Chapter 127 PREPARING A GIFT
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I reply plainly to Ann, "She is also fine."
"Are you both spending time together?" She sounds curious and I roll my eyes. Yes, Ann we even slept in the same bed.
No… No…
"Yes," I answer in a clipped voice and then bend to pick up my shirt and start wearing it.
"Andrew, start accepting her. She is a good girl, she will never betray you." Ann praises her and I feel guilty, she won't but we are going to betray her Ann and I am sexually attracted to her not emotionally, not yet.
"I am trying, Ann," I tell her truthfully and after exchanging a few more words I end the call.
"Here," Tessa enters just in time handing me my brief but her face turns away from me, why?
I smirk, watching her with deep interest, "What?"
She turns and snaps angrily.
"Why are you looking so red?" I ask teasingly, "Take it," She urges me to take my brief and I enjoy her misery as after a while I take it and then wear it, she stands with her back on me as I tap on her shoulder and whisper in her ear, "I am done."
I start combing my hair while I watch her staring at me through the mirror, "Aren't you going to take a bath?"
She gets back her senses and then walks to the washroom to take a bath. I wait for her to not lock her door but she did, sigh.
I walk down and then sit at the dining table waiting for Tessa, Miss Celine places the breakfast but I don't touch it at all.
Tessa walks over after a while and sits opposite me, I frown and stand. I sit beside her, "Husband and Wife should sit together." I state and her mouth opens in a small "O" making her cute.
I keep thinking about Ann's words. Maybe this is the time I should start accepting her. Whatever will happen later, that's for the future but at this moment, I should try to give Ann what she desires the most.
And about Tessa, We'll see about her later. After finishing my breakfast, I stand up and lean. I whisper in her ear, "Move my clothes to your wardrobe," She stops her movement and then nods her head.
Good Girl.
I smile and then peck her cheek, "Bye, then."
I enter my office in a happy mood, If I remember correctly Tessa's birthday is in this month and to make sure I pull out her file that Ann had given to me. Then I call Lillian beside her who could give me some good advice. She enters after a while, "Yes, what is it?" She could sense my desperation, Great.
"I want to give Tessa something… Something that would be colorful and unique." I tell her and she thinks for a moment.
"Do you know her interests? Like what would be her preference?" Lillian asks and I look at her dumbfounded.
"No, I just know that she loves to design jewels, I have never seen her wearing any fancy thing or diamonds. She is more like a jewel person, unique stones I guess." I tell her from my point of view and she nods her head while lost in deep thinking.
She keeps tapping her chin and I start to get impatient, we are talking about just one gift for one woman not thousands.
"Lillian…" I groan impatiently.
"Why don't you ask her to design something according to her preference?" Lillian opens her mouth at last. "She is a designer, she loves to design so let her design one for herself, no? And also it's been a long time since you have sent her designs to work."
I lean back thinking, would it be a good idea to let her design her gift? What if she gets pissed?
But I have no clue as to what to choose for her as a gift? I had never been good at selecting a gift, Mona would always select a gift for herself and I would just pay for it. Simple.
Mona's thoughts suddenly freeze my heart, F**k, why am I thinking about her? She is gone, she is a bitch. I remind myself and Lillian notices the change in my emotions.
"Are you ok?" She asks in concern.
"Oh.. yeah…" I come out from my irrelevant thoughts and answer her.
"How about Ruby?" I ask Lillian and she nods her head in approval, "Yeah, ruby would look fabulous on her, just like her bright and beautiful."
I chuckle at the way she describes Tessy.
"Fine, send me the graph designs and I will email her," I tell her, and she walks away.
In five minutes I see Lillian's mails pop in my notification and copying those files I send them straight to my email at which Tessa used to work.
Feeling excited, I pick up my phone and call Tessa.
RING… RING… RING…
"Hello."
"Tessy, what are you doing?" I ask.
"Nothing, trying to kill the boredom," her voice comes dull.
"I have some work for you, go and check my laptop," I tell her and end the call.
I feel curious and excited as to what Tessa will do with the designs and then feeling impatient I leave the office quite early. When I reached home, I didn't see Tessa in the kitchen. I walk up and enter our room but she wasn't there.
I feel puzzled as I am not able to see her, where is she? And then remembering about my email I walk towards my study, where else could she go?
I knock on the door first as I don't want her to get startled by my sudden presence and then enter the study.
"I am home." I announce and she says with a mischievous smile, "I can see that."
"Are you done with the work?" I ask raising my brow and then peeking at the laptop.
"Uhm... Not yet… I am still working." She replies.
"Hmm... This is for a special occasion so please be careful with the design, I want the best." I tell her cautiously.
"Oh… What kind of occasion?" She asks and I think for a second as I reply, "Nothing big… Just like a proposal… You know a birthday gift perhaps. The woman is quite young so the design should be something that would be liked by youngsters."
I emphasize each word nicely but this stupid woman didn't take my hint at all.
"I have come up with this design." She looks nervous and then shows me the design.
I lean and watch intently, wow, as usual, she has impressed me or amused me, I would say.
"Hmm, good. Do you like it?" I ask turning my attention to her.
"Well, honestly speaking I think this would be a good choice but as you mention the woman is quite young, I think I should add more diamonds in it, the more they shine, the more audience she will attract," She explains briefly and I give her a praising look as I say, "Well said… But I don't think that woman is a kind of show-off… I think the less would be better."
Yeah, I think Tessa is a very private person and less is always more for her. She nods in agreement, I guess she has got the proper frame of what I am asking.
"Ok, Let's close this. Work on this, tomorrow." I could see how focused she is on the design as I close the laptop to stop her from working anymore, this will only make her tired.
She presses her tired eyes, See, and then asks, "Is Dinner ready?"
Well, I don't have any idea, Tessa.
I look at her, she hasn't even greeted me yet, and leaving the study, I frown and pull her back to me, "Aren't you supposed to greet your husband first, before heading for the dinner?"
I circle my hand around her waist, pulling her closer and feeling her warmth. She looks at me confused, her mind is filled with multiple thoughts and I feel curious to know about her thoughts.
"Penny for your thoughts?" I ask.
"I… am… confused…" She falters while I keep looking at her with deep interest. "Why?"
"Because… we are not a couple… And neither do we share a bond as husband and wife." She says.
"But we share a room now, and perhaps things will change soon," I tell her as I tuck the strand of her hair behind her ear. I want her to be prepared for what I have planned for her. This time I don't want anything to go wrong.
"I don't think so," She mutters, looking away from me.
"Huh," I take a deep sigh, "I told you we should take things slow…"
"But… It just doesn't make any sense." She looks persistent to keep the argument, "Andrew…" She inhales but I stop her.
"Don't."
Her eyes staring into mine, mesmerizing me with her ocean blue color and in an instant, I slam down my lips to her, there is no way to explain things to her instead of showing her.
I kiss her and she starts to struggle, taking her struggle into no consideration I start kissing her desperately while closing my eyes, my hand holding her waist tightly making her unable to move away from me.
I know she too wants this but she is struggling and I will help her in making a decision for us. My hands start to go up from her back to her hair and pulling her hair I take better access to her mouth devouring each second.
She stops struggling and then her hand goes inside my hair and tucks hard, making me groan in pleasure. Feeling excited, I bite her lips, she yelps and tightens her grip on my hair in reaction.
She then pulls my face away from her, her breath shallow and I smirk, "Now does it make sense?"
I expect her to pull me back towards her but no, she steps away from me keeping a fair distance, and then muttering a few words, she leaves the study hurriedly, "Dinner must be ready."
