Chapter 116 PANIC ATTACK
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Tessa joins us at the table after a while and Ann didn't say anything to her for being late.
Very Well.
We all eat the food in silence and I could see the anxiousness in Tessa's eyes, Yeah baby, today no one is going to praise you.
I wipe my mouth with a half-smirk and she notices.
I leave the table and so as Ann leaving her entangled with her thoughts.
I wait patiently for Tessa to come over but no, this stubborn woman didn't show up making me pissed. After thinking for a while, I decided to pay her my visit, I knock at her door and she yells quite louder than necessary.
"Come in."
I enter with a stern face, where is her obedience gone?
"I think I had asked you to come over, Tessa Will…"
She sits up and shows her cleavage to me that she quickly hides, good act.
"I was supposed to tell you that I am busy after dinner but you just left," she says with an innocent look and I frown deeply.
"Busy…"
"Busy in doing what?"
I snarl, anger boiling in me, just one day Tessa and you are showing her true color, I don't hide my disgust for her.
"Close the door before you leave." She orders me and slips under her blanket, not caring about my presence at all or my rage.
I close my eyes trying to control myself but Nah, I couldn't, I walk closer to her and then pull her out of the bed forcedly.
"Ahh… Andrew…" She gasps, shocked but I had already put her on my shoulder and then start walking towards my room.
I kick the door close and then throw her on the bed, mercilessly.
She looks panicked, no more confident look on her face.
I take predatory steps toward her and her breath quickens from the fear. Her nightdress is so revealing that I could see her ni**les clearly and my gaze intensifies at them.
She wraps her arm around her chest and starts backing up in fear while stuttering, "Please… Andrew… Don't… Don't… Hurt me…"
I stop, shocked. I wasn't going to hurt her at all I was just scaring her that's all.
Did she think that I will hurt her physically? Never.
I bend and pull out the brown bag and she recognizes it quickly, "These are mine.."
"How did you get these..? You know, no photographers were allowed at the wedding which means no photos… So then why the hell you click them and even print them out…" I ask her, I want to know how she was able to manipulate Ron who is my loyal and trustworthy man.
"Please… Give them to me, please…" She pounces on me, desperate for the pictures. Gone the scared Tessa, now all I see is a desperate woman who is trying to reach the shore.
I start smirking when she starts jumping in order to get the pictures and noticing my smirk, she again made a request, "Andrew, please, give them to me…"
"Why you are so desperate for it, huh? It's just marriage pictures, not a big deal…" I ask her feeling curious.
"For you, it's not a big deal, but for me it is. Please Andrew it's the only memory I was able to capture from our wedding, please.."
Memory, wedding? I look down into her eyes and her eyes prove the authenticity of her words.
"What if this marriage gets finished, would you still stick to these memories? Would they still be precious to you?" I ask.
And she replies immediately, "Yes, they are precious to me and will always be. For you, this marriage would mean nothing but for me, it's my everything."
What? She looks sad and then sniffs her tears, and for no reason, my heart seems to get squeezed as I could see my mother's resemblance in her, No…
I step away from her immediately and start pacing back and forth, No… No… No… not the nightmares… NO, I don't want them… The things start to flash in front of my eyes making my heart tight.
"I…" Tessa begins and I stop her immediately, "LEAVE."
She still tries to speak but my one glare was enough for her to back out as she leaves the room with the brown bag clutching tightly in her hands.
After she left, I groan unhappily, "F**k."
I fall to my knees and close my eyes in pain.
"YOU HAVE A SISTER."
"SHE NEEDS YOU."
"PROTECT HER."
"SHE DESERVES GOOD IN HER LIFE."
"I WILL NEVER ACCEPT HER."
I hear my father's growl and then things shatter.
SHATTER
"Ann.." I groan and then staggering I reach for my phone as I dial Ann's number, she picks up immediately, "Ann.." I groan and just in a few minutes, she is beside me.
"Open your mouth, Andrew." She quickly puts the medicine in my mouth.
Yes, I used to take anti-depressant pills and many more since my parent died and I became a shit. I didn't get those panic attacks for a long time but today because of Tessa I did. She has the ability to trigger my past.
A new reason to dislike her.
My nerves start to calm down gradually after swallowing the pill and then very gently Ann puts me on her lap as she puts me to sleep.
****
I look at my phone, it shows past 5 but Tessa is still not here in the backyard. I ask Miss Celine about Tessa but she informs me that she is not attending her call.
And then she walks to her room to wake her up while I wait patiently. I think I should explain to her a few things so that we wouldn't be getting in any awkward situation the next time but Miss Celine comes back with a cold face and informs me that Tessa isn't well.
I know she is lying, what happens last night she won't be wanting to see me at all and neither should I engage myself with her. Let her give some space and time.
Tessa surprisingly appears at the breakfast table and we stay quiet all the time. I have left the menu for Tessa, I think it would be better if she would stay busy with work and don't use her mind on unnecessary thoughts.
In the afternoon, I send her a text regarding the work, but she didn't respond to me at all.
I feel very much disturbed and depressed all day, even Mona's arrival news didn't glad me at all.
I go back to the mansion and find Tessa alone at the dinner table, I join her hoping that we could talk for some time but no she just simply leaves the table pissing me off, "Finish Your Dinner."
"I am not hungry." She replies and walks away hurriedly.
The next day goes the same, Tessa didn't join me for the run in the morning and in the evening I go to the airport to receive Mona, finally, she has returned but my heart didn't feel the kind of joy I had hoped I would feel in seeing her after a while.
Ann isn't at home for dinner, I know as I accompany Mona but leave her soon because she was tired from her flight.
The next day I go to her place and find her vomiting badly. "Mona, you should go to the hospital," I tell her but she didn't listen to me and at last I drag her to a normal private hospital.
After her brief checkup, the doctor tells me the good news, the news for which I had been waiting for so long.
"She is pregnant, congratulations."
I feel like my barren heart has got a new life as I start grinning and feel extreme joy. I hug Mona happily and kiss her forehead affectionately.
"What will happen now?" She looks up at me, scared, her face has turned pale from the sickness.
"I will marry you now," I tell her and I see relief in her eyes.
Smiling, I take her back home carefully and then start taking care of her as she is carrying my precious gem now.
Her health isn't good and neither the baby has got a heartbeat yet, so I decided to wait until she gets better. After all, Ann wants a healthy child.
****
A week passed and I feel like I am on clouds, I am so happy because of Mona's pregnancy news, and also Tessa's designs have been sold out and I have got a very good profitable share from it.
Double reasons for celebration, but I haven't celebrated any yet, so I decided to celebrate my happiness with the women that have blessed me. First with Tessa and then with my Mona.
****
I get ready quite early to complete my work on time so that I could take Tessa out with me for dinner and after dropping her I have a huge surprise for my Mona. I am going to propose to her tonight, hopefully, and I am very much excited about this.
I have already taken Ann's permission and she is the one who has made the arrangements for the dinner, tonight.
Now all I need to do is to invite Tessa for dinner.
I call Tessa's room first to check if she is awake but she didn't receive my calls. I then walk to her room and as I enter she starts snoring loudly.
"I know you are not asleep."
She sits up instantly, and switches on the bed lamp, I guess she is finding it difficult to see me here without any reason.
"What… What are you doing here?" She asks while blinking at me in disbelief.
"Don't forget I am still your legal husband." I remind her.
