Chapter 68


    Chapter 68- Bad intentions


    “Have you told Graham yet? When did you find out?” Tessa asked as soon as they got to the vi they


    were going to stay in at the resort.


    When Michelle blurted out that she was pregnant, they decided to check in and discuss the issue


    properly in private.


    The only vi in the resort belonged to Aaron Wentworth. He was the only one who could stay there.


    Naturally, Tessa could stay there since she was his woman.


    Michelle sighed and slumped down on the nice white couch in the living room. The vi was like a mini


    modern mansion. It had an open-n kitchen next to the living area with floor-to- ceiling windows. It


    had a white, grey and ck theme which were Aaron’s favourite colours.


    “Remember when I felt sick after eating too much carrot cake during the cake tasting?” Michelle asked


    while looking at Tessa and Celia.


    Tessa nodded and replied, “Yes, I do. You looked pale.”


    “I suspected I was pregnant because my period waste. But I had taken a n B pill so I thought it


    wasn’t possible. However, I wasn’t at peace, so on my way home, I bought a pregnancy test kit and


    tested my urine at home. My heart sank when I saw two red lines… Graham and I decided to forget


    about what happened between us. How do I tell him we made a baby on ourst encounter?”


    Michelle’s eyes watered as she narrated.


    “Pick up your phone and call him. When he picks up, tell him, congrattions, you’re going to be a


    father! As simple as that, sweetie,” Celia said as she walked to the kitchen, opened the fridge and took


    out a cold drink.


    Michelle nced at Tessa and she nodded at her, saying, “Celia is right, hun. You need to tell. him so


    that he knows, What he chooses to do is his choice. I regret not telling Aaron despite us not being on


    good terms. He had a right to know.”


    “You don’t understand. Graham is afraid ofmitment. He would think I’m trying to trap him or


    something-”


    “Michelle, listen to us. Tell the man that you both created a little human. If he shirks responsibility, that’s


    on him. At least, you would have a clear conscience. And if he doesn’t want the child, don’t worry, we


    shall figure it out together,” Tessa said.


    Michelle bit her bottom lip. She knew she had to tell Graham even if there was a possibility of him not


    wanting to take responsibility. However, she didn’t know if was ready to be a single mother.


    She nced at Tessa and replied, “He won’t pick up my call. I’ll tell him when I see him at the wedding.


    I also need time to process everything.”


    “Ok… let’s just have fun and cross that bridge when we get there. For now, let’s have some drinks!”


    Celia said as she approached the duo and gave Tessa a ss of wine. She gave Michelle a ss of


    juice and remarked, “Our new mama will have juice.”


    Meanwhile, Jane Colton squinted her eyes when she saw Tessa and her friends enter the restricted


    area of the resort.


    “That bitch actually has ess to the VVIP area meant for rich tycoons?’ She clenched her hands into


    fists and walked towards the receptionist.


    “I think thosedies entered the wrong area. They are just ordinary people and shouldn’t have ess


    to the VVIP area,” she reported.


    The receptionist was confused. She nced at Jane and said, “They do have ess, ma’am.


    Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been allowed to go through.”


    “Are you sure? Are they being sponsored by someone else?” Jane asked anxiously. She was afraid


    that Tessa had a powerful backer and that she wouldn’t be able to put her in her ce.


    The receptionist went through the database and frowned. She replied, “One of them is Celia


    Wentworth, the owner’s sister. Perhaps she’s the one sponsoring the vacation.”


    Jane smirked and nced at her friends, saying, “I thought Tessa had a backer. It turns out she’s using


    Mr Wentworth’s sister to live avish life. She’s so fake. After failing to seduce Mr Wentworth, she


    wants to go through his sister to get to him. I need to show Celia her true


    colours.”


    Jessica looked at her friend and questioned, “Are you sure about this, Jane? We mightnd ourselves


    in trouble.”


    “Nonsense! Back then, Mr Wentworth couldn’t even acknowledge their rtionship in public. I’m sure


    he will put her in her ce once he hears that she’s using his sister to get to him,’ Jane smirked and a


    thought urred to her. “I know what to dodies. Tessa is going down today.”


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    After having a few drinks, Tessa and her friends decided to go out and maybe have a swim in the sea


    since it was too hot.


    They put on bikinis and threw on some throwover shirts. Celia was in a gold, barely-there bikini. It was


    so tiny that her breasts were almost spilling out of the bra. Michelle wore a red one-piece swimsuit that


    had an open back with a plunging neckline. Tessa was in her royal blue bikini. It covered her breasts


    and the pubic area nicely. The covered parts were connected by strings on the hips. Once they got to


    the beach, Tessa asked Michelle to take a picture of


    her.


    “I want to send it to my man,” she said as she struck a pose.


    She took a lot of photos and sent them to Aaron. The moment they were delivered, she received a call


    from him. A smile crossed her lips as she picked up, “Hey, babe.”


    “Damn, Tessa. Are you trying to kill me? Those pictures… Fuck! You look so sexy. I want to eat you,”


    Aaron said the moment Tessa answered the call.


    Tessa’s face flushed. She replied, “You know where to find me.”


    “Really? Can Ie?” Aaron asked. There was eagernessced in his voice.


    Tessa was about to reply when Celia grabbed her phone and said to Aaron, “No! No men allowed! Just


    have fun with the kids.”


    She looked at Tessa and imed, “I’m confiscating your phone. We are here to have fun, away from


    the men. You will be with him every day after your wedding.”


    Celia had left her phone in the vi. She ced Tessa’s phone on her sunlounger and then they went


    into the water to swim.


    Unbeknownst to them, someone walked to their sunloungers and got Tessa’s phone before running


    away quickly.


    The phone thief rushed back to the group ofdies who were waiting at a hiding spot. It was none other


    than Jessica Scott, Jane Colton’s best friend.


    She gave Jane the phone she got and asked, “What are you going to do with that?”


    Jane smirked and said, “I want to see what secrets Tessa’s hiding so that I can expose her.”


    She clicked on the power button and discovered the phone was asking for a pattern or facial


    recognition for it to be unlocked.


    “It’s locked!” Jane gritted her teeth.


    She was about to smash the phone on the ground when its wallpaper changed and a picture of Tessa’s


    triplets when they were babies shed on the phone.


    Excitement bubbled up within Jane. Her eyes grew wide as she said, “I might not be able to get into her


    phone, but I just found something that may destroy her rtionship with the Wentworths for good. She


    dared to get close to Celia when she is a single mother with three kids. She probably doesn’t even


    know who the father is.”


    Janeughed maniacally while Jessica remarked, “That’s enough evidence to put her in her ce.”


    “That’s right. Let’s wait for Hunter. I want to see Tessa when I’m at my highest point. I want her to see


    that I’m better than her,” Jane proposed.


    There was a wicked smirk on her face as she watched Tessa have fun with her friends in the


    sea. ‘Let’s see if you will be as happy as you are when Celia knows your true colours.’


    Tessa came out of the water and rushed to Celia’s sunlounger to get her phone. She wanted to call


    Aaron and find out how the kids were doing. However, she couldn’t see her phone anywhere.


    She frowned and asked Celia, “Where did you put my phone? I can’t find it.”


    Celia approached and knitted her eyebrows as she looked around. “That’s strange. I left it right here.”


    She said, pointing at the spot where she had left the phone earlier. The trio searched for the phone but


    they couldn’t find it.


    “I can’t believe someone would steal a phone in broad daylight,” Tessa’s frown deepened.


    “Do you back up your data?” Celia inquired and when Tessa nodded, she presented, “Then we can


    simply rece it. Perhaps it was just a petty thief. I’ll ask the security to check the footage around this


    area.”


    The three of them decided to go and have something to eat before doing other activities. After covering


    up in their floral throw-over shirts, they began to walk back to the vi when someone stood in front of


    them.


    “Tessa? Is that you? Oh my God! Long time no see!”


    Tessa was taken aback when she was suddenly engulfed in a hug. Her eyebrows furrowed when she


    recognised the person as her former colleague but she wondered why she was acting as if they used to


    be close.


    ‘Isn’t this Jane Colton? What does she want? I thought she didn’t like me.’


    She forced a smile and said awkwardly, “Hi…”


    Something shed through Jane’s eyes when she thought Tessa was trying to pretend as if they didn’t


    know each other. She nced at Celia and introduced herself, “Hi, my name is Jane. I used to work for


    the Wentworth group. Tessa used to be a good friend of mine. Perhaps she forgets friends once she


    finds better ones.”


    Celia frowned and just nodded to acknowledge the greeting.


    Jane didn’t mind that she was ignored. She had changed into an extravagant attire. She wore a sequin


    dress and she had all sorts of jewellery hanging around her neck and wrists. She pulled a man who


    looked like he walked out of a hip-hop song video over. His jeans were hanging low, below his ass. He


    had a peacock hairstyle with shiny chains hanging around his neck.


    She brought the man in front of Tessa and said, “Tessa, meet my boyfriend, Hunter. He owns his own


    company and I’m his official girlfriend, not a mistress.”


    Tessa furrowed her eyebrows. She didn’t say anything because she felt speechless. The man Jane


    was showing off looked like a thug. There was nothing attractive about him at all.


    “He’s hosting a bonfire tonight just next to the sea. Would you and your friends like to join us?” Jane


    proceeded to offer.


    Michelle stifled augh. She leaned over and whispered in Tessa’s ear. “I think she has bad intentions.”


    Celia was about to say something but Tessa held her arm and shook her head. She turned to Jane and


    said, “Well, we were thinking about what we would do next. I guess a bonfire party is not a bad idea.”


    Jane smiled brightly. She hooked her arm with Hunter’s and proposed, “That’s great. Bring your man,


    Tessa. That is if you have one. Oops, I forgot, you’re just a mistress. My bad… See you at the party.”


    Tessa clenched her hands into fists. She hated being called a mistress. How could theybel her as a


    mistress when the man belonged to her?


    Her eyes turned fierce as she looked at Celia and asked, “Where’s your phone?”


    “Um… it’s in the vi,” Celia replied.


    “Let’s


    ‘s go and call your brother. She told me to go with my man, I want to show her who my man is,” Tessa


    dered as a smirk crossed her lips.