Chapter 181

Tessa nodded. “Thank you, Gregory and President Sawyer.”

When they were in the car, the three of them were quiet; even Gregory, who used to be loquacious around Tessa, displayed a rare quiet self. He only leaned against her as he played with his fingers in a daze.

A strong sense of reluctance bubbled up inside Tessa when she saw him like that. However, there was nothing she could do since their parting was inevitable.

After letting out a sigh inwardly, she embraced him firmly. I should hug him more, who knows if I will have the chance to see him again after this?

When they were halfway through their journey, it started drizzling outside. It was pouring heavily, and there was lightning and thunder in the sky when they arrived at Tessa’s new place.

As the car park was a little far from her new place, she would be drenched if she were to head home in that weather.

Therefore, Tessa had no choice but to give Timothy a call to ask him to bring an umbrella to the car park.

When Timothy arrived, he was surprised to see Nicholas’ car, but the sight of Gregory inside the car shocked him even more. Why is the father and son here? he thought, but he didn’t ask the question.

dogs now and it’ll be dangerous for you to drive in the rain.

hearing that, Nicholas paused for a moment,

Timothy’s sudden warm invitation for Nicholas and Gregory to come to their house, and she couldn’t

among them to respond was Gregory as he excitedly shouted, “Sure! Thank you Mr. Timothy.” Then, he glanced at Tessa and Nicholas, who seemed to be in a daze, before grinning at Timothy. “Mr. Timothy, I want

the car and snuck under Timothy’s umbrella. “Daddy,

Timothy first.”

upstairs, Nicholas naturally

leave Gregory as well, so she acquiesced to their decision of

please

extended the umbrella over her head as she got out of the car. Then, they walked toward the building shoulder to shoulder. The umbrella actually belonged to Tessa and was meant for only one person. It might be big enough to shield a single adult but it was still lacking in size, so it was definitely too small to shield the

awkward under the umbrella. She tried to keep her distance

long, the rain fell on her shoulder and soaked her

next instant, Nicholas wrapped his arm around her shoulder and pulled

sudden action of embracing her shoulder caused his body heat to spread to her. It startled her, so she subconsciously struggled, “Actually, you don’t need to do this.

calm as he locked the woman tightly next to him. “Your hand still hasn’t made a full

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