So you are Cole's Uncle."she said as a matter of fact, taking his silence as admission.
"Yes.", he said bluntly, his dark eyes meeting hers.
Tessa Marvins glared at him, a glint of anger crossing her eyes. He probably knew from the very first day who she was, everything about her while she remained in the dark oblivious about things that were so obvious.
"Does he know the truth? That you bought me?", she asked, fury building in her chest like pressure behind dammed water.
"He is unfit to know the truth and he absolutely cannot know about this", he said firmly, his expression turning more serious than the last.
When he watched her handle Cole Carter earlier, he was somewhat pleased. She wasn't the broken girl Cole had shattered, neither was she the young daughter sold by her step fathe
