Chapter 528

“I am not an easy target for bullies.” Tessa chuckled, raising her eyes to meet Nicholas before continuing, “Don’t worry. It will only be tough for me to get along with Kathleen, but Miss Hathaway is still a sensible person. Besides, we are not on the same team. Hathaway Philharmonic will have many performances coming up, so I don’t have to deal with her much. I’ll be fine.”

Nicholas smiled and gave in to her when he saw the girl’s confidence in the matter. As a matter of fact, he hadn’t been entirely serious when he brought up the topic as this was Tessa’s dream after all.

Nonetheless, he still urged, “Still, you must tell me if you are bullied after you return.”

“Sure. I’ll definitely tell you,” Tessa promised, wrapping her arms around his waist with a bright grin on her face.

Just then, Gregory nudged himself over to them. Then, he patted himself on the chest as he declared, “Miss Tessa, it’s okay! I’ll protect you too!”

His ‘manly’ act instantly melted Tessa’s heart with the sheer adorableness of his actions.

“Greg, how could you be so cute!” She hugged the boy affectionately, kissing and cuddling him tightly, and the boy happily giggled in her arms.

Nicholas affectionately gazed at the interaction between the two figures as he sat beside them. At that moment, he felt that his life was a fulfilled one.

When the two stopped playing around after a while, Nicholas took Tessa’s hand and asked, “When are you planning to leave?”

Gregory turned to Tessa as well when he heard the question.

Although Tessa was reluctant to leave, she still told them their plan. “I should be leaving the day after tomorrow. Miss Hathaway and the others will be leaving tomorrow.”

Nicholas nodded and didn’t make any comments, but Gregory, who had not expected her to leave so soon, pouted and tried to make her stay. “Miss Tessa, can’t you stay for a few more days?”

Despite knowing that the little guy was reluctant to see her leave so soon, Tessa shook her head. “I can’t. It will affect my studies if I continue to stay after my teacher leaves.”

That night, Gregory pestered Tessa even more. Perhaps it was because he now knew that Tessa would be leaving soon.

After she finally managed to put the child to sleep, she was then pestered by the father. Their intimacy began in the bathroom, and then it continued all the way to the bed; it was so intense that it was tough for her to keep up with Nicholas.

After another round of ‘battle’ was over. Tessa felt as though her body was falling apart.

As she lay weakly in his arms, she protested weakly, “What’s wrong with you tonight? You were insatiable!”

He felt slightly sorry for her when he saw how exhausted she was.

, “You’re leaving. I miss you already.” He embraced her tightly, his voice deep and sonorous like a cello.

His reason made her feel speechless. “It was still too much.” She gave a light smack on his chest as she grumbled.

He held her hand and chuckled with his lowered eyes. “Yeah, you are right. I promise to be gentle next time.”

“Next-” Her words were drowned in his gentle kisses, The next morning when Tessa woke up, her whole body felt so sore as though it had been run over by a car. On the other hand, Nicholas seemed energetic; even his expression revealed his satiated desire.

As he looked at the girl struggling to get out of the bed, he smiled lightly and said, “Get some more rest since you don’t have any plans today. I’ll come back and bring you out for dinner in the evening.”

Tessa, who thought that it was a sensible suggestion, decided to save herself the trouble of getting out of bed when her body was in such a state.

“Let’s invite Tim too,” she suggested while lying on the bed, to which he rejected. “No, just the two of us will do.”

His response enlightened her of his thoughts, which made her feel both happy and resigned at the same time.

In the end, she could not change his mind, so she agreed to his plans.

However, since she would not be having dinner with Timothy at night, she decided to have lunch with him instead.

When it was almost noon, Tessa brought Gregory out and went directly to Reinhart Group.

Timothy was surprised to see both of them at the office.

“Tess, Greg, why are both of you here?”

“I won’t be able to have dinner with you tonight, so I thought to have lunch with you instead,” she explained while leading Gregory over to the couch.