Chapter 294
Chapter 294
Pretending not to see his indiscrete actions, Timothy asked, “Which part don’t you understand?”
“Uh, this part.” Then, he took out a notebook from his little backpack, carelessly flipped to a page, and
pointed to a spot.
While Timothy checked the notebook, Gregory fixed his eyes again on Tessa’s tightly shut bedroom
door. Why isn‘t Miss Tessa out yet? Didn‘t she hear my voice?
Half an hour passed by, and Timothy stopped his exnation and turned to look at the distracted
Gregory, asking, “Do you understand it now?”
Snapped back to his senses, Gregory nodded sheepishly. “I got it, Mr. Timothy.”
Nodding, Timothy chose not to expose him. “It’ste. I’ll send you home,” he said, cing his notebook
into the backpack before he stood up to send him off.
Unwittingly, Gregory started to be anxious because he deliberately used learning as an excuse to
visit Tessa, but he didn’t even get to see her at all.
At the thought of this, he couldn’t help but ask, “Mr. Timothy, I’ve been here for so long, but why didn’t
Miss Tessa evene out to see me?”
Seeing the eagerness in Gregory’s eyes, Timothy felt a little sorry, but when he recalled Tessa’s
reminder, he toughened his heart and said, “My sister has gone to sleepover at a friend’s ce.”
Gregory was taken aback, “So, Miss Tessa isn’ting back tonight?”
“Yeah, she won’t be back,” Timothy answered with a nod.
The light in Gregory’s eyes dimmed immediately after he heard that, and he hung his head with an
unmistakable look of disappointment. “I haven’t seen Miss Tessa for so many days, and I really, really
miss her.”
Since Timothy didn’t know how he couldfort Gregory, he merely ruffled his dark hair gently and
stayed by his side silently. Just then, the doorbell rang again, and when Timothy opened the door, he
saw Nichs dressed in a tailored ck suit outside his door. His well-sculptured face was wearing an
aloof expression.
“I’m here to pick up Greg,” he said, peering past Timothy and straight into the living
room.
There was no one else besides Gregory in the living room, and Nichs’ brows furrowed inscrutably.
Finally, he said, “Come home with me, Greg,” in his usual calm tone.
“Okay,” Gregory replied as he trodded lifelessly to the door. Nichs narrowed his eyes a little; Gregory
would only have such a bleak look when he didn’t get to see Tessa.
“Are you home alone? Where’s your sister?” he asked casually.
“She’s not home,” Timothy answered and told him the same excuse he used on Gregory earlier.
Nichs didn’t think too much about it and left with Gregory.
In the next few days, Gregory woulde every single day to look for Tessa using learning as the
excuse. However, he didn’t get to see her even once, to his dismay. And every single time, Timothy
would tell him that she was staying over at a friend’s ce.
Once or twice was fine, but when the excuse was used too often, not only was Gregory suspicious, but
even Nichs became dubious. He had investigated Tessa before, and he knew very well that this
woman didn’t have many friends in Southend. So, how could she stay at someone else’s ce for so
many days?
Wait a minute... Is she avoiding us? As Nichs came to an epiphany, his face turned grim as he was
seated on a genuine leather office chair.
Suddenly, it came into his mind that during the past few days when he went to Tessa’s ce, besides
the fact that she wasn’t around, even a lot of her possessions were missing as well! Shocked, he
concluded. No, Tessa isn‘t just out of the house. She isn‘t living in the house at all!
At this thought, he quickly contacted Edward. “Within an hour, I want to know Tessa’s whereabouts for
the past few days,” he said, his voice interspersed with anger.
On the other end of the line, Edward heard the displeasure in his tone and immediately ordered
someone to check up on it, thinking that something had happened to Tessa.
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