Chapter 121 GIVING HER SOME SPACE
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"I hope it's my existence that bothers you, not my pictures," I whisper, getting closer to her, I don't know why but I feel a pull towards her. That night is still fresh in my mind, I did feel something that night even when I was taking her as Mona still I had this feeling that was very different or maybe I am just overthinking.
She jumps away from me, straight to the washroom slamming the door hard.
BOOM
At least, she has not slammed the pictures on my face, just the door.
I walk back to my room and call Ann asking about Tessa's health. Thankfully Tessa is fine, I didn't put her in more damage except for those bruises, I flinch from the memory.
God, I am a monster.
I decided to visit my office today. It's been four days since I have been absent. I know Lillian is going to give me a long lecture on disappearing all of the sudden.
I get ready and call Ron, asking him to prepare the car for the office. He looks surprised by my call as expected. Before leaving, I ask Miss Celine about Tessa's behavior. She told me she looks in a better mood and has gone to the terrace to walk.
This is good, she should take some fresh air. I walk out steadily, Ron had been standing with the car door opened for me, respectfully.
I stop at the door, remembering Miss Celine's words I turn and meet Tessa's gaze, her eyes as usual making me mesmerized. She turns around immediately, embarrassed I guess and I shake my head feeling overwhelmed.
This girl is doing something to me. I sigh and then sit inside the car.
I sit absent-mindedly and didn't even notice when we reach the office until Ron opens the door for me and then calls for me, "Sir?"
"Oh." Embarrassed, I get off the car.
"You should have a better explanation for your disappearance," Lillian scolds me and I wonder if she is my boss or I am hers.
"Something happened," I tell her in a clipped voice and she looks at me, worried, "What happened?"
"Mona left me."
BOOM
Her jaw drops and then she takes a sigh of relief, "Thank Goodness, now you should focus on your life with your wife." She suggests and for a moment I couldn't believe my eyes nor my ears.
What is wrong with Lillian, Mona was the love of my life and I had just lost her but no one, literally no one is showing me sympathy at all.
Was Mona that bad in their eyes?
"I don't think she wants to keep this marriage." I tell her and she raises her brow, questioning, "Why?"
I take a deep breath, there is no secret between me and Lillian, maybe a few but I can tell her this, "I told her about Mona."
"What?" She gape at me, shocked.
"Chchch… Seriously Andrew, who tell their wife about their past relationship?" She asks in disdain.
"Mona wasn't my past but my present." I corrected her feeling displeased.
"But now she is a past, so let the past stay in the past." She says turning into a marriage advisor and I roll my eyes, "Seriously, and who's telling me all this who was never able to move on from her ex-husband, huh?"
I hit her weak spot unknowingly and she shrugs uneasily.
F**k…
"I am sorry, I didn't mean to." I begin to apologize but she gives me an understanding smile as she interrupts me, "It's ok, Andrew. I know you didn't."
"So, what's the advice?" I ask her to distract her mind from her painful memories.
"Uhmm… Give her whatever she is asking." Lillian says thoughtfully.
She is asking for divorce and Ann won't let her leave so easily. Looking at me in a daze, Lillian urges, "What? Is she asking something huge?"
"No, she is asking for a divorce." I tell her and Lillian rolls her eyes in mock, "I mean beside divorce."
"Oh… besides divorce…" I start to think and then Tessa's words come into my mind, "LEAVE ME ALONE."
"She wants some space from me," I tell her truthfully.
"Great, so then respect her words and give her some space, after her anger subsides things will start to get normal," Lillian advises and I nod my head.
Fine, I could do that much for her.
Also, she feels frightened by my presence around her so let's just try to maintain a distance from her for the time being.
****
"Where is Tessa?" Ann questions angrily.
"Ann, she isn't in good health, let her stay in her room for a few days." I try to convince Ann, I know she hates when someone goes off from their routine. In this mansion, people have to strictly follow the rules and their routines.
"She could walk, talk and eat. She is in her consciousness, I have even done her checkup, what else does she want?" Ann questions furiously and then I remind her.
"Don't forget it's us who hurt her and put her in this condition, Ann."
"Not us, Andrew, It's you. If you hadn't been cheating on her with Mona, then this all would never happen. You have disappointed me a lot." Ann stands me suddenly, looking outraged, and then storms away from me.
What happened to her?
I look at her confused, since Tessa has arrived in this mansion, I had been refusing Ann's demands for a lot of time and I think that has made her angry with me.
But she should understand that she can't force me to love someone or feel for someone.
"Hah…" Taking a deep sigh, I walk back to my room, instructing Miss Celine to take Tessa's food into her room and never force her to come down. If she wants to come down she is all welcome and if she doesn't then she could stay in her room as long as she wants.
****
The next day, I apologize to Ann at the breakfast table, thankfully she is not acting stubborn and let Tessa have her little freedom of waking and sleeping at her own time.
I keep glancing at her room's door but I am never able to see her at all.
****
The days passed by in utter silence and then one night, Ann calls for Tessa and I couldn't stop her at all.
"Hello, Ann.." She greets Ann and then kisses her cheeks. I am hearing her voice after a few days and it feels a little different. I glance at her and she looks much better than before, Thankfully.
"Tessa." Ann chirms with excitement, "Dear why have you locked yourself inside the room, huh? We all are a family, we should eat together."
As we all are eating in silence, suddenly Ann reveals the real reason for bringing her down between us today, "Tessa, Dear I am leaving for a week, so when I am not around I want you both to spend some time together and get to know each other."
BOOM
I could see Tessa struggling as I speak for her, "Ann, let's not force her."
"Dear, am I forcing you?" Ann asks her.
"Not at all," Her reply stunned me.
"So, it's done. Andrew, you should come back home soon and spend a good time with your wife. Show her the mansion, she barely leaves her floor, and also as now you are feeling fine. I think you both should start a workout together too, no?"
She nods and Ann squeals in joy, "Great…"
I watch Ann and Tessa taking the elevator together and going on the terrace to have their tea. I am damn sure Ann is going to convince her to stay in this marriage, she won't stop until she has a child.
It's hopeless to talk to her now as I thought of considering my and Tessa's marriage. I have already taken her virginity and marked her to me, so I should become a man enough to take her responsibility, besides she is not a bad woman at all.
She is sharp, sweet, young, skillful and everybody likes her too, so why can't I?
Because of Mona, I had always ignored her and now I should start focusing on her.
I watch her going back to her room and then after a while, I walk to her door and knock lightly.
KNOCK… KNOCK…
"Come in." Her voice comes from inside and I enter calmly but stop stunned as I watch her undressing, F**k, no.
I start to feel aroused and then cough embarrassedly so that she would know what she is doing in front of me.
AHEM… AHEM…
She turns and I could see the fine piece of her body, her breasts small as peaches and her stomach flat, her thighs big enough to squeeze, and when I meet her eyes, I see the anger as getting back my senses I immediately turn around.
F**k, did I get caught while checking her out?
"I… I… You allow me to enter…" I began to apologize but then suddenly change the statement in my defense.
"Why are you here?" She didn't rebuff what I said and asks in a calm tone.
"Uhmm… Ann mentioned the workout… So are we still up for that?" I ask her, I know she hates the morning workout but still, I want her to join me.
"No, I don't think my body would be able to bear anything." She made an excuse, giving me a little panic in my heart.
F**k, No.
