Ch. 901..910

Tessa, on the other hand, didn’t notice the father and son squaring off, for she circled the gown after coaxing Gregory. Now that she could scrutinize the gown up close, she loved it even more.

“This is absolutely gorgeous. The embroidery’s so realistic,” she gushed while feeling the embroidery on the skirt.

Seeing how much she loved the gown, Nicholas urged dotingly, “Go and try it on.”

Gregory echoed with a nod. “I bet you’ll look very pretty in this gown, Mommy!”

Tempted, Tessa took the gown into her room and got changed, leaving the father and son in the living room.

At that, they sat on the couch, waiting for Tessa to come out.

At last, the door opened sometime later, and they looked toward it reflexively, only to be rendered in awe by what they saw.

Tessa sauntered out under the lights. The gold and scarlet gown complimented her fair skin, and her waist was so skinny that any man could wrap around it with just one arm.

The wings on the skirt, on the other hand, glistened like actual balls of fire burning as she moved. At this moment, not even elegance and grace were enough to describe Tessa’s beauty.

A sense of achievement arose within Tessa when she saw that her two beloved guys were rendered flabbergasted, and she did a twirl with her skirt lifted before asking with joy, “What do you guys think?”

“You’re pretty like a princess, Mommy!” Gregory spoke up first, his words as sweet as honey.

Feeling ecstatic, Tessa looked expectantly at Nicholas with twinkling eyes.

The man smiled upon meeting his beloved wife’s eyes, and he walked up to her, then pulled her into his arms. “Absolutely gorgeous.”

At that, he paused, allowing his voice to turn deep and magnetic. “But you look absolutely gorgeous in anything you wear.”

Tessa beamed brighter upon hearing so, and she looked straight into his eyes, saying, “Be honest with me. Have you taken advice from a love guru, or how can you be so affectionate?”

Nicholas quirked a brow and continued showering her with sweet nothings, “Do you not know I’ve always been affectionate toward you?”

His words turned Tessa’s heart into a sweet, gooey, sticky mess, and she wrapped her arms around her beloved husband’s neck and tip-toed to kiss him.

“Thank you. I really love this gift.” She riveted her gaze on Nicholas while smiling.

In actuality, she had fallen in love with this particular gown the moment it was brought onstage. However, she didn’t let her fondness show for a few reasons.

Meanwhile, Gregory consciously covered his eyes when he saw how intimate his parents were behaving, and he even mumbled, “See no evil, see no evil…”

Tessa looked toward the little fella upon hearing his voice, only to be rendered amused.

Though he chanted ‘see no evil’, he was actually peeping through the gaps of his fingers.

At that, she left Nicholas’ arms, lifted her skirt, and walked toward Gregory.

Seeing so, the little guy hurriedly closed his eyes and hollered, “I didn’t see anything.”

Tessa chucked in response, amused by his self-deception.

She put the little guy in her lap and brought his hand down, smiling, “What are you so shy about? I want to kiss you too.”

With that, she gave Gregory a kiss on the cheek, causing him to blush crimson in an instant, looking absolutely adorable.

“I want to kiss Mommy too.” At that, he looked up and kissed Tessa on the cheek before burying his head bashfully in her arms.

Chapter 906 Can You Lend a Hand?

With that shy little guy in her hands, Tessa was in such a good mood that her eyes were curved into a crescent. Meanwhile, Nicholas stood aside quietly, looking at the interaction of this mother and son with strong affection in his eyes.

…

The next morning, after the family of three had their breakfast, Tessa received an invitation call from Linville.

“Tessa, there’s a fashion show this afternoon at Century Square. Do you want to come with me?”

“Sure. Let’s meet at Century Square in the afternoon.” Tessa hung up the phone after she agreed on a time with Linville.

Seeing that, Nicholas asked, “You’re going out in the afternoon?”

“Linville invited me to a fashion show.” She nodded and then tilted her head to look at him before asking, “Are you coming with me?”

After some thought, he shook his head and replied, “I don’t think I’m going. You can ask Greg to go with you.”

He didn’t have much interest in fashion events, so he turned around and told Gregory, “Protect your mommy, okay? Don’t let anything happen to Mommy and your baby sister.”

“Don’t worry, Daddy. I will protect Mommy and the baby for sure.” Gregory patted hard on his little chest and promised Nicholas.

When Tessa saw that, she felt as though her heart was stuffed with cotton candy, so warm and sweet.

For the next few days, Linville brought Tessa along to attend several fashion shows. Nicholas didn’t go with them, but he made a deal on business with Warner.

After they had visited several places for a week, when they were having dinner that day, Nicholas suddenly said, “We need to go back after two days.”

The day before they left, Tessa started to pack up their things, and Gregory was helping her sensibly. Just then, her phone on the table started ringing. It was a call from Linville.

“Tessa, can you stay for two more days? I have an urgent matter that needs your help.”

“What’s wrong?” Tessa asked with surprise.

Although it had not been a long time since she knew Linville, after spending a few days together, she still felt that she knew what kind of person Linville was.

Linville was an independent person, so she wouldn’t ask other people for help easily. Yet, she was asking for her help now, so it was obvious that it was a serious matter.

“So, the thing is that I have a good friend who’s going to hold a fashion show soon. She had actually invited a famous musician to perform at the show, but the musician reneged on his promise because of an emergency work arrangement, bringing this show into big trouble at the last minute.”

Linville briefly explained everything on the phone. “This is my bestie’s first show. It’s really important. You’re the only person I can think of who can help now. Can you come over and lend a hand to my bestie? ”

“Okay.” After thinking for a moment, she agreed to Linville. Linville has been such a sweetheart so far, so I must help her out!

Hearing that Tessa agreed, Linville heaved a sigh of relief on the phone.

Of course, she knew that Tessa had agreed for her sake. That was why she was very thankful to Tessa. “I owe you one for this. Just tell me if you need any help in the future.”

“It’s okay. It’s just a small matter.” Tessa didn’t really mind it.

When Linville heard that, her good impression of Tessa rose significantly. So, she said frankly, “I’ll pick you up now, and then we can meet my friend together.”

Tessa agreed to it and hung up the phone. Then, Gregory came up to her curiously and asked, “Mommy, are you going out?”

“Yes. Linville needs some help from me,” she said while affectionately pinching the little guy’s chubby cheeks.

However, she didn’t know that Nicholas just so happened to push the door in and hear what she said. With a slight frown, he asked, “What does she need your help for?”

“Her friend is holding a show, but the musician she invited reneged on their promise. It’s hard to find someone at the last minute too, so she asked me to help out,” she explained briefly to him without hiding.

When he heard that she had already agreed to it, he couldn’t say anything much either, so he told her, “Just don’t be too harsh on yourself.”

Chapter 907 The Virtuoso, Indeed

Tessa nodded. “I got it, so don’t worry.” After half an hour, Linville arrived at the hotel and gave Tessa a call. Before long, Tessa appeared at the entrance of the hotel with Nicholas beside her.

When Linville saw both of them, she could already guess why Nicholas was there. “Don’t worry, President Sawyer. I will take good care of Tessa. I won’t let her tire herself.”

After Nicholas heard that, he nodded and turned to the side to tell Tessa, “Call me when you’re done. I’ll pick you up. Take care of yourself and don’t make me worry.”

“I got it. You should go back up. I’m worried about Greg being alone in the room.” She wanted to let him go back to the room, but he insisted on seeing her enter the car.

Linville was quite jealous, looking at their interaction.

On their way to meet Linville’s friend, she exclaimed, “President Sawyer is always cool on the outside, but he changes into another person in front of you. He’s so gentle.”

“He’s really good to me.” Tessa nodded, agreeing to what Linville said, and felt loved.

When they arrived at the venue of the show, Tessa met Linville’s bestie right away.

She was a typical French woman, around the same age as Linville. At that time, she was wearing a clean-cut women’s suit, making her look intellectual without losing her charm.

“This is my bestie that I told you about, Timothea Lavigne.” Linville introduced them to each other. “And she’s the helper that I found for you, Tessa Reinhart. She’s a famous violinist in Vienna.”

“Nice to meet you, Timothea,” Tessa greeted Timothea politely.

Meanwhile, Timothea nodded, but there was a frown on her face.

Linville saw everything and teased her bestie in a humorous way. “Why? You don’t think Tessa can perform?” The reason she said that was because she was worried that Tessa would misunderstand when she saw Timothea’s expression.

“That’s not it. I’m just worried that a violin piece doesn’t fit the theme of my show.” Timothea expressed her worry frankly.

Since her brand had just launched, this show was extremely important for her. On top of that, the theme for her show this time was based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. It would be a fantasy style, so the unique piano sound made her feel that it would fit the theme better.

Looking at the hesitant Timothea, Tessa could understand her worry, so she explained, “There’s no need to worry, actually. Any music, no matter what instrument you use, can convey the message that you want.”

“Is it?” Timothea was a little doubtful.

With a nod, Tessa said, “If you don’t believe it, why not I play something for you? I believe that, with my ability, I can satisfy your request for sure. If you really don’t like it, I can also play the piano.”

Hearing that, Linville was a little shocked. “You know how to play the piano?”

“A musician will, of course, know how to play other instruments. I just personally prefer the violin,” Tessa explained briefly.

Yet, Linville felt that Tessa was really impressive. She turned to look at her bestie and convinced her. “Why not let Tessa try the violin first? We can change it to the piano later if you’re not satisfied with it.”

After thinking for a moment, Timothea nodded in the end since there was no better way right now. “Follow me. I’ll bring you into the hall.”

When they entered the hall, it was already well-decorated. It was so beautiful and sophisticated, as though they had entered a forest in a fairy tale.

Without wasting any time, Tessa went up to the stage with her violin, and a wonderful violin sound engulfed the hall at once. Sometimes with an upbeat rhythm and sometimes melodious.

Timothea and Linville both fell for her performance. Although there were no models on the stage, this wonderful violin sound had already made them imagine the spectacular scene, making them look forward to the show.

After one piece ended, Tessa looked at the two people who were still immersed in the music and felt a sense of accomplishment.

When Linville snapped out of her daze, she was already conquered by Tessa’s violin performance. “Your performance is magnificent! The Virtuoso, indeed!” She was all praises.

Chapter 908 I Have an Idea

“Thank you.” Tessa pressed her lips together, forming a small smile, and her expression was calm. When Linville saw the girl’s humble look, her good impression of the girl rose significantly.

Then, she turned around and urged her bestie. “How is it? Are you satisfied with Tessa’s ability?” “I’m satisfied. Very satisfied.” Timothea looked impressed by the unexpected performance.

She thought that a violin would not match her theme, so it was out of her expectation that it was much more perfect than she had imagined. “I’ll leave it to you then, Miss Reinhart.”

Hearing that, Tessa nodded.

That afternoon, she stayed at the hall for rehearsals. Since the decision was made at the last minute, there wasn’t much time given to her, so she rehearsed in the hall until late at night.

In the blink of an eye, it was the day of the show.

Hours before the event, Tessa had already brought Nicholas and Gregory to the venue to do her preparation.

She led them to the hall, but was completely shocked by the view in the hall.

Since the show was coming up, all kinds of equipment in the hall were turned on, showing a much more magnificent effect than what she saw during her rehearsal. It was as though they were in the middle of a wonderland on earth.

“Wow, it’s so beautiful here, Mommy!” Gregory was fascinated by the views around there too.

However, only Nicholas didn’t feel anything special.

Even so, Tessa and Gregory still walked around the hall in high spirits. Until she received a call from Timothea, only then did she go backstage.

In the backstage, Timothea and the models were confirming their final flow. When she saw Tessa coming in, she quickly waved her hand, asking her to come over. “We’ll do one last run through later.”

Tessa nodded with acknowledgement and followed the models to the stage for rehearsal.

In the audience seat, when Gregory saw Tessa coming out, he said happily, “Daddy, Mommy is there.”

Nicholas nodded, and his affectionate gaze was fixed on Tessa.

As for the beautiful models from different countries on the stage, he didn’t even bother to give them a glance.

On the contrary, many models noticed him since his face was just too extraordinary.

However, when the rehearsal started, the models regained their focus and started walking down the runway to the beat.

At the same time, Tessa was sitting at the edge of the stage, playing her violin. That violin sound was extremely beautiful and wonderful.

Since it was just a rehearsal, the models didn’t walk down the runway one-by-one, but all of them went up together. So, the rehearsal only took a few minutes.

Below the stage, Timothea praised them while clapping, but didn’t forget to remind them, “Perfect. Exceptional. Keep this condition later.”

After that, her gaze accidentally landed on Tessa, who was getting off stage, and an idea suddenly came into her mind. “Tessa, wait.”

“Yes?” Tessa looked at Timothea, puzzled.

At this moment, Timothea looked at her exquisite features with sparkling eyes, “Nothing much. I just had an idea all of a sudden. There’s a dress that I designed that I want to let you wear when you perform.”

“Me wearing your design?” Tessa was startled.

“Yes, girl. A designer dress. Come on, follow me.” After saying that, Timothea dragged Tessa backstage to change her outfit without giving her a chance to refuse.

Later, the show officially started.

Tessa walked up the stage in a green mesh dress, outlining her thin waist. She had exquisite makeup on her small face, and even her hairstyle was specially designed, making her look as though she was an elf in the forest.

The audience below the stage, who came to see the show, was completely attracted by Tessa’s look as soon as she appeared.

It was especially so when Tessa started to perform. The stage with the dry ice effect, along with the decoration on stage, made her look like a fairy in a wonderland, so unrealistically beautiful.

Among the crowd, Nicholas and Gregory fell for Tessa as well. “Daddy, Mommy is so pretty like a fairy.”

Although Nicholas didn’t say anything, his expression showed that he agreed with Gregory.

Just then, people around them snapped off their dazes and started whispering to each other. “That dress on the girl is so beautiful. From the design, I think it might be one of the dresses for today’s theme.”

Chapter 909 Fairy

“I’m definitely getting that dress.” “I want it too.” “Since so many people have their eyes on it, we’ll do it the usual way, then. The person with the highest price gets the dress.”

Two hours later, when the show was going to end, Timothea asked Tessa to finish her performance early and return backstage. When she saw Tessa, she told her, “Later, at the end of the show, you’ll go up to the stage with me.”

At this moment, Tessa was surprised. Not waiting for her to ask anything, Timothea explained with a smile, “This dress that you’re wearing now is the highlight of my show.”

Hearing that, Tessa was even more startled. She had never thought that Timothea would do it like this.

Isn’t the highlight dress supposed to be worn by a model? Will there be any effect when it’s on me?

Timothea had seemingly noticed her doubt, but she kept her guessing on purpose. Finally, she said, with a smile, “You’ll know later if there’ll be any effect.”

Before long, the host’s excited voice came from the stage. “Now, let’s invite our designer, Miss Timothea, and her fairy to the stage.”

As soon as the host said that, majestic music resonated in the hall.

Seeing that, Timothea turned around and reached out her hand with a smile to Tessa before saying, “Let’s go, my fairy.”

Tessa smiled shyly but still put her hand on top of Timothea’s gracefully. After that, the two of them stood on the stage under the applause of the audience.

Although this was Tessa’s first time walking on a runway, her performance was just as good as those professional models. And along with her elegant aura, her walk made people feel at ease just by looking at it.

In the audience seat, Gregory was very excited when he saw his mommy on stage. “Daddy, look. Mommy’s on stage.”

Nicholas nodded, and his gaze was fixed on his beautiful wife on stage.

At this moment, Timothea started giving her speech. Yet, after she said a few sentences, some of the audience couldn’t wait anymore. They took the initiative to ask about Tessa’s dress.

“Miss Timothea, can you please introduce this model’s dress beside you?”

“For sure.” Timothea agreed to it delightfully. However, she didn’t introduce the dress immediately but introduced Tessa first.

“Miss Reinhart here is not a model that I hired. She’s a violinist, and the dress she’s wearing now is the only haute couture that I’ve used the longest time to design with all my heart and soul. It’s called the ‘Forest of Fairies’.” After briefly explaining it, she suddenly turned around and winked at Tessa.

That look was as though she was saying, ‘Look, so many people saw the beauty of the dress’.

Seeing that, Tessa was startled for a moment but knew what she meant immediately. So, she gave her a small smile.

Later that time, the show ended successfully. Tessa followed Timothea back backstage.

When she was done changing into her own clothes and came out, she was tugged on the arms by Timothea, and Timothea kept thanking her. “Thanks for coming to save the day. Or else my show will definitely be in big trouble.”

“It’s just a small matter.” Tessa didn’t mind at all.

However, that was not what Timothea thought. She was very thankful to Tessa, so she invited her desperately to the celebration dinner.

It was difficult for Tessa to reject such a passionate invite, so she could only agree to it. She planned to just go there as a mere formality, and she would return to the hotel right after. However, since she had been playing the violin for two hours non-stop on the stage just now, she was exhausted.

…

The next morning, news of this fashion show spread throughout the whole world.

Although the people looked at the beautiful dresses, they relished the story of how Timothea nearly canceled her show but received help from her friend because the media made this matter into clickbait. This made Tessa appear on the news as well, and many recognized that she was the violinist, Virtuoso, who was well known not long ago.

The next morning, when Tessa was done washing up and ready to go out, she was welcomed by Gregory’s delightful voice. “Mommy, you’re on the news.” The little guy ran toward her excitedly with a phone in his hand.

Startled, she took up the phone and checked the internet. Only then did she find out that there was a lot of news about the fashion show yesterday on the internet.

Chapter 910 End of Her Holiday

Tessa didn’t know that she would obtain a little fame for helping out yesterday. “Mommy, so many people are praising you.” Gregory looked at her with a proud face.

When she met his sparkling eyes, she couldn’t help but tease him. “Is Mommy cool?” “Mommy is the coolest!” His little mouth was as though it was covered with honey, giving all these sweet comments without any hesitation.

Tessa was ecstatic after his sweet talk. Meanwhile, Nicholas stood beside them, listening to their conversation with an extremely gentle expression. After that, he went up to pull Tessa, who was tired from laughing, into his arms and asked, “Did you rest well last night? Are you still tired?”

“I’m good. Not very tired.” Tessa knew that he was worried about her, so she shook her head with a smile. However, Nicholas still planned to stay for another day.

Hearing that, she was in doubt. “Don’t you think this will hold you up?” After all, the return time was delayed because she agreed to help Linville. Now that he was delaying it again, she was afraid that it would stymie him again.

“Never mind. It’s just one day.” He didn’t mind at all.

Hearing that, she didn’t say much more. Later that day, after the family had their breakfast, Linville came to visit them with several gift bags in her hand.

“Thank you so much for my bestie’s show yesterday. These are a little token of my appreciation. Please take them.” As she said that, she handed Tessa the gift bags in her hand.

However, Tessa felt that Linville was being overly polite, so she refused. “It’s just a small matter. You don’t have to give me all these. Also, you’ve provided me with a lot of help during this period of time.”

“I know, but this is a different matter.” As she said that, she gave the gift bags to Tessa again and didn’t allow her to refuse. “Don’t reject me anymore. These are just a few dresses that I have collected previously, and some are designed by my friends. They are all not expensive things.”

It was understandable that Linville was so insistent since she didn’t like to owe anyone after all. And Tessa didn’t accept any charges for the performance this time.

In the end, Tessa couldn’t reject her anymore, so she could only accept the dresses. After that, they sat on the couch and chatted a little.

Meanwhile, Nicholas didn’t involve himself with them, but he was dealing with his company’s documents in the study room.

On the contrary, Gregory sat beside them obediently. When he heard something he was interested in, he would chime into the conversation with his baby voice.

When it was around noon, Linville left early because something had come up.

That day, Tessa didn’t go anywhere and just stayed in the hotel to rest with Nicholas and Gregory.

…

The next morning, Tessa, Nicholas, and Gregory were ready to head to the airport after they had breakfast.

It was out of their expectations that they were welcomed by Warner and Linville as soon as they left the hotel. Both of them were there to send Nicholas and his family off.

When they arrived at the airport, Linville told Tessa with a smile, “You can visit me anytime you want.”

“Sure.” Tessa agreed to it delightfully.

Before long, it was already time to board the plane. Tessa bid goodbye to Warner and Linville with Gregory in her hand.

After a few hours of flight, they finally arrived in Vienna at night. Tessa rested at home for a day when she returned home, and that was how her holiday ended.

The next morning, after the family had a lovely breakfast, Nicholas sent Tessa and Gregory to the orchestra.

In the orchestra, the members went up to Tessa to greet her as soon as they saw her.

“We saw the news two days ago. I didn’t know that our little junior was so great.”

“And so beautiful. So many people are calling her ‘The Fairy’ now.”

“I know, right? I was shocked when I saw the video. Our junior really brought us a huge honor this time.”

Since Tessa was considered young in the orchestra and was the youngest among Sofia’s apprentices, the members of the orchestra gradually began addressing her as their little junior.

However, Tessa didn’t mind the way they addressed her and replied with a modest smile, “I didn’t think about so many things at that time. I was just there to help a friend.”