Chapter 172 UNPLEASANT INTERACTION
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"Do you really need to leave?" Tessa holds my arm like a small child, I see the fear and sadness in her soft blue eyes.
"Tessy, I can't stay anymore. I swear I am not happy to leave you like this, but I have to." I hold her face and kiss her forehead.
Oh, Tessy, I would love to spend more days with you but I have promised Ann to attend the dinner at the seminar and I have to reach there tonight at any cost.
"Why… why do we need to live like this…" She starts to get angry and emotional.
"Tessy, not again… I promise this time I will convince Ann," I tell her with determination and she scoffs at my words.
"Tessy…" I call her feeling helpless and she starts to cry.
F**k, if she cries like this I won't be able to leave in peace.
"Don't cry, please.." I wipe her tears and my heart starts to get heavy.
"Please don't leave me," She chokes and I close my eyes feeling distressed. Oh, Tessy, you have no idea how hard this is for me too.
I press my forehead to hers, breathing heavily, "Just a few more days."
I kissed her one last time and then picked up my suitcase I hurriedly left the room, scared that her sobs would halt my steps from leaving.
Down in the lobby, I met Miss Celine, "Please, take care of her." I tell her and she nods her head respectfully, "I will, Sir. Don't worry about her." She assures me and with a polite nod, I dismiss her and then walk towards the cab that was already waiting for me.
Crestfallen, I attended the dinner with Ann. She beams with joy at my arrival but my heart stays uneasy while thinking about Tessa's swollen and puffy face and her red eyes that were filled with grief and sorrow.
I desperately wanted to know if she is fine but my one call could create a huge disaster for us.
I can't take this chance not when I am so close to bringing her back to me.
After dinner, I go back with Ann to the hotel where she is staying.
"So, how did the seminar go, Ann?" I ask in order to make a conversation with Ann.
She looks utterly tired and exhausted but still at my request she accompanies me for a cup of tea.
"Boring as expected, Andrew." Ann says with a dull face and I chuckle, "I can tell from your face, Ann."
"Oh… Did I make that much of a bad face?" Ann asks childishly while touching her face.
I adore the time when she acts just like a child, a normal, funny person.
I nod with a smile on my face and she laughs.
HAHAHA
It's been quite a long time since I heard her laugh, it feels good to hear her laugh at least someone is happy here.
"Why are you staring at me like this?" Ann asks, snapping me out of my trance.
"It's been a while since I saw you laugh. It's a pleasing sight, Ann." I tell her truthfully and she shrugs looking uneasy or guilty I guess.
"Andrew, I never wanted to be harsh with you. You know I love you more than anything." She says with her soft green eyes at me which reminds me of the innocence that I had seen for the very first time in her eyes.
"I know, Ann," I say in understanding.
"Do you know whom I met?" Ann asks and I look at her in curiosity. "Who?"
"Mr. Marven, you are right, his son is a spoiled brat. Do you know what he did?" She asks, looking displeased by the father and son duo.
"What?"
"He got in a fight with my bodyguards that I had assigned for Tessa. I don't understand what these rich brats get while getting into trouble for unnecessary reasons…" Ann says and I look at her completely stunned.
Marven's son means Aiden, he fights with Tessa's bodyguards which means he has seen her? Or met her perhaps? Has he found out about Tessa's marriage?
Did Tessa tell him anything about our marriage?
"What happened, Andrew?" Ann asks when I go mute out of a sudden.
"Uhmm… Nothing Ann…" I reply plainly.
"Don't worry, Tessa is completely fine and so is our child. I am taking care of her, trust me on this." Ann says as she holds my hand and squeezes it in assurance.
"I trust you, Ann," I tell her and she smiles warmly at me in response.
After finishing our tea, we headed back to our room to sleep but I wasn't able to sleep at all. Tessa met Aiden and she didn't say a thing about it, but why would she mention it to me?
We never had any talk related to her past and also If I remember correctly it was that MF Aiden that keeps coming after her. From the beginning, Tessa has always loved me, only me.
If he has fought with the guards that means Tessa must have refused to meet him otherwise why would she ask the guards to step in and Aiden got into a fight.
For a moment, I feel deeply pleased by Tessa's cleverness. I know she hates Aiden, I have seen it from my own eyes the way she loathes him.
Calm down, Andrew.
It's all in your mind. Tessa doesn't like Aiden at all.
I take a few deep breaths and then sitting on the bed I start to meditate. I look at the time past 1, Tessa must have fallen asleep by now as I decided to call her the next day.
*****
The next day, I head to the gym in the hotel for my run. I have missed my exercise for three days because I have been enjoying my time with Tessa. Her memory brings a smile to my face and a little twitch in my pants.
After my run, I was exhausted, see this is the disadvantage of ignoring your daily routine work.
I pick up my bottle and start drinking water while sitting on the bench and looking around when I notice a young man walking inside and my eyes widen in shock.
Aiden !!!
I stand up and walk towards him confidently, I should give him my introduction but as who? As his opponent in business or the husband of the woman whom he has likeness or more than that?
"Aiden Marven Maverick," I call out loudly and he turns with a firm gaze on me.
The boy looks sharp, has good wide features, and has a bulgy body, it's a bit scary though.
"Yes?" He raises his brow innocently at me.
Oh, you won't be showing this innocence to me if you had known who I am.
"Andrew Jack," I stretch my arm to shake, his hand firmly holds my hand and with a squeeze, he shakes it firmly.
Good, Boy has great strength but no brain, I guess.
"How do you know Tessa?" He questions straightly.
Woah, that's very direct.
"Tessa? Who?" I pretend to not hear him.
"Tessa Will, I saw you that day in the college, you were talking about her with the principal." He told me and I frown, oh that MF was badly beaten by Tessa but still was able to eavesdrop, huh?
Good skill.
"She is a good designer, I appreciated her work." I lie flawlessly.
"Then why didn't hire her?" He questions as he folds his arm over his chest.
Seriously, a kid interrogating me?
"That's her choice and her business. Why are you so into her business?" I ask with curiosity in my eyes.
"She…" He begins and then stops, "There is something going on, don't pretend." He raises his finger at me, a bad gesture.
I touch his finger and then lower it down slowly, "You should teach some manners first to talk with your elders."
He frowned at my indirect insult and gritted his teeth, "Tessa is mine."
A low chuckle escapes my mouth mocking him, "Glad to know this. But, I was just here to tell you to stop dreaming about my jewel business. It isn't any candy that your dad will bring you too easily."
I tell him and his frown gets deeper, he looks stubborn and mannerless too.
"Dad has never refused any of my demands," He says arrogantly and I scoff at his overconfidence.
"I am sure, he didn't. But this time he won't be able to fulfill it. You are a kid, focus on your studies." I pat on his head mocking him and he takes the hint of my silent sarcasm to him.
"I want your jewel business at any cost, not because I have passion for it but because I am stubborn to get back what belongs to me." He gets serious, his eyes getting dark in agony.
Belong to him? My Tessy?
Keep dreaming, Moron.
"Oh, then I guess, you will keep getting disappointed because what you are looking for doesn't exist there," I tell him and turn to leave when he holds my arm in a firm grip.
"Why are you protecting her?" He asks and I frown in displeasure, his hand on my arm making me pissed.
"As I have told you, you need to learn some manners." I hold his wrist and then push it away from my arm in rage. He was startled by my heavy push.
Yeah, didn't expect this outcome, kid?
Before I am able to give him a taste of his own medicine, a voice comes over from behind me.
"Andrew…" I close my eyes in dismay.
F**k, !!
Ann, why you're here and that also at the wrong time.
Oh God, I hate women.
