Always Been Yours

Chapter 309

A few moments passed before she calmed down, then she said in a light but bitter voice, “Do you know how much effort it took me to leave the country? To make up my mind to get away from everything back home?!”

Nicholas frowned, not understanding what this had to do with him staying.

Tessa understood the confusion on his face, and she couldn’t help but feel aggrieved, her eyes turning red-rimmed.

“Do you understand the feeling of someone who was forced to leave their family behind and live in a foreign country far from their familiar homeland? Not only do I have to familiarize myself with a new environment all over again, but I also have to find a new job.”

As Tessa spoke, her voice became choked. Tears flowed from her eyes and streamed down her cheeks before landing on the back of her hand.

When Nicholas saw this, his heart felt as though those tears pierced it.

“You—” Initially, he wanted to comfort her, but he was interrupted before he could finish speaking

the way here to avoid

up, looking calm as he approached Tessa. Then, he gritted his teeth and asked, “In your eyes, I’m just trouble? Is

cold eyes, her heart shuddered, and her hand

you, because I was close to you, I lost my job. I have nothing, and I can’t even stay in

finally shattered that jar she had kept them locked in.

pretended not to notice

hope I won’t see you

his eyes. Based on what Tessa had just said, it was clear that she was forced to leave the country. But who forced

much in line with his attitude. But… Why did Remus go to such lengths

seemed that Remus knew about Tessa’s identity, which was why he tried so hard to

it when others made decisions for him without his permission, even if that person was

in anger as he thought of Tessa crying in front of him just now. “You left just because someone asked you to? Since when did you