Chapter 68

The car screeched to an abrupt halt.

Nicholas immediately led Gregory out of the car and they headed toward Tessa, who seemed oblivious to their arrival as she focused on tending to her injuries.

The cotton bud in her hand had been dipped in antiseptic solution. As she brushed it over her abrasion, . a low hiss of pain escaped her and she frowned to brace through the sting.

Nicholas happened to see this as he drew nearer to her and a worried frown etched itself on his chiseled face as he asked grimly, “What’s going on?”

Gregory, on the other hand, was a little bundle of panic. He ran to Tessa and pressed urgently, “Miss Pretty Lady, why are you hurt?”

Upon hearing their approaching voices, she looked up in a daze and finally noticed that, at some point, both father and son had materialized next to her. “What are you two doing here?” she asked in disbelief.

as he explained, “I wanted to see you, so Daddy brought me over to your place. We waited and waited, but you never came home. We were on our way back when we ran into you here!”

then cast a brief look of askance at Nicholas. Didn’t I make myself clear the last time?

voice as she told the little one, “I’m

his eyes darkened as he

the bottom of her injuries. Sparing him the details, she said

more on this, so he allowed the matter to

an abrasion; nothing’s going to happen

people should know how important your hands are. If you’re just going to

me? Then, the thought of all the things she had endured tonight, and coupled with her frustration of not having saved her brother from captivity, she couldn’t very well be pleasant at the moment. As such, she retorted frigidly, “I don’t think you get a say in what I choose to do with

He immediately rushed to mediate, saying, “Miss Pretty Lady, Daddy’s just worried about you. Please don’t

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