Chapter 130 TICK TOCK
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She was pale and half soaked in the water when I look up and flashing a grin, I start splashing water on her.
SPLASH !!!
"I knew it.." She yells, pissed at me.
"You are the worst…" She complains in a choked voice as she starts splashing water back at me but then I see her tears, she is weeping, but why? It was just a prank, no?
She steps out of the pool with shaky legs, I notice and then rush to her to check on her, what did I do wrong?
"Tessy…" I hold her wrist to stop but she looks persistent, "Don't… Don't talk to me." then pushing me she starts to walk away from me still crying.
My mind goes blank and my heart tightened as I could see the way she gets hurt and scared because of my stupid prank, how foolish of me to scare her like this !!!
"It was a prank… I am sorry.." I hug her from behind to explain and calm down her nerves, except that I don't see any way to calm her down.
She starts crying more badly as I hug her from behind, I could understand she is in emotional turmoil. I turn her to face me and then hug her gently, our bodies sticking to each other because of our wet clothes.
"It's ok…" I pat her softly on her head.
"N…ev…er… Never... Prank… on your life… Never…" She stutters in my arms, weeping. I never knew that my life means so much to her that even a prank would scare her out of her wits.
"I am cold." When she finally calms down and gets her senses back, she then pulls away from me and complains while wrapping her arms around her body.
So Childish!
I walk to the washroom and bring a towel and then cover her semi-naked body with it, "Let's go back to the room."
After changing our clothes, we both lay on the bed tired and Tessa, as expected nestled in my arms, I like her warmth very much and I feel relaxed whenever she does that.
"Tessy, calm down…" Tessa's body is tense, it seems she has got terrified of my foolish prank as I tighten my grip on her waist, worried.
I know she is never going to let go of this prank as I try to distract her mind by saying, "That blue color really suits you, We should get more blue swimsuits."
"More swimsuits, why?" She stops tensing her body and then looks up at me.
BRAVO!
"So we can practice daily…" I reply and she widens her eyes, "No, I am not going daily.." she says stubbornly like a child and I just chuckle in response, "We'll see."
She starts fuming in anger like a kitten which means her focus is now shifted from fear to anger. I smile and keep caressing her back with ease and after a while, she goes quiet which indicates she has fallen asleep.
SILLY TESSY!
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The next few days we spent learning how to swim and I must say this woman is sharp, she has started to focus and even when I try to manipulate her she won't get distracted at all, and slowly my reward kisses also get to lessen because of her focus.
She has started to enjoy the water now and I am glad that she has accepted this pretty fast I still remember when I had started my classes, for weeks I would keep troubling my mother and making excuses so that she won't force me to attend swimming classes but Alas, I was able to learn swimming after a long resist.
She, on the other hand as usual has amazed me with her performance.
The day of her birthday is getting nearer and I am getting impatient day by day as I would suddenly attack her to implore her mouth. I want to implore more parts of her body but I would always stop myself before it would get out of my hand.
I don't want to mess things up this time, if I can't give her true love at least I can give her temporary happiness that would make her journey here easy.
Daily, I am visiting the workshop to keep an eye on Tessa's necklace, it will get done soon and I am sure the result would be mind-blowing.
I trust her skills and her talent.
****
The day before her birthday, I decided to pick her outfit for our special night. But I am not very good at picking girls' stuff as I ask Lillian to help me. She gives me a wicked smile with wriggling brows but I completely ignore her.
"Any favorite color?" She asks as we walk into the high-end boutique and start looking at the dresses that are neatly hanging to display.
"Uhmm… Not sure…" I tell her, clueless and I hear her snort in response.
God, these women, they are irritating creatures.
I groan inwardly and then thinking of something, I look at Lillian, "Her skin is fair, very fair so I think bright color would look good on her."
"Hmm… red perhaps?" She guesses.
"Orange perhaps," I disagree with her and she smirks.
"Let's see if we could find an orange dress," She sounds sarcastic and I roll my eyes at her.
After bickering for hours at last we both show acceptance to one dress that has a red color and orange shade on it.
It's sleeveless and looks a little loose for Tessa as Lillian wisely chose a belt for her to wear on the dress.
PERFECT!
We then hunt for her sandals, I have already checked her shoe size so we decide on the sandals pretty much quickly and Lillian hates sandals so she also didn't make any fuss while selecting one.
I offered to buy a pair of sandals for herself too but she just walk away as she could realize my teasing hidden under the words.
Clever Woman, slow claps.
"So, what about the cake and the decoration?" Lillian asks once we are seated inside the car and I frown at her question, "Decoration?"
I ask her with a raising brow.
"Aren't you going to decorate the place to celebrate her birthday?" She emphasizes and I look at her stunned, I haven't thought about that.
Am I allowed to decorate the house for Tessa? What if Ann gets angry? But Ann isn't here and who's going to tell her about her birthday?
But, still …
I feel troubled and then turning to Lillian, I ask, "What do you suggest?"
"Hmm…" Again she starts tapping her chin making me frown in irritation and then finally gives me some ideas. Fine, I think I could decorate the crystal room for her.
She wouldn't even notice the movements in the crystal room I am sure as she never steps out from the living room.
Ok, then it's done.
I ask Lillian to hire a few people who would decorate the crystal room, an advantage of being rich is you don't have to tire yourself in doing these chores but save your strength so you could release it in the right place.
A knowing smirk appears on my lips and Lillian notices it.
"It's just a birthday celebration, right?" She raises her brow teasingly and I widen my smile in response as my mind fills with multiple wild thoughts for my wife, Tessa.
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"Wow, it looks beautiful." I praise the necklace and then all the workers who have done a marvelous job in preparing such a beautiful piece of Ruby.
I close the box and then take it with me to my office. I pull out the ring from my pocket, Tessa's wedding ring, and look at her intently. This is the ring that she had designed herself. Perhaps I should do something else on it later to upgrade the design.
Everything is done and prepared for her birthday but I should inform the birthday girl in advance to not sleep because if she will then it will only ruin my surprise.
I pick up my phone and then call her.
RING … RING … RING
"Hello." She chirp.
"Tessy, I will get late tonight," I inform her and in response, she says only one word that too in a dull voice. "Ok."
"Tessy, have your dinner on time, ok," I tell her cautiously, what I have in my mind I don't want to tire her with an empty stomach, she needs energy. I smirk as she replies with the same word, "OK."
"Also, could you wait for me?" I ask and here comes Tessa's reminder to me. "But you said you are going to be late."
"No, I mean could you stay awake until I reach home there is something I need to talk to you about," I explain to my innocent wife. There are many things we are going to do tonight including talking.
"What is it, Andrew?" She asks in alarm.
Oh wow, she is curious and scared.
"Tessy, Goodbye.." I ended the call not answering her question, adding to her curiosity.
I then quickly make a check on the boutique who is going to deliver her dress and sandals to the mansion tonight.
Then, I check on the decoration in the crystal room. I like the design the team has provided, minimal but pleasing.
After checking all the things, I lean back in my chair and relaxed. Now I should just wait for the clock to turn 12.
TICK TOCK
