Early the next day, Marissa invited Tessa out for some afternoon tea, and they decided to meet at a five-star hotel.
When Tessa arrived, Marissa and Summer were chatting. Upon seeing Tessa, Marissa smiled and stood up. "Tess, you're here."
Tessa hummed in acknowledgement and glanced at Summer.
Summer pursed her lips, stood up, and extended her hand to shake Tessa's hand.
She then said sincerely, "Ms. Yates, allow me to formally introduce myself. I'm Summer Heatherson from Sableton. I was wrong for my behavior on the cruise last time, so I'd like to apologize to you. I'm sorry."
Sableton? Heatherson?
Tessa looked at her and asked, "You're the daughter of the Heatherson family from Sableton?"
The Heathersons from Sableton were a powerful and wealthy family. They had a son and a daughter. Their oldest son was currently the CEO of Heatherson Group.
Tessa had even met him some time ago at a banquet.
She had heard that the Heathersons also had a daughter, but their daughter was living abroad and rarely came back home. Hence, Tessa had never met her.
Summer nodded. "That's me. I was too impulsive last time, and I made mistakes. Marissa and I had a discussion after everything went down, so I realized what I'd done wrong.
"Ms. Yates, could you please forgive me?"
Summer's eyes glistened as she looked at Tessa expectantly.
Tessa shook Summer's hand and nodded. "Hello, Ms. Heatherson. It's a pleasure to meet you."
"I'm so happy that you're able to forgive me! Marissa was right. You're indeed a reasonable and easy-going person," Summer said with a smile.
Heatherson Group had joined the Fortune Global 500 list. A few days ago, Samuel and Reece Heatherson, Summer's brother, had been talking about the prospects of a collaboration at a banquet.
Heatherson Group and Yates Corporation might cooperate in the future, so Tessa did not think there was a need to make Summer an enemy.
Besides, Summer's apologetic attitude was sincere. It looked like she genuinely understood that she had made a mistake, and with Marissa mediating between them, Tessa decided to give her a chance.
Tessa laughed, amused by Summer's choice of words. After all, it was her first time hearing someone get chemically castrated. Tessa couldn't help but wonder how Stephen's men had done it.
Shock filled Marissa's face before she clicked her tongue. "Stephen's really ruthless. Bruno now needs to live in abstinence for the rest of his life."
"He deserves it. Did you know how many girls he violated in Sudmere? He even caused a girl to jump off a building due to depression."
Marissa nodded. "I did hear a few things about it, but not in detail. I can only tell you that his reputation is horrible now."
Summer questioned, "Reputation? Did he even have one? If it weren't for how powerful his family was, he would have gone to prison a long time ago.
"His father is third in rank in Sudmere. Bruno's only parading outside of jail because of his father's prestigious position and high authority."
Then, Marissa said, "I heard from my dad that Bruno's dad, Adrian Tatum, has been taken away by the police and is under investigation."
"That quickly?" Tessa questioned.
"Oh my God. Seriously?" Summer exclaimed.
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