Always Been Yours

"I can't go back to sleep right now. There are a lot of things at the office that I need to take care of." Nicholas shook his head and rejected the idea, but he pulled Tessa into a tight hug. "Don't worry. I won't take my health for granted."

Tessa couldn't press further, so she changed the subject. "A lot of the family relatives came over while you were asleep. Granduncles Adam and Joseph came over too. They're downstairs right now."

"They got here this quickly, huh?" He narrowed his eyes.

She didn't quite catch what he said so she eyed him curiously. "What did you say?"

"It's nothing. Since we have guests here, let's go down." Nicholas released Tessa from his hug before taking her hand to walk down with her.

Quite a few people were sitting in the living room. Adam and Joseph were making a whole show out of their attempts to comfort Stefania and Tobias.

"I never thought something like this would happen. Thankfully, you still have Nicholas. You two have got long lives ahead of you still so you must take good care of yourselves."

"My condolences."

on. You need to come to terms with it."

they listened to the barrage of words that were

others didn't mind the lack of response.

mutually thought that they had done enough now, so it was time

been done to resolve it. It's just as well that we came back, so why don't we get our cousins to take over the responsibilities at the company? That way, Nicholas can just focus on the search."

said, Nicholas' icy voice rang out through the living room.

Granduncle Joseph, but I can still handle things at the company just fine."

into the office now. If there's anything

glanced at Tessa.

what he meant and said quietly, "Go ahead. I'll keep an eye on things here. Nothing will

nodded and left.

all these relatives with ulterior motives, so he instructed Edward to send someone over to

for a private conference and invited

anything else, but I'll say this. Even though Kieran isn't here anymore, I'm still here!" Nicholas made this declaration

stayed in their seats as they began muttering among themselves.

Master Sawyer chose him as his successor. Even though his younger brother just died, he's still able to be this calm and clear-headed."