Chapter 141 WHAT IF?
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Ann looks at me with hurt and shock in her eyes, F**k, did I just mess things up??
"So now she is your wife," She says sarcastically and gives me a blaming look, "So then, who am I to you?" She questions looking furious and emotional at the same time.
"Ann." I take a deep breath as I hold her hand, "You are my everything, my world, but Tessa is also a part of my life now." I tell her gently hoping she would take my hint but no.
"Don't forget I am the one who has brought her here as your wife. Her father even agreed to send her to your bed without any marriage. It was me who gave this relation a name, for whom? For my child, Andrew. That would be our child."
She speaks and I frown, I am not liking the way she keeps insulting Tessa. For F**k's sake, she doesn't even know that she has been sold by her father.
"She is innocent in all this, Ann," I murmur and she looks up at me instantly.
"I was also innocent when my father left me, I was a baby, a toddler, did he show any mercy to me??" F**k, no, she is going back there, again.
"You know how my adoptive parents used to torture me, how kids used to bully me in school. My life was crushed by his one decision, I never was loved neither can I hope for love, Andrew. here you are repeatedly forcing me to accept Tessa as your wife so you could have a happy family and what about me?? Where is my happiness, tell me? Where should I go? Whom I should call to be mine, only mine." Ann starts her emotional talk and the more she speaks related to her past the more I start sinking in guilt.
"I am yours, only yours, Ann. Why don't you believe it?" I hug her as I try to comfort her.
"Then prove it." She looks up at me with her teary eyes, her olive eyes shine brightly with a layer of moisture in them and the memories of her as a little, innocent and scared girl starts to come back tightening my heart in pain.
"I will," I tell her and then kiss her forehead. Perhaps, I should slow down with Tessa's topic at the moment. After some time I could try again to convince Ann.
"Come, let's eat dinner Ann. I am famished." I tell her mimicking the voice of a small child and she chuckles.
Thankfully, my heart lights up when I see her smile.
I pull her with me to the table as Miss Celine starts to place our dinner, "Kindly send Tessa's dinner to her room and also leave us alone." I tell Miss Celine politely I don't want Tessa to come in front of Ann today.
"Here." I fill Ann's plate and she looks distracted as I start feeding her dinner.
"Andrew, I am thinking of taking Tessa for a check-up," Ann says while eating.
"As you like, Ann," I reply, giving my permission although I know she wasn't asking for my permission at all.
"Tomorrow in the morning, then," She says with a smile and I nod my head again.
"I am doing this for your good, Andrew." She tells me as she squeezes my hand in a comforting way, "I know, Ann."
"Oh, Ann, I would probably need some more money." I tell her and she looks surprised, "Why?"
"You know that Maverick Corporation's Ceo, Mr. Marven?" I ask and she nods her head, after all, who doesn't know about him in the business circle?
"He has eyes for my business, I am suspecting him to harm my shipments so I need to increase security," I tell Ann and she looks at me with a surprised look.
"Jewels? I never knew he had an interest in them but why yours?" She asks.
"His son is currently showing interest in my business and the daddy can't say "NO"." I tell sarcastically and Ann chuckles, "Rich kids privileges they don't ask for candy but the whole factory." She laughs and I laugh back.
"This isn't any candy factory so I won't let them have it," I smirk.
"Good, Tomorrow I'll prepare a cheque for you," Ann tells me and I nod in acknowledgment.
After dinner and a good yet tense chat, I finally have the chance to go back to my room. I need to tell Tessa to be careful about the next day's appointment.
"Andrew…" As soon as I step inside the room, Tessa calls my name and then hugs me tightly looking anxious, "What happened, Andrew? I swear I didn't mean to make Ann angry… I will be careful next time. I swear, I will."
I don't understand what she is talking about as I pull her back, "Tessy… What is it? What are you talking about?"
"Why did Ann not call me for dinner and what were you both discussing without me?" She questions, still anxious.
"Miss Celine told Ann about your periods and…" pausing for a moment, I continued, "Ann is insisting to have a check-up of yours, she thinks there might have been a reason as to why you didn't conceive this month?"
"So, now?" She asks, Oh my stupid Tessy.
"Now, you have to go for the check-up with Ann, and please for God's sake, Tessy, don't reveal to the doctor that we had been using protection, ok?" Remembering her stupidity from time to time I feel nervous, what if she blurts out something about my plan.
"I can trust you on this, right?" I ask in distress and she nods her head.
Good Girl.
"Tessy, please, don't let them know about anything. You know I am doing this for our good." I tell her as I hold her face, F**k, her eyes, too innocent, when I see myself in them I don't know if I feel good to be in her eyes, sometimes I feel like I am not the right man for her but then my needs, they make me selfish and weak.
I kiss her forehead, her warmth is so relaxing and then gently I embrace her in my arms. This need of hers is growing day by day.
"So why didn't you ask me to join you for dinner tonight?" She asks.
"Ann wasn't in a good mood and also you had cramps last night, so I just wanted you to rest in your room. Nothing big, Tessy… Now you tell me what you were talking about?"
I sit on the sofa lazily unbuttoning my shirt when Tessa sits beside me, "Oh about that. Today, after you left Ann scolded me pretty badly and even asked me to maintain some distance from you whenever we go around her.."
She says and I frown, Ann scolds her? "Really? But she didn't say a single word to me."
"She gets very loud today, Andrew. I have never seen her like this before… She was angry with me, very angry." She looks anxious and a bit frightened.
"Tessy, don't worry, we will be careful next time, ok. I don't want Ann to get angry with us so it would be better if we maintain a fair distance next time in her presence." I tell her, I want her relationship to be good with Ann so that later I would be able to convince her to let Tessa stay with me.
My gaze falls on the food at the table that is untouched by her, "Tessy, why haven't you finished your dinner yet?" I question, sharply.
"Uhm… I wasn't actually having an appetite…" She explains, liar, I know she was hell nervous when I was down. And her worries are justified after all Ann has just scolded her in the morning, which is pretty unusual of her.
"Tessy, you can't skip your meals like this. I am telling you everything is fine. Now, I am going for a shower and when I return I want this tray empty…" I tell her in a commanding tone. One person is enough to bear the tension. I don't want both of us to stay worried over something at which we both don't have control.
I stand up ready for my bath, "Start eating." She still hasn't touched her food as I remind her before entering the washroom.
BOOM
I stand under the faucet as the cold water pours on my body, closing my eyes I start to feel distressed. Ann is too much affected by her past. What should I do so that she would let go of it and move on? If she kept bringing up the past then we could never move on to our future we would get stuck forever in this misery.
When I came out, Tessa's tray was half empty and she groaned in dissatisfaction when I asked her to finish her food. At last, we settle to finish the glass of juice instead of food.
She calls Miss Celine to clean up and she then informs her about her appointment tomorrow morning while I start reading a few documents related to our new plan.
"Why Ann didn't get married yet?"
Tessa asks and my body tense, where does that come from? I start to feel displeased as I close the file and look up at her, "Why are you asking this?"
I am losing my posture and she looks a little frightened of me. "Actually… I feel like… Ann also needs someone to make her life beautiful, no?"
Beautiful??? You have no idea what has happened to her, her happiness and joys were ruined by my father who chooses me over her.
"That's none of your business, Tessy… Never speak of her marriage again, not to me, not to anyone, even the walls in the mansion are forbidden to hear anything related to Ann's Marriage, so never ever bring up this topic again."
Ann's marriage topic is very sensitive for me and I am shocked that Tessa is discussing this with me. Is she tired of Ann? Or is she trying to take revenge on her because she has just scolded her today?
"But… I just wanted to…" She is stubborn as usual, can't you see I don't want to press on this topic, Tessa???
"What… What did you want huh…? Her marriage is not your concern, focus on your own marriage instead of poking your nose in her marriage…" I snap at her and throw away the file that I was holding in anger as I storm out of the room.
F**k … F**k … F**k …
Why this stupid woman is always doing the things that make me worried and furious. Does she do this purposely or unintentionally? What if Ann is right? What if Tessa refuses to stay here with me??
What if??
