Always Been Yours

Tessa reciprocated Nicholas' hug and told him what happened at home during the day in a soft voice.

He listened attentively as a calm feeling enveloped him.

After that, she asked him about the company. "The company should be back on its tracks now, right?"

"Yea. Everything will be settled once Kieran is discharged from the hospital." Nicholas nodded.

Then, they continued to chat for a while more when Tessa suddenly remembered the call from Sofia in the morning.

"Miss Sofia wants me to return as a guest performer and treat it as a chance to get to know the other members better. She wants me to take over Group Two." She paused for a moment and looked up at him. "Is it convenient for me to leave the country now? Would it be troublesome?"

She asked because she knew that even though he had settled the company's matters, Joseph and Adam were still a ticking time bomb, set to explode.

Nicholas understood her concern and couldn't help but feel sorry yet amused by her worries. Thus, he tightened his arms around her and said lowly, "Don't worry. You can do whatever you want. But, if my wife has to keep fretting before doing anything, it means I've not been a good master of the Sawyer Family."

A warm feeling filled Tessa's heart as she was pleased to hear his confident and doting words.

"It's just that

was because matters with Joseph and Adam were far from over.

understood and shook her head lightly with a smile. "It's

that Tessa would fly off to join the

…

next day, they enjoyed a lovely breakfast as a family before Nicholas went to the office and Gregory followed his tutor to class.

Gordon, she dialed Sofia's number while sitting

join

need to hurry over. You can spend Christmas with your family

also wanted to stay home and spend Christmas

had been staying in the hospital for a few days, had

called Nicholas, "Nicholas, now that Granduncle Joseph and Granduncle Adam are arrested, I don't need to play dead. Can I leave the hospital now? I've been lazing around for so long that I can feel myself atrophying."

didn't respond to his complaints but was still highly concerned about Kieran's condition. "You can be discharged if the doctor says you're good to

as a fiddle," Kieran exclaimed with a firm pat on

it, but he gave the green light for Kieran to be officially discharged from the hospital.

a moment before requesting Edward's presence.

Public Relations Department to

whisked out his phone to make a call to the