Always Been Yours

"Of course. Just go home and leave the rest to me." Kieran waved Nicholas goodbye.

Tessa leaned against Nicholas during their ride back home. At this moment, she felt exceptionally at peace and drowsy as she sniffed the minty fragrance on his body.

Meanwhile, Gregory, who was in her arms, had long fallen asleep.

Tessa abruptly blinked awake when she sensed that the car had come to a stop.

She instinctively swiveled her head and groggily looked out of the window. Then, she muttered softly, "Oh, we're home."

With that, she intended to pick Gregory up and get out of the car. However, Nicholas beat her to it.

"I'll take him back to his room and put him to bed. Go ahead and wash up first if you're feeling tired. You should rest. Don't wait up."

Immediately afterward, Nicholas left the car with Gregory in his arms.

Warmth filled Tessa's heart as she stared at the man's back silhouette.

She followed closely behind. Yet, she quietly tiptoed to the baby's room and checked on Gordon instead of washing up in the master bedroom.

The little guy parted his lips as he slept soundly in the room.

Tessa's heart was overwhelmed with pure, unadulterated love as she stared fondly at the little guy in his crib.

she carefully tucked him in before closing the room with

…

family had retired to bed rather late last night,

to the

when he heard Edward knocking on the door and entering. "President Sawyer, Zachary, Calvin, and Felix are here. They say they want to talk to you."

he heard

nodded dispassionately after he gave it a thought, agreeing to meet them. "Sure. Bring them

with a nod and left.

but this time with the trio

beckon the three older men

wonder what brings the three of you here today."

before biting the bullet. Eventually, they came to an agreement and allowed the calm and composed Zachary to do the talking. "Nicholas, we won't beat around the bush with you. We are here

to be flexible in finding a way out, and the most crucial thing to do now is to bail our fathers out. As long as we can do that, we can retrieve whatever we lost once the

intentions with just a glance. In fact, this

and

conditions." Zachary nodded resolutely.

flashed across Nicholas' eyes before he said languidly, "In that case, I want the management

a turn for the worst almost as soon as

snarled through his teeth, "You are

that, Edward acquiesced with a

there was no doubt that they also felt the same way. They felt that Nicholas was not only taking an inch

"You guys were the ones who permitted me to state

can't make such a deal!"