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 explanation 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’s late. I’ll send you home,” he said, placing his notebook into the backpack before he stood up to send him off.
Unwittingly, Gregory started to become 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 even come 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 place.”
Gregory was taken aback, “So, Miss Tessa isn’t coming 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 could comfort 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 Nicholas dressed in a tailored black 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 Nicholas’ 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. Nicholas 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.
Nicholas didn’t think too much about it and left with Gregory.
In the next few days, Gregory would come 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 place.
Once or twice was fine, but when the excuse was used too often, not only was Gregory suspicious, but even Nicholas 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 place for so many days?
Wait a minute... Is she avoiding us? As Nicholas 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 place, 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.
An hour later, he read the information in his hand in shock.
