Always Been Yours

Chapter 62

There was no stopping Gregory’s fierce waterworks. He sobbed and sniveled, his button nose reddening as his breath grew more ragged.

The whole family thought their hearts might shatter there and then.

Even Nicholas couldn’t bear the sight of this and he patiently tried to talk some sense into the crying child. “Greg, be a good boy and listen to me. Of course Miss Reinhart likes you, but she has her own life as well, and you can’t force someone to stay. Do you understand?”

This only spurred Gregory on, for he sobbed even more in devastation. He had tipped his head back, his little mouth parting wide as he cried and shrieked his voice hoarse.

To one side, Stefania and Tobias felt as if someone had stabbed a dagger through their hearts. They finally understood why Gregory was throwing such an ultimatum; as it turned out, this was all because of Tessa! That woman is a bad apple who probably has ill intentions against our family. Why can’t Greg just let her go?

A frustrated Stefania walked up to Gregory and began to cajole slowly, “Come now, Gregory. There’s no need to waste your tears on that lady. She’s a bad person who will only hurt you.”

and as he tried to breathe through his sobs, he yelled, “No, Miss Pretty Lady

her buttons being pushed and she thought it was about time she stopped giving in to his tantrums. Raising her voice deliberately, she snapped, “You’re still too young to understand how twisted mankind can be! That woman is out to get you, and you only ended up in the hospital because she poisoned you, did you know that? She fled after that because she couldn’t

in a grimace when he heard this as he

stories about

grow frantic. That wretched woman has him bewitched! He’s too naive to speculate against her, and he won’t listen to any

the ruckus. However, he was still composed as he thought, I guess there are some things I still have to tell Mom. Snapping out of his reverie, he turned and told Andrew frigidly, “Andrew, go

butler did as he was told and soon returned with the document

at this. I’ve had someone look into Gregory’s poisoning and the results show that Miss

document and her

refused to believe that the person who tried to

sighed, looking impassive. “You wrongly accused a good and honest person, Mom. Also, Miss Reinhart left on her own will; she was never interested in squeezing her way into our