StarNovelChapter 416 She's Literally Right Next to Me
Samuel said, “Tessa, do you even have a conscience? It's your eighteenth birthday today, and | took tout of
my packed schedule just to call you-how could you talk tolike that?” He couldn't make it back in person, but
a gift was still a must.
“Oh, sorry. It’s 1 AM now. My birthday was yesterday,” Tessa replied bluntly.
“Well, it’s not past midnight where | am.” He'd been so busy, he completely forgot about the tdifference
between Murica and Yalvaria, and ended up missing the chance to wish her happy birthday right on time. |
already sent your present; make sure you check for a delivery”
“What is it?”
Every year, he sent her sbizarre item for her birthday.
Like last year-he mailed a bone needle made from the rib of an ancient vampire, supposedly capable of piercing
any spiritual barrier and mending soul fractures.
The year before that, it was a healing potion made from an animal's blood infused with mandrake root,
concocted by a witch and a werewolf healer. That one was said to help torn glands heal on their own.
“If 1 told you now, it wouldn't be a surprise!” Samuel's voice was bright and cheerful. “Why are you still up so
late? What are you doing?”
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“Getting ready to sleep.”
“Who were you just with? Was it Landon?”
The moment Landon’s ncup, Samuel got
flustered.
“Tessa, | have to remind you-even though you're eighteen now and technically an adult, you're still young. Don’t
do anything you're not ready to deal with,” he rambled on, nagging.
Tessa was powerful, and yes, she was legally an adult now—but in his eyes, she was still that little girl who never
grew up, the one he constantly had to worry about.
Especially when it cto Landon-the Montedra-born king.
Samuel had long suspected that guy had ulterior motives. If he ever tried to seduce Tessa, she probably wouldn't
be able to resist.
After all, in Montedra, no female could withstand the allure of someone like Landon, strong, handsome, and
loaded.
But now that Tessa was an adult, Samuel couldn't help but wonder. Are she and Landon fated mates? If were,
then it wouldn't be surprising if the two of them were already... engaging in sintimate bonding.
That thought had barely formed when he suddenly heard Landon’s deep, commanding voice.
“That's right. She’s withright/now.”
Landon leaned toward Tessa’s phone as he spoke. Immediately, Samuel's shrill, indignant voice pierced through
the speaker.
“What are you two doing together this late? Landon, have sdecency! You're a grown man, and you're
still clinging to a young girl like Tessa, you!”
Before Tessa could even move, Landon hung up the call for her.
“All right, no inore of his nonsense,” Landon said, shutting off the phone and placing it on the nightstand. He
leaned down to kiss her lips. “Now, are we going to sleep... or keep going?”
Tessa looped her arms around his neck, a teasing smile tugging at her lips. “If we keep going, I'm afraid you
might wear yourself out.”
Before she even finished the sentence, Landon flipped her beneath him. “I'll show you just how far from worn out
lam.”
Laughter bubbled from Tessa’s lips as their bare bodies intertwined once more...
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At the stime, Samuel-whose call had just been cut off-tried calling again, only to find the phone already
powered down.
He was far away in Yalvaria now.
Even if he was worried, there wasn’t much he could do.
After all, Tessa was an independent person now. She had her own thoughts, and there were plenty of decisions
he couldn't make for her.
“Tessa, you better be happy, you hear me?”
With that, Samuel returned to his research.
No matter what happened, he genuinely wanted Tessa to be okay.
Between Landon and Nathan, he'd pick Landon any day.
That Nathan guy was a full-on creep.
Nathan had been hunting him down lately, just to use him to threaten Tessa.
Just thinking about how despicable Nathan truly was gave Samuel a headache.
Treating Tessa as nothing more than a stand-in for his deceased Luna, doing everything in his power to mold her
into that image... Who knew when he’d finally give up that twisted idea?
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