If Your Heart Doesn’t Lean Towards Me I Don’t Want It Chapter 20
When Tessa appeared in court for her appeal, the fragile, helpless act was gone.
She stared at Ellis from the defendant’s stand.
“He gave me the account password.”
“His work verifications, his Uber Eats, his cloud drive—we always shared everything.”
Ellis’s voice was cold.
“I gave you access to the accounts. I did not tell you to upload that video.”
Tessa laughed.
“Oh, so now you know how to draw a line?”
“When I wanted bagels at two in the morning, you went out in the rain to get them. When I was unemployed, you had me hired as Coralie’s boss the very next day.”
“You gave in to me every single time. How was I supposed to know this was the one time I couldn’t?”
The question left Ellis looking cornered and sickened.
“That was me being stupid. It doesn’t mean I told you to commit a crime.”
“You *were* stupid!”
Tessa suddenly screamed.
“Coralie was about to marry you, and you still kept our lives tangled together. You couldn’t let me go, and you couldn’t bring yourself to cut me off, either.”