Chapter 803 Another Perspective
When Mona walked over, she happened to overhear them.
Seeing how upset Tessa was, she comforted her by saying, “You don’t need to care about their opinions. After all, birds of a feather flock together. Their moral compass has been twisted a long time ago since they always hang out with Kathleen. Besides, it was Kathleen’s fault.”
Tessa, who heard all this, pursed her lips as her emotions were no doubt perturbed.
When she went back at night, she was still downtrodden, for she did not eat much of her dinner.
Noticing this, the butler was worried for her, so Kylie secretly told Nicholas about this.
“Master Nicholas, Madam Tessa seemed to be quite upset after returning from the orchestra practice tonight. She barely touched her food.”
“I got it. Just prepare some supper for her later this evening.”
Hanging up, Nicholas then called Tessa.
“What are you doing right now?”
“I just ate. I’m resting now.” Tessa smiled at the handsome man on her screen.
If only the smile was a tiny bit more genuine.
Seeing through this at a glance, Nicholas asked purposefully, “You don’t seem to be in a good mood. Did something happen?”
“Nothing. I just felt that some things have changed upon my return this time.”
Even though she did not state it clearly, he could still somewhat guess what had happened.
Looking at his upset wife, he coaxed her and said, “You don’t need to overthink this. Screw what they said; the incident has nothing to do with you.”
“Yes, I know. But, Miss Hathaway, she…” Tessa then became even sadder upon recalling how cold Hathaway was toward her.
Feeling his heart pang at the sight of Tessa, he stated, “You don’t need to mind what she thinks. Understand that some people will still pity those deserving of punishment in this world. Of course, they are not at fault for pitying them. After all, it is a good thing if the sinner could turn over a new leaf, but…”
He paused intentionally to observe her expression before continuing, “But, we know that Kathleen isn’t one to change. So, you shouldn’t be blaming yourself.”
He does make great sense…
After all, she did give Kathleen a few chances to change and reflect upon her own actions. Yet, not only did she not do that, she tried to harm her time after time.
This thought made Tessa feel a bit better about herself.
Even though she was comforted by his words, the pressure only became heavier when she went to the orchestra again as she felt a change of attitude from everyone around.
Since most of them were from the same group, losing Kathleen meant that Group One was deprived of a main performer, so they were forced to halt their performances for the time being.
It was because of this that more people became more opinionated of Tessa gradually.
Even so, she did not care about this, for she only became more hardworking at practice.
Seeing her friend work herself like this, Mona grew to be concerned for her.
When practice ended one day, Mona quickly called out to her, “Tessa, wait up.”
“Yes?”
“Let me treat you at my cousin’s place today. I’ve already reserved a table for us.”
Tessa was a bit shocked at the sudden invitation. “Why are you suddenly treating me?”
“Seeing how hard you’ve been practicing these few days, I wanna treat you and allow you to let loose a little. Besides, I had tons of free meals at your place previously. So, it’s time for me to return the favor. Let’s go, my cousin is waiting for us.”
She then held Tessa’s arm and dragged her along.
To that, Tessa could only send a message to Nicholas before heading to the restaurant.
After arriving at the place, Wilbur personally guided them to their table.
He had heard about what happened to Tessa as he sat down and said, “It’s always wise to filter what’s good for us and what’s not; if it isn’t your weight to carry, then don’t. Those people who are badmouthing you are just jealous of your abilities at the end of the day.”
“I know. I haven’t been upset over what they said. All I want is to improve my skills.”
In reality, Tessa really did not mind what they said. Even though she was affected with how Hathaway treated her lately, she knew she had no reasons to be guilty about anything as it was not her fault, just like what Nicholas had said.
