Chapter 181


    Chapter 181


    Tessa nodded. “Thank you, Gregory and President Sawyer.”


    When they were in the car, the three of them were quiet; even Gregory, who used to be loquacious


    around Tessa, disyed a rare quiet self. He only leaned against her as he yed with his fingers in a


    daze.


    A strong sense of reluctance bubbled up inside Tessa when she saw him like that. However, there was


    nothing she could do since their parting was inevitable.


    After letting out a sigh inwardly, she embraced him firmly. I should hug him more, who knows if I will


    have the chance to see him again after this?


    When they were halfway through their journey, it started drizzling outside. It was pouring heavily, and


    there was lightning and thunder in the sky when they arrived at Tessa’s new ce.


    As the car park was a little far from her new ce, she would be drenched if she were to head home in


    that weather.


    Therefore, Tessa had no choice but to give Timothy a call to ask him to bring an umbre to the car


    park.


    When Timothy arrived, he was surprised to see Nichs’ car, but the sight of Gregory inside the car


    shocked him even more. Why is the father and son here? he thought, but he didn’t ask the question.


    Instead, he nodded thankfully at Nichs and said, “President Sawyer, thank you for sending my sister


    home. It’s raining cats and dogs now and it’ll be dangerous for you to drive in the rain. Perhaps you


    coulde upstairs with us and sit around for a bit? You can leave after the rain stops.”


    Upon hearing that, Nichs paused for a moment, feeling a little hesitant to ept the invitation.


    On the other hand, Tessa was stunned by Timothy’s sudden warm invitation for Nichs and Gregory


    toe to their house, and she couldn’t return to her senses.


    The fastest among them to respond was Gregory as he excitedly shouted, “Sure! Thank you Mr.


    Timothy.” Then, he nced at Tessa and Nichs, who seemed to be in a daze, before grinning at


    Timothy. “Mr. Timothy, I want to share an umbre with you.”


    With that, he swiftly got out of the car and snuck under Timothy’s umbre. “Daddy, I’ll head in with Mr.


    Timothy first.”


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    Since Gregory had chosen to follow Timothy upstairs, Nichs naturally couldn’t just leave without him,


    so he nodded slightly.


    Tessa looked helplessly at the only umbre left for them. However, she was reluctant to leave Gregory


    as well, so she acquiesced to their decision of the father and son staying a bit at their ce.


    She turned to Nichs and said, “President Sawyer, pleasee upstairs to stay until the rain stops.”


    “Alright.” Nichs alighted from the car before she did and extended the umbre over her head as she


    got out of the car. Then, they walked toward the building shoulder to shoulder. The umbre actually


    belonged to Tessa and was meant for only one person. It might be big enough to shield a single adult


    but it was stillcking in size, so it was definitely too small to shield the two adults.


    Tessa felt a little awkward under the umbre. She tried to keep her distance from Nichs by standing


    to the side to stay away from him.


    Before long, the rain fell on her shoulder and soaked her arm.


    The next instant, Nichs wrapped his arm around her shoulder and pulled her toward him


    As Tessa’s arm was cold because of the rainwater, his sudden action of embracing her shoulder


    caused his body heat to spread to her. It startled her, so she subconsciously struggled, “Actually, you


    don’t need to do this. We are almost there.”


    Nichs seemed calm as he locked the woman tightly next to him. “Your hand still hasn’t made a full


    recovery. Do you want to catch a fever?”


    Since the man did so for her sake, she kept quiet and stopped struggling to prevent both of them from


    catching a flu.


    After they had entered the building, Nichs let go of her arm chivalrously and kept the umbre


    before slowly following them upstairs.


    “President Sawyer and Young Master Gregory, pleasee in.” Timothy shed a smile at them.


    Gregory’s eyes lit up the moment they stepped into the house. “Wow! It’s so nice here. Miss Tessa, did


    you decorate the ce yourself?”


    Tessa nodded with a smile.


    She had some free time in her handstely, so she briefly decorated the house. It was nothing fancy,


    but she had exhausted a lot of effort to make the space seem cozy.


    Nichs surveyed the space. If it wasn’t because of the fact that he was the owner of the house, he


    nearly couldn’t recognize that it was the same ce that he owned.


    Other than theyout, there seemed to be no signs of him anywhere in the space.


    When he had used to live here, the space was mainly ck and white, with little to no decorations. He


    would have described the previous design as minimalistic, but when it waspared to how it looked


    at the moment, the design of the house when he had been around seemed cold and empty.