A Beautiful Misunderstanding

"Okay, I'll take you home so you can rest. Then we'll go to eat in a French restaurant, okay?" Hanson smiled gently as he made a turn at the next corner.

Essie didn't talk all the way to the apartment. As soon as she arrived, the first thing she did was lie on the sofa.

"I'll get you a glass of juice," Hanson said. Just as he was about to get up, she stretched out her hand to grab his and said, "Don't go, Hanson. Stay here with me."

She knew she was going to lose him again. And this time, she was going to lose him completely. But she couldn't blame him for that. This time, the fate of Bella was at stake. It was about the prospect of tens of thousands of employees, and as the successor of the CEO, he had the responsibility to protect Bella and its employees.

Moreover, this undeserved catastrophe was all because of her.

He sat down beside her and let her rest her head on his lap. "You little fool, I'm just going to get some juice for you. I won't leave you alone." As he spoke, he gently stroked her face.

"I know," Essie mumbled as tears welled up unconsciously in her eyes. She immediately turned her head so that he wouldn't see the tears rolling down from her eyes and onto his pants.

The warmth of her tears made him tremble slightly. He looked down at her and said, "You should be happy since you won the championship. Why are you crying?"

She sat up, her tears streaming down her face like someone had opened the floodgates in her eyes. "Hanson, I know everything about what's going on with Bella."

Trembling violently, he raised his hand to try to wipe away her tears, but there was nothing he could do to get rid of them all. Her tears would not stop streaming down her face. In all her life, her heart had never been this full of despair.

His voice was low and sorrowful, as if he knew that there was nothing

to Zac—" Before she could even finish her words, Hanson took her in his arms tightly. "You can't go. I don't want you to go. I've thought it through, and I'm going to go through the process of going abroad so I

He was going

are you talking about? Are you leaving

myself for a political marriage

Essie shook her head with a blank look in

on managing the company. He is a stubborn person, and my stepmother and her daughters are always picking on me. No matter what I say, my opinions will always be rejected. Even when they fired you at

and continued, "I don't have much feelings for my father, and he feels the same way towards me. Last month, his lawyer told me that he has made a will, leaving half of his shares to me and the other half equally divided among his three daughters. It may seem like I am the biggest shareholder, but the shares of his three daughters, combined with 8% of the shares my stepmother has, still equal to a bigger share than mine. They can veto me at any time, which means that even after my father hands the business down to me, I still won't have any real power in the company. I don't want to sacrifice my marriage and love for this company since it is in no way under my control.

Hanson's words, Essie lowered her head, not knowing what to say. Even though she knew that Bella was not in a good situation, she didn't expect that it was that bad. No wonder he had decided

shoulder and said, "Back then, you gave up studying in the Instituto Marangoni for me. Now, we're going to Milan so you can realize your dream, okay? By that time, you would go to school and I will find a job. When you graduate, we'll design our

head into the nook of his neck. Tears fell down from her eyes

face in his hands. His fingers trailed down from her forehead

was so unlike Zac who was crazy, overbearing, full of plunder, and always acting

she was going to let

made him ecstatic, and he increased

a long while,