Chapter 404


    Chapter 404 An Opportunity


    The dining room kept reverberating with cheerfulughter as the three enjoyed a very homely dinner.


    When they finished having dinner afterward, Tessa yed with Gregory for a while in the garden before


    taking the little boy to wash up and sleep. After he fell asleep, she quietly left the room and then turned


    around to go to the study. “Nichs, I’ming in.” She knocked on the door and entered, only to see


    Nichs sitting at his desk; he looked very attractive in his ck bathrobe with arge part of his chest


    bare.


    Nichs’ stony features softened the instant he saw her. “Gregory’s asleep?”


    “Yeah, he’s asleep.” Tessa came to her senses and nodded. Then, recalling her purpose foring


    here, she went up to Nichs with a serious look on her face. “You’d better fess up. What actually


    happened? Why the sudden decision to settle down here?”


    Seeing thedy’s unusually serious expression in the brightly lit study, Nichs curled his lips into a


    faint smile. He confessed, “It’s nothing, actually. It’s just that I resigned from my position as the Sawyer


    Group’s president.”


    “You resigned from your position as president?” Tessa was taken aback. She asked with a look of


    disbelief, “Why? Did your family agree to it?”


    “Even if they don’t agree to it, it doesn’t matter. I’m gone now,” Nichs said while pulling Tessa into his


    arms. Then, he joked, “You’re probably gonna have to support Greg and me from now on.”


    “Oh, with pleasure,” Tessa replied while hugging Nichs back around the neck. Still, she couldn’t get


    Nichs’ departure from home out of her mind. She asked, “Am I the reason you left?”


    Nichs looked at Tessa with deep, fathomless eyes. He couldn’t help but chuckle, saying, “I suddenly


    realize that it’s not good for mydy to be too clever.”


    Tessa frowned. Just then, Nichs’ deep voice rang in her ear again. “Don’t overthink it. I left to teach


    Grandpa a lesson. His desire for control has grown over the years, and the only way to deal with him is


    to give an eye for an eye.”


    “Still, it’s all because of me.” Tessa’s spirits drooped all at once with guilt. “Seems like your family really


    dislikes me very much.”


    Nichs’ heart ached somewhat when he heard thedy’s deep, depressed voice. He adjusted her


    sitting position to have her sit facing him. Then, cupping her little face with both hands, heforted


    her in a tender voice, saying, “Like I said, don’t overthink it. This has nothing to do with you. Even if you


    were out of the picture, Grandpa and my parents would still force me into marrying the person they


    wanted me to marry.”


    Tessa felt sorry for Nichs upon hearing this. “Why do they have to do this? Don’t they take your


    wishes into consideration at all?”


    “To them, I’m the Sawyer Group’s heir, so I have to prioritize the Sawyer Group above everything else.


    That’s why they’ve had my life nned out since I was little,” Nichs exined as a hint of mockery


    appeared in his dark eyes. “But as I grew up, I disliked their arrangements more and more. After pitting


    my wits against them all these years, I’ve gotten increasingly sick of such a life. I’ve been wanting to do


    this since the past few years, but the opportunity never presented itself. Now’s the right time to do it,


    and I can take this opportunity to rest for a while.”


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    Tessa’s inner guilt lessened somewhat when she listened to Nichs’ exnation and learned that her


    presence was just an opportunity. Still, her heart ached at the stress he had been under over these


    years. In a rare disy of initiative, she leaned forward and nted a kiss on his warm lips. She


    Nichs’ deep eyes darkened at the soft and brief touch on his lips, and he stared fixedly at Tessa’s


    pink and tender lips.


    The man’s gaze was so intense that Tessa couldn’t ignore it. A delicate glow slowly spread over her


    cheeks, making her look very sweet and charming as a lovely pinkness showed through her fair skin.


    The couple’s heads drew closer to each other under the light as their warm, damp breaths mingled in


    the air. The moment their lips met, the longing that they had been suppressing all this while was


    unleashed, and the air in the study started to heat up.