learn from him. Only, his kind of talent...”
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He paused.
Then, meeting Dale’s dark stare, his smile curved with biting mockery. “His kind of talent- who knows if it’s really
about coaxing women, or just coaxing his own delusions of grandeur?”
The air froze again.
Especially that last line-coaxing his own delusions-dripped with pointed meaning.
Who knew what Dan had been implying in the shadows of his words.
He walked out.
That left only Manny and Dale behind. Dale, furious, downed an entire glass of water, but it did nothing to ease
the heaviness in his chest.
“Dad,” Manny fumed, “he’s getting more and more out of line with you!”
And what had he meant by those words? Especially that last part, it carried the sting of futility, like chasing
smoke with bare hands.
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Dale lit a cigar. “When has he ever been in line with me?”
His voice was thick with irritation.
Manny fell silent.
He had to admit, Dale was right-Dan had never been in line.
Dan headed downstairs.
He ran straight into Lina, who called out, “Dan.”
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Her voice was burning with rage,
Just thinking about the call she'd received that morning was enough to make her blood boil.
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