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Nicholas‘ secretary was a career–driven lady whose name was Bailey Jules. After summoning her, Nicholas went on to give her an order. “This is Miss Muller. Please show her around our company.”

“Sure.” Bailey complied with her superior‘s order with a nod, smiling professionally at Wanda as she said, “This way, please, Miss Muller.” Moments later, Wanda found herself on tour with Bailey around the Sawyer Group. “Miss Muller, this is the entertainment area where the employees could relax themselves during their breaks.” Bailey introduced each and every department to Wanda as they walked past them.

In the meantime, Wanda reacted politely and gracefully while chatting with Bailey. After getting comfortable interacting with Bailey, she began to sound her out about Nicholas‘ daily life. “Does Nicholas run the company all by himself usually? He must be really busy, right?”

“Yeah, he is a busy man, actually. He always stays up late for work most of the time.”

As Wanda continued to ask a few more questions, Bailey answered all of them directly without any suspicion at all. Satisfied, Wanda changed the focus of their subject and sighed. “Well, it seems to me that Nicholas‘ life is pretty tiring. Not only is he occupied by his work, but he also has to look after his son after that.”

“Yeah, I don‘t know how President Sawyer manages to cope with all that at once.” Bailey nodded in agreement.

Meanwhile, Wanda smiled in response, her eyes lighting up. “Actually, I think the reason Nicholas tires himself out is that he doesn‘t have a woman to help share his burden. If he has a good wife, his life would be less tiring.”

“Um...”

“What‘s wrong?” Wanda stared at Bailey, who was speechless, having a bad feeling about her observation.

Upon a brief hesitation, Bailey decided that what she was about to do next wasn‘t anything wrong since everyone in the company was long aware of

Nicholas‘ apparent relationship. Thus, she leaned closer to Wanda and whispered in her ear, “I heard that President Sawyer has a crush on someone else, but she lives abroad most of the time.”

Wanda was surprised to hear Bailey‘s words because she had never heard of Nicholas‘ crush at all. After all, she couldn‘t understand why Remus would go through so much trouble inviting so many socialites to his birthday feast for his grandsons the night before if Nicholas was in love with someone else. However, it didn‘t take her long to understand why Remus would do that. Wait a second. I guess Old Master Sawyer only did that because he doesn‘t like the girl Nicholas intended to marry. At the thought of that, Wanda couldn‘t help but feel gleeful and hopeful on the inside.

At the same time, Bailey sensed the changes in Wanda‘s facial expressions and–was curious about it. Although her observation suggested that Wanda had a crush on Nicholas, she found it hardly convincing when she saw Wanda‘s delighted look when she revealed something that might indicate that Nicholas was in a relationship. Am I wrong about my suspicion? Maybe Miss Muller doesn‘t have a crush on President Sawyer at all. Bailey had no idea what was going on in Wanda‘s mind.

When Wanda saw Bailey standing still in an absent–minded manner, she gently asked, “Shall we keep moving, Miss Jules?”

“I‘m sorry. I was caught up in my train of thought. Please come with me, Miss Muller. Coming up next, we‘re going to visit the employees‘ cafeteria.” Bailey snapped out of her trance and smiled professionally at Wanda, whereupon she continued to show the latter around the company.

By the time Bailey was done taking Wanda on a tour, it was already noon, just as Nicholas had finished his meeting. With her eyes on the handsome man behind his office desk, Wanda smiled and invited him for lunch. “Well, I don‘t always come here, so why don‘t we grab lunch together?”

Nicholas looked up and asked, “Don‘t you need to go back and keep Mr. Muller company?” The man euphemistically rejected the lady with his subtle use of words.

Nevertheless, Wanda played dumb and pretended as if she didn‘t understand Nicholas‘ message. “My grandfather went out with Old Master Sawyer this morning.”

Upon hearing the lady‘s words, Nicholas knitted his eyebrows and realized it wouldn‘t be appropriate for him to reject Wanda any further. “Alright then I‘ll give Kieran a call and invite him to join us. When he gets here, we‘re good to go.” The man dialed his brother‘s number as soon as he finished his words. After all, he knew what Remus was up to, which was why he was trying to avoid being alone with Wanda so that he wouldn‘t fall for his grandfather‘s plan.

However, Wanda had no idea what Nicholas was thinking, appearing slightly disappointed as she watched the man make the call. As much as she hoped she could spend some time with Nicholas in private, she remained tenacious and hopeful about the apparent setback.

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After all, Wanda believed she would eventually move Nicholas one day.

Not long after that, the three of them made their way to a restaurant just a stone‘s throw away from the company. Upon settling down in the lounge, Keiran had been making the first move to talk to Wanda, cleverly knowing why his older brother had invited him to tag along with them. “I heard you hardly came back ever since you flew abroad. So, now that you‘re back, does it seem to you that Southend has changed a lot?”

“The city has changed a lot, indeed. In fact, many buildings that I remember can no longer be found around town.” Wanda then smiled at Nicholas and added, “I wanted to visit my former school a few days ago, but I couldn‘t find the building until I was told that they had moved elsewhere.”

Nicholas politely nodded in response but did nothing more than that. At the same time, his eyes were glued to his phone screen, upon which was his chatroom with Tessa. It turned out that he saw a story Tessa posted not long ago and decided to send her a text message, knowing she was still not asleep.

Meanwhile, Wanda paused in an absent–minded manner as she had never seen Nicholas so gentle and tender. Deep down, she could tell that Nicholas was probably chatting with the lady whom he had a crush on. Oh, man. What am I going to do? Why does she get to be treated so nicely? Unknown to herself, Wanda began to feel jealous of Tessa for having the privilege of feeling Nicholas‘ love.

In the meantime, Tessa was still awake because she was undergoing finger treatment. While it was already winter season in Vienna, the orchestra rehearsal schedule remained as packed as usual. Therefore, her fingers froze due to the chilly weather, even feeling numb when she was playing the violin. For that, she would have to get prepared every time before her practice and be sure to undergo her finger treatment after that in order to prevent frostbite in her hands.

Upon learning what happened, Nicholas caringly reminded Tessa to have enough rest. ‘Be sure to keep yourself warm when you leave home. Also, don‘t forget to turn on the heater whenever you‘re playing the violin. Td hate to see you stress yourself out.

‘Alright, I heard you. Take care of yourself too.‘ Tessa replied to Nicholas‘ message and showed her concern.

After exchanging a few text messages, Nicholas urged Tessa to go to bed because it was already getting late in Vienna. As soon as he was done chatting with Tessa, he immediately redirected his attention to the conversation between Kieran and Wanda, realizing they were talking about their own future.

Wanda smiled and said, “I realized there are actually quite a lot of career opportunities in our country, so I‘ve been thinking about coming back here, but I haven‘t exactly figured out what my next move will be.”

“Well, you can take your time to think about it.” Kieran echoed Wanda‘s words.

Wanda smiled and nodded. “Well, if I ever come back here one day, I‘ll definitely come to you guys and see what I‘ll be offered.” Despite saying that to Kieran, she peeked at Nicholas from the corner of her eye, only to see how the man pretended not to hear her. Upon noticing that, Wanda felt a strong sense of disappointment inside of her, although she continued to smile like normal.

However, Kieran didn‘t seem to sense anything wrong at all as he smiled and said, “Sure. Feel free to contact me when that day comes.”

After their meal, the trio returned to the company, but when Nicholas realized Wanda had no intention of leaving, he knitted his eyebrows and asked, “Is there anything else, Miss Muller?”

While Nicholas was trying to imply that it was time for Wanda to leave, the lady was able to read between the lines, her smile stiffening at the same time. Nevertheless, she quickly hid her feelings and explained, “Grandpa told me to wait for him here, but don‘t worry. I‘ll be sure not to cause any disturbance.”

After hearing the lady‘s answer, Nicholas had no choice but to let Wanda stay while the latter silently remained in the office, just like she told the man. At the same time, she would occasionally peek at Nicholas, who was engrossed with his work, enchanted by his serious attitude that made him look so charming and attractive.

Later that afternoon, Gregory showed up while Nicholas looked at him with a stunned expression. “What are you doing here? Wait a second. Who took you here?”

“I was bored at home, and I missed you. So, I told Mr. Andrew to take me here,” Gregory wrapped his arms around his father and explained as Nicholas hugged the child in his embrace.

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At this time, Gregory saw Wanda sitting on the couch, so his delicate brows furrowed.

“Daddy, why are you with her again?” he leaned closer to Nicholas as he asked and there was obvious reproach in his big dark eyes.

That look seemed to be saying, Daddy, how could you forget Miss Tessa?

Nicholas was amused, but he still explained, “She is waiting for Grandpa here.”

Gregory‘s expression became better when he heard his father‘s explanation. Wanda did not hear the conversation between the father and son. Seeing Gregory looking at herself, she smiled gently and greeted, “Greg, we meet again. Do you remember me?”

“Yes. Hello, Miss Muller,” Gregory responded politely but not in a friendly manner.

Wanda didn‘t mind Gregory‘s indifferent attitude. She knew how to grasp people‘s hearts and knew that sometimes, things needed to be taken slowly, and she was not in a hurry. So, in the next few days, she didn‘t go to Nicholas‘ place again.

On the contrary, she traveled every day to observe the domestic market, which made her realize that the domestic economic development prospects were excellent. Of course, the most important thing was that during this period, she had a deeper understanding of Nicholas‘ excellence.

Since Nicholas inherited Sawyer Group, its business had expanded abroad, and the number of industries it was involved in was unmatched by others. She attended different business gatherings every day, and there she learned about other people‘s admiration for him. Thus, she came to learn more about the man. The more I learn about this man, the more interesting he gets.

This was the first time she had met such a good man in her life.

A week later, her grandfather, Horace Muller, was going back. After Remus

found out, he invited them to the Sawyer Residence for dinner again. On this day, he also called Nicholas‘ family over.

In the luxurious living room, the more Stefania looked at Wanda, the more satisfied she was. It was as if she had guessed what Remus was trying to do.

Today, Wanda was wearing a long dress with a light blue casual jacket over it. She looked demure and elegant with a touch of intellectual disposition.

She had probably noticed Stefania‘s interest in her as she spoke to Stefania very skillfully. The two were talking and laughing and seemed very close.

Remus and Horace were also talking with each other, and Tobias occasionally joined in.

On the other hand, Kieran looked at the happy family scene in front of him, then looked at his brother with pity. Next, he whispered, “I think there‘s an ulterior motive behind tonight‘s meal.”

Nicholas glanced at him mildly but said nothing.

Later in the evening, lan came over respectfully. “Old Master Sawyer, it‘s time for dinner.”

“Okay, let‘s eat,” Remus told Horace.

Then, the group walked toward the dining hall. During dinner, Remus asked with concern, “Wanda, I heard your grandfather say that you plan to start a business. Do you have any idea what you want to do?”

“I do,” Wanda responded gracefully with a confident look before she smiled. “I have been observing the domestic market these days, and I have found many business opportunities, and the operations are faster than what we had abroad too. If we manage it well, the benefits will also be very impressive, so I plan to start a business in this country.”

“Nowadays, the domestic economy is developing rapidly, and the market is not worse than that of foreign countries. It‘s terrific that you have such intentions. Very good indeed.” Remus made no secret of his faith in Wanda.

Wanda pursed her lips and smiled, then continued to speak of her opinions. When Remus heard her thoughts, he was a little surprised that he turned

bis head and praised Horace. “Your granddaughter is very talented in the field of business.”

“Don‘t praise her that much. Compared with your Nicholas, she‘s still far behind.”

Although Horace said so, he looked proud.

Wanda also responded humbly to the praises, but she couldn‘t help looking at Nicholas from the corner of her eye.

Nicholas didn‘t seem to notice Wanda‘s gaze but ate by himself.

Seeing this, Wanda couldn‘t help but look disappointed.

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Wanda thought that her opinions just now could attract Nicholas‘ attention. However, Remus didn‘t notice Wanda‘s oddness and supported her by saying, “If you want to stay and start a business, you can stay. If you have nowhere to live, you can stay here. In this way, if you face difficulties, you can also look for Nicholas, who can also help you.”

When Kieran heard what his grandfather said, he immediately felt something was up.

Remus wants Wanda to live in the house and even involve my brother? Wouldn‘t the two of them inevitably be involved with each other in the future? When they become inseparable, Grandpa will... So, that‘s what Grandpa intends to do.

Thinking of this, Kieran glanced at his brother with incomparable sympathy. It was incredibly difficult for his brother to have a smooth love life. After sending away a vixen, here came another.

Nicholas didn‘t know what his younger brother was thinking, but he was quite calm even after hearing Remus‘ words.

“Kieran can help out with business matters. I‘m busy during the day, and I have to take care of Greg when I go home at night. I‘m afraid I won‘t have time.”

Listening to the man‘s discreet rejection, Wanda was obviously disappointed. She thought that if Remus spoke up about it, Nicholas would have to agree.

Remus felt a little disgraced at this moment, so he pressed on, “No matter how busy you are, you will still have some time, right?”

Stefania followed suit. “If you’re afraid you‘ll be too busy, you can bring Greg to me, and I‘ll take care of him.”

Hearing their justification, Nicholas frowned in displeasure.

At this time, Gregory finally realized something was wrong. “I don‘t want to be separated from Daddy.”

He pouted unhappily and made up his mind to help Tessa watch over his father. Stefania didn‘t know this, so she pretended to be sad and looked at the little boy. “You don’t want to live with me?”

Gregory hesitated, then said softly, “I don‘t want to be separated from Daddy, but I can go back to see you with Daddy.”

“Little smartie pants.” Stefania laughed and gazed at the little boy dotingly.

Seeing this, Wanda also knew that she couldn‘t insist on it, so she followed along and said sensibly, “Kieran, i‘ll have to trouble you from now on, but I will try my best not to cause you too many difficulties.”

“Sure.” Kieran nodded indifferently.

Although he took responsibility, he didn‘t mind as long as his brother was happy.

After the meal, everyone returned to the living room, and Remus and Horace began chatting.

On the other hand, Wanda was doing two things at once. While talking with Stefania, she paid attention to Nicholas. The more she looked, the more she felt that the man in front of her was her ideal husband in the future, and her infatuation deepened a lot.

Although she was cautious, Stefania still noticed something, so she smiled and calmly told Wanda some of Nicholas‘ preferences,

Instead of Tessa, she hoped the woman standing beside her son would be neck to neck with him and not someone who dragged her son down everywhere.

“It‘s getting late, so we should go back.” Later, Horace proposed to leave.

Remus nodded and instructed, “Nicholas, send Horace and Wanda off for me.”

Nicholas frowned slightly, but because of the presence of his elders, he did not refuse.

After he handed over the sleeping child in his arms to his mother, he got up to see them off.

Wanda followed Nicholas and tried to say something several times but was repelled by the man‘s grim expression.

It was not until she finally got into the car that she mustered up the courage to say goodbye to Nicholas. “I‘m leaving; see you next time.”

Nicholas nodded indifferently, and after watching the car leave, he turned around and returned to the living room.

After returning, he looked at Remus, who was still sitting on the couch. Thinking of what happened tonight, he put on a stony expression. “I hope there will be no next time for tonight‘s events. Don‘t waste your time on this: My marriage isn‘t like buying vegetables and just choosing any that looks alright.”

After he finished speaking, he didn‘t care how angry Remus was. He picked up the sleeping child, turned around, and left.

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Remus looked on as Nicholas left in anger.

At this time, Tessa didn‘t know anything about what was happening in the country.

As there were several consecutive performances to follow, she had become very busy, and her daily training schedule was packed. After several days of intense training, Tessa was quite exhausted, and she had no appetite for food.

One day, Mona accompanied Tessa to dine at the dining hall of the orchestra. However, Tessa put down her cutlery after taking two bites which prompted Mona to frown worriedly as she looked at Tessa‘s lunch, which was barely touched.

“Tess, you haven‘t eaten much, so eat more.” She tried to persuade Tessa, thinking it was unhealthy to undereat. Yet Tessa really had no appetite, so she shook her head and said, “I can‘t eat it anymore; you can have mine if you want.”

“But you haven‘t eaten well for several days, and your body will collapse if you go on like this.”

“No, I will take good care of myself.” Tessa wasn‘t lying. As there were so many shows next month, she had to be at her best. For this reason, in addition to taking care of her physical condition, she also trained late every night. All her efforts were clear for all to see.

During the break, everyone talked to Tessa.

“Tess, you work too hard. Every day after we leave, you still stay and continue to train.”

“Yeah, yeah, it makes me feel embarrassed to leave every time.”

Tessa smiled and said, “Then you stay and train with me.”

“Of course not; I have to go back to accompany my darling.”

Hearing this, many members shivered at the cheesiness of the statement. Then, everyone burst into laughter, and the topic turned to Kathleen.

“I heard from the other group that Kathleen‘s condition is horrible now, and she‘s not as good as Tess.”

“How so?”

“I heard that Kathleen has a problem with her state of mind.”

“As far as her arrogant and self–righteous temperament is concerned, it would be strange if there is no problem with her state of mind.”

Many members had complained about Kathleen‘s bad temper and other issues about her.

On these topics, Tessa did not participate. Even so, Kathleen, who was standing outside the door, blamed these things on her.

Two days later, Scott‘s arrival at the orchestra ignited Kathleen‘s anger to the extreme.

“Although your fingering is good now, your joints will be sore after a long time. I suggest you. change this habit.” Scott guided Tessa as usual in the practice room.

“I see. I‘ll try out your method later,” Tessa said, slowly getting used to the new finger position taught by Scott.

Indeed, after this, her fingers felt less sore.

The two chatted from practice techniques to musicality, then chatted about the recently released sheet music while laughing.

Kathleen looked in from outside the door, her eyes filled with resentment, and her mood was even worse.

She gripped her hands against the wall so tightly that her knuckles turned white.

“Tessa, how dare you seduce Scott! I‘ll make you regret it!”

At this moment, she hated Tessa to the extreme. She felt that since this woman appeared, many things around her had changed.

The man she liked and her mother, who used to love her, now thought that Tessa was better than her!

That night, Kathleen, who was in a rage, quietly approached the practice room where Tessa was. At this time, only the two of them were present as she listened to the sound of the piano from the practice room with chilling eyes.

“Tessa, you brought this all on yourself!”

She gritted her teeth and locked the door of the practice room, then quietly left. But before leaving, she did one more thing. She turned off the heating in the practice room, then turned on the air conditioner to set the temperature to the lowest!

After a while, Tessa finished practicing and was about to leave, only to find that the door was locked when she came to it.

Usually, this door isn‘t locked, so why is it locked today?

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Tessa was puzzled, but now was not the time for her to mull over that. She knocked on the door and shouted, “Is anyone there? Open the door for me; I‘m locked inside.”

Although she shouted several times, no one paid any attention. At this time, Tessa couldn‘t help but get anxious because she noticed that the temperature in the practice room was getting lower and lower. Apparently, someone had turned off the heating.

She jumped up and down several times from the cold and quickly took out her phone, intending to call someone to open the door but found that there was no signal.

“How could this be?”

She looked at her phone in astonishment, then walked around the room in disbelief, but the phone still had no signal.

“That‘s weird. There is usually a signal here.”

Tessa looked at the phone in her hand and felt strange.

The truth was that when Kathleen left, a signal jammer was placed at the door.

In the president‘s office of Sawyer Group, Nicholas glanced at the time on the computer and was ready to contact Tessa. After all, he was used to talking on the phone with Tessa before she rested for the day.

“Sorry, the number you dialed is out of service.”

Hearing the mechanical voice coming from the phone, Nicholas frowned slightly. Originally, he thought that the signal from Tessa was not good, so he planned to contact her later, but the phone rang at this time, and it was the housekeeper from Vienna.

“Master Nicholas, the driver called me just now and said that he didn‘t see Miss Tessa coming out. Also, I couldn‘t get through to her when I contacted her.”

Nicholas‘ face sank when he heard this, and he immediately sensed something was wrong. “I see. You ask the driver to continue to wait there. I‘ll ask someone about the situation first.”

He hung up and dialed Hathaway‘s number immediately.

Before, for Tessa‘s sake, he deliberately saved Hathaway‘s phone number.

Initially, he thought he would not use it, but he didn‘t expect it to come in handy now.

“Hello, Hathaway speaking.”

Hathaway‘s polite voice came over the phone.

and Ove

Nicholas said brusquely, “I‘m Tessa‘s fiance, and now Tessa can‘t be contacted. The driver I

arranged did not see her come out. I suspect that my fiancee has met with an accident inside!”

At the other end, Hathaway was stunned for a moment, then reacted.

“Mr. Sawyer, don‘t worry. I‘ll go back to the orchestra now.”

After speaking, Hathaway hung up the phone, picked up her jacket, and went out. She rushed all the way there. After entering, she found the place pitch black, so she hurriedly turned on the light and started looking for Tessa.

“Tess, are you here?”

“Tess?”

In the practice room, Tessa heard someone calling her in a daze.

“I‘m h–h–here.”

Her teeth chattered from the cold, and her voice was weak.

Even so, Hathaway heard it before she hurried to the practice room, only to find that the door was locked!

After swiftly opening the door, a chilling air blasted toward her, making her face change. She turned her head to see Tessa crouching on the ground, and then she hurried over. “Tess, are you alright?”

Tessa opened her lips, but she was too cold to speak.

At this time, her state was horrible; her whole body was freezing, her face was cold and pale, and her lips were blue.

Hathaway looked at Tessa‘s situation, then quickly took off her coat and put it on the girl. After that, she gritted her teeth and helped Tessa to the office because the office heating was faster, and there were hot water bottles.

“Tess, are you feeling better?”

Hathaway looked at Tessa with concern.

Tessa held the hot water bottle and nodded lightly, but her face was still pale, and her whole body was still shaking.

Originally, Hathaway wanted to ask why Tessa was locked in the practice room, but seeing her in such a situation, she decided it was a question for later.

At this time, the driver got the news and hurried over from outside.

When he saw the pale Tessa, his complexion changed greatly. “Miss Tessa, you don‘t look too well. I‘ll take you to the hospital.”

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Hearing this, Tessa did not refuse because she was really not feeling well at the moment. Later when they arrived at the hospital, Tessa developed a fever and felt like she was being roasted alive.

The driver did not dare to disregard her health and hurriedly got her to a doctor. When the doctor saw her condition, he immediately had her checked and prepared for treatment.

During this period, the driver couldn‘t help out much either, so he stood outside the examination room and called Nicholas to report the situation here.

“Master Nicholas, we found Miss Tessa.”

“Where did you find her?”

“In the practice room of her orchestra.”

The driver explained roughly what he had learned from Hathaway. “At that time, Miss Tessa was locked in the practice room, but I feel that it was more likely to be a malicious act because the other party not only locked her in but also turned off the heating and turned on the air conditioning.”

On the other end, Nicholas‘ face was expectedly ugly after he heard the driver‘s words. “How is she now?” His voice was deep and husky, as usual.

“When I took Miss Tessa to the hospital just now, she developed a fever, and now the doctor is doing an examination on her.”

“I see. You keep an eye on her situation and report to me as soon as possible.”

“Very well.”

The driver nodded.

In the examination room, the doctor asked Tessa a few questions while taking her temperature. A few minutes later, he retracted the thermometer, glanced at it, and said, “You have a fever, but because you have been suffering in the cold for a long time, we need to do a blood test to see if there is any other issue.”

Tessa wasn‘t a medical expert, so she left it to the professionals and accepted the arrangements. Soon, a nurse came to draw blood for her, and after that, Tessa‘s already pale face seemed to have become even more colorless.

After ten minutes, the test results came out, and the doctor frowned at the examination sheet in his hand.

Seeing this, Tessa felt her heart jump to her throat. “Doctor, is something wrong?”

“No, but you are pregnant, so for the next treatment, we can‘t give you medicine to reduce your fever.”

‘The doctor looked at Tessa with a smile. As the driver was standing some distance away, he did not hear this. After Tessa heard the doctor‘s words, she was stunned. “Did you say I‘m pregnant?”

The doctor nodded. “This is what the test results show.”

Tessa was dumbfounded. How can that be?

Obviously, when she and Nicholas had sex, she always took safety precautions, so how did she suddenly...

She was shocked but also a little uncertain because this child was not in her life plan at all, and she didn‘t know how to tell Nicholas about this. She was not mentally prepared at all...

Tessa sat blankly on the chair while the doctor didn’t notice her complicated mood and said with a smile, “Congratulations, mommy–to–be.”

“Thanks.” Tessa returned to her senses and could only thank the doctor with a wry smile.

The doctor nodded and explained, “Fortunately, your condition is not serious, so you only need to go back and simply do external cooling. After all, it is not good to take medicine during pregnancy.”

“I see. Thank you, Doctor.” Tessa thanked him again and then left the examination room. When the driver saw her coming out, he immediately stepped forward to say, “Miss Tessa, are you alright?”

“I‘m fine. I just caught a cold.”

“That‘s good, as Master Nicholas is apprehensive. He asked you to call him back when you come out.”

Seeing that Tessa didn‘t seem to be in trouble, the driver was relieved and then relayed Nicholas‘ words.

Tessa nodded and walked out of the hospital with the driver.

After getting in the car, she took out her phone and made a video call to Nicholas.

On the screen, Nicholas‘ handsome face was filled with worry that could not be concealed. “What did the doctor say?”

Listening to the man‘s caring words, Tessa finally calmed down.

She smiled sweetly and said, “I‘m fine. I just caught a cold. The doctor said that I would be fine after some physical cooling.”

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“Physical cooling? Why didn‘t the doctor prescribe some medicine?”

Nicholas noticed the issue immediately and frowned in displeasure, thinking that the doctor was a little undependable.

Tessa‘s eves flickered. “The doctor said that my health is a little weak, so it‘s not suitable for me to take too much medicine.”

Hearing this, Nicholas didn‘t suspect anything anymore. He looked at the woman‘s pale face in the video, then said distressingly, “Have a good rest when you go back. I have asked the Kylie to get the hot water ready for you at home.”

Tessa nodded. She looked at the man‘s concerned expression, then hesitated.

“What‘s wrong?” Nicholas noticed the abnormality and asked in confusion, “Do you have anything else to say?”

“Nothing.”

Tessa froze for a moment and then shook her head with a smile on the corner of her mouth.

Forget it. I‘ll tell him when I‘ve decided what to say about the child.

Nicholas didn‘t know what was going on. He thought that Tessa was really fine, so he hung up the phone after giving some more advice.

When Tessa got home, the Kylie had already received the news and was at the door with the maid. When she saw Tessa coming back, she immediately ordered the maid to step forward to help Tessa, who did not refuse. She was really uncomfortable at the moment, and her head was woozy.

After a simple bath, she lay in bed but couldn‘t fall asleep.

Later, her condition became serious. Her head felt worse, and she had a dry mouth. Thus, she walked out of the room weakly, planning to go downstairs to pour a glass of water for herself.

At this time, the Kylie was still awake, so when she heard the movement and came over, she saw Tessa with a flushed face and was anxious.

“Miss Tessa, why is your face so red? Are you still having a fever?” Tessa nodded slightly.

“Then I‘ll get you some medication.”

With that said, she was about to leave when Tessa hurriedly stopped her. “No need. I‘ll just sleep it

off.”

She was pregnant with a child now and couldn‘t take medicine indiscriminately, but the housekeeper didn‘t know this. Seeing Tessa‘s refusal to take medicine, she said anxiously, “Miss Tessa, you can‘t get better without taking medicine in this situation.”

She wanted to persuade Tessa to take medicine, but no matter what she said, Tessa refused and said it was fine.

In the end, the Kylic had no choice but to call the maid to take care of ‘Tessa.

On Hathawav‘s side, after knowing that Tessa was all right, she finally felt relieved. She thought of what happened tonight: it she hadn‘t discovered it early, who knew what would happen to Tessa in the end? Hence, she called the staff of the orchestra over in anger.

“What‘s the matter with you? Why did you lock the door to the practice room and turn on the air conditioner?”

After being reprimanded, the staff felt extremely aggrieved. “Miss Hathaway, when I left, I saw that Miss Reinhart was still training inside. So, I didn‘t lock the door at all, and I didn‘t turn on the air conditioner.”

“Did you really not do that?”

Hathaway looked at the staff suspiciously.

The staff almost swore to God. “Miss Hathaway, it was really not me.”

Hathaway frowned, feeling a little odd. If the door was not locked by the staff, who else could it be:

Thinking about it, she went to the surveillance room and planned to check the surveillance cameras to have a look. Unexpectedly, she saw that her daughter was the one locking the door on the surveillance camera, and suddenly anger surged up in her.

“How dare Kathleen?”

She glared angrily at her daughter in the video, thinking that Kathleen had gone too far this time.

After returning home, she went directly to Kathleen‘s room and knocked on the door.

“Mommy, why are you knocking on my door in the middle of the night?”

Kathleen appeared behind the door in her nightgown, yawning.

Seeing her like this, Hathaway suddenly became furious. “How could you even sleep? Do you know that if I hadn‘t gotten there in time, Tessa would have been frozen in the practice room tonight!”

Hearing this, Kathleen felt her mind clear a little.

Looking at her mother‘s angry look, she knew what she had done was discovered.

However, she had no repentance at all. “So what? She brought it onto herself. Moreover, she was just frozen. It‘s not like she was frozen to death.”

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“Kathleen, how did you become like this?”

Hathaway couldn‘t believe that such vicious words had come out of her own daughter‘s mouth.

Kathleen couldn‘t help but feel resentment when she saw her mother looking at her with disbelief.

“How did I become like this? Shouldn‘t you be asking yourself?”

“Me? Is it because of me that you became what you are now?”

Hathaway found Kathleen irrational, but the young lady immediately sneered back, “Isn‘t it? I really want to ask whether you realize who your daughter is?”

She stepped forward and approached Hathaway, venting all the grievances accumulated in her during this period of time. “Sometimes I can‘t help but wonder whether the b*tch Tessa is actually your daughter, while I‘m just adopted by you! Do you know what people in the orchestra say about me now? They even said that I am not as good as Tessa. Let me tell you! I hate her so much now that I wish she would just disappear. If she hadn‘t appeared, I would still be first–rate,

and the person you love the most will also still be me, and Scott won‘t stay away from me because of her!”

After hearing these words, Hathaway was so angry that she slapped Kathleen and stared at Kathleen very sadly. “It seems that I didn‘t teach you well, so that‘s why you end up so vicious! In the orchestra, everyone performs based on their own abilities. As you are my daughter, I have already given you all kinds of preferential treatment. Yet, you never look within yourself to correct your own problems but blame others instead. Kathleen, you disappoint me!”

Kathleen covered her face with one hand, her eyes dark and terrifying. She raised her eyes to face her mother, then sneered unremorsefully, “You‘re disappointed in me? It doesn‘t matter, as you will be more disappointed later because I will definitely destroy Tessa!”

Not knowing what to reply, Hathaway looked at her daughter being on the verge of a breakdown.

When Kathleen broke Tessa‘s piano, Hathaway had covered it up once, but this time, she obviously couldn‘t help Kathleen again!

The next morning, Tessa asked for leave and did not go to the orchestra because her fever had not subsided yet. She had just finished breakfast when the housekeeper knocked on the door and said respectfully, “Miss Tessa, Miss Hathaway is here to see you.”

Tessa was a little surprised and asked the housekeeper to bring Hathaway in.

After a while, the housekeeper walked in with Hathaway. Tessa was quite happy to see Hathaway, so she greeted the latter and invited her to take a seat.

“Miss Hathaway, why are you here?”

“I‘m worried about you, so I came to take a look.”

Hathaway looked at Tessa‘s pale face, her eyes full of guilt.

‘Tessa didn‘t notice it and smiled. “I‘m fine. I was just a little cold last night. I‘ll be fine in two days.”

Hearing this, Hathaway felt even more guilty.

She took a deep breath and looked at Tessa very seriously. “Actually, in addition to visiting you, I came here today to tell you that Kathleen was the one who locked you in the practice room yesterday. I came on her behalf to sincerely apologize to you.”

With that, she stood up and bowed to apologize to Tessa. At that, Tessa quickly got off the bed and supported her. In fact, Tessa had guessed it. Furthermore, she didn‘t think it was Hathaway‘s fault, so she couldn‘t accept the apology.

“Miss Hathaway, it should be Kathleen who is to apologize to me. This has nothing to do with  you.”

“That kid is too stubborn,”

Hathaway looked very sad when she said this.

Tessa also understood what it meant

Considering Kathleen‘s temperament, it was impossible for her to apologize.

Hathaway also knew this and felt even more guilty toward Tessa. She didn‘t know what to say, so she blamed herself. “I didn‘t educate Kathleen well. When I divorced her father, I always felt like I owed it to her. Hence, I was overly responsive to her needs, so she developed such a selfish character, and now I‘ve caused her to hurt the people around her.”

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After all that had happened, she actually hated Kathleen in her heart.

Even so, she didn‘t have the heart to blame Hathaway for everything that had happened. After all, Hathaway and Kathleen were different, and when she and Kathleen had a conflict, Hathaway also helped her. Thinking of this, she could understand Hathaway when she looked at how sad the latter was.

“I trust you, so I won‘t pursue this matter. For your sake, I won‘t pursue Kathleen either.”

Hearing this, Hathaway was very grateful. “Tess, thank you.”

“Miss Hathaway, you don‘t need to thank me. I will forget about it this time for your sake, but I hope there is no next time.”

Tessa looked at Hathaway seriously and made her stance very clear.

Hathaway wasn‘t angry either. “Don‘t worry. I‘ll make sure Kathleen behaves when I get back, and I‘ll never let something like this happen again.”

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She promised Tessa repeatedly, and in the end, she couldn‘t help but sigh. “Sometimes, I really hope that Kathleen can be half as sensible as you. I would be very happy then.”

Tessa smiled but didn‘t answer.

Afterward, the two talked for a while, then Hathaway left to handle the band matters.

After the housekeeper sent Hathaway away, she couldn‘t help contacting Nicholas after thinking of the conversation she had just heard outside the room.

“Master Nicholas, I just heard the conversation between Miss Tessa and her teacher. I learned that Miss Tessa was deliberately locked in the practice room by Kathleen last night,” Kylie told Nicholas everything he had heard.

On the other end, when Nicholas knew that all this was Kathleen‘s scheme, he felt extremely displeased.

After he hung up the phone, he immediately made a video call to Tessa.

“Is your health better?”

“I‘m much better. Why are you still working so late?”

In the end, Tessa looked at Nicholas with some disapproval. “You promised me to take good care of yourself.”

Originally, I was going to rest, but I just received a call from Kylie. I learned that you were locked in the practice room by Kathleen yesterday out of spite, so I‘m calling to ask what you think

about this matter.”

Listening to the man‘s explanation, Tessa knew that he cared about her, so she didn‘t mind the housekeeper tattling on Nicholas. Then, she told Nicholas her thoughts.

“Miss Hathaway has already apologized to me on behalf of Kathleen. For her sake, I won‘t pursue Kathleen this time, but there will be no next time. I‘ve made this point clear to Miss Hathaway.”

Nicholas frowned slightly, somewhat disapproving

After all, he couldn‘t bear Tessa suffering any grievances, and Kathleen acted so boldly too. However, since Tessa had made up her mind, he couldn‘t say anything else.

“Since this is the case, then you take good care of yourself in the future. Beware of Kathleen in the future. Don‘t let me hear that something has happened to you again, or I will be very worried.”

“I know. I‘ll take good care of myself.” Tessa looked at Nicholas with a sweet smile.

Nicholas instructed again, “Then you have a good rest at home these two days and remember to take your medicine on time.”

Tessa nodded again, then suddenly thought about the child. Looking at Nicholas‘ handsome face, she hesitated again. She hadn‘t decided whether she wanted to keep this child or not, and she also wondered whether Nicholas would want the child or not.

Besides, Nicholas‘ family had not yet accepted her, and she herself had not been able to show any good results. For a moment, Tessa was in a very complicated mood and didn‘t know how to speak.

In the end, she still didn‘t say anything and only urged Nicholas to rest.

Nicholas didn‘t notice it either; he hung up the phone and went to rest.

In the evening, Tessa had not recovered at all because she didn‘t take any medication.

She sat weakly on the bed, feeling anxious in her heart.