Chapter 71

Tessa chewed on her lower lip. Of course she didn’t want to stay at Nicholas’ place for the night. After all, that wasn’t her home, but she had nowhere else to go or spend the night as things were.

At last, after a long debate with herself, she nodded and said, “Very well, then. I’m sorry for the trouble.”

That night, she followed Nicholas and Gregory to Dynasty Gardens.

Gregory, in particular, was so happy with how his night had turned out that he did a little dance to celebrate. After his bath, he clung to Tessa like a baby koala and said, “Can I sleep with you tonight, Miss Pretty Lady?”

She gave him a maternal smile and said, “Okay, I’ll sleep in your room tonight then.”

Nicholas did not put a stop to this, which was surprising, but his lips curled unknowingly into a smile as he headed into his study to continue with work.

same time, he had Edward look into whatever incident that culminated into Tessa’s injury. She hadn’t said much on this,

not press further as he set himself to work right away. However, he found

the Reinhart Residence, the bodyguards who had been dispatched to Pinnacle Residence to trap Tessa returned without success, which

threatened to call the police on them and a shudder went through her. Seized with a sudden

really did call the police on us, then that little brat Timothy will escape right under our noses! All the hard work we did will be for nothing! At the

he agreed that time was something they could not afford, so they rose and left to see Timothy in the dead

being held captive at the old Reinhart Manor, which was heavily guarded by the

stepped through the door when Silas scoffed and asked snidely, “Have you considered

corner of the room with his eyes closed, but when he heard this, he let out a harsh bark of laughter. He didn’t even want to dignify Silas

took on a harder edge as

me.” Then, she

cold and baleful look on her as he asked

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