Always Been Yours (Tessa and Nicholas) novel Chapter 113

Chapter 113
“I don’t waste my time thinking about that. What the Reinharts do has nothing to do with me,” Tessa answered.
Nicholas disagreed. “This isn’t the end of it. They won’t necessarily think you have nothing to do with this. I think they might just give in.”
There’s no way they would give me any money. But at this moment, her phone rang. Tessa picked it up curiously, and a familiar voice traveled into her ears. “Hello, Miss Reinhart. I’m Patrick, the lawyer for Reinhart Group. I wish to talk about the terms brought up in our last negotiation. Do you have some time to spare?”
Tessa looked at Nicholas in surprise. Whoa. He’s right. She agreed immediately, “Yes. I’ll send my location over to you.”
Nicholas smiled, but he said nothing and went back to his lunch.
About ten minutes later, Patrick came over from the company. When he saw Tessa after entering the restaurant, he said directly, “I’m Patrick, Miss Reinhart. I’m here on behalf of Reinhart Group. We accept your terms. If you will release Mr. Reinhart, then you shall receive Maple Hill Condominium and five million. This is the agreement. Please have a look.”
He handed a file over and continued, “Due to the company’s current circumstances, we can’t give you that much cash, so Miss Sophia used her estate as collateral. It is worth five million. If you’re willing to accept it, then do sign this document.”
Nicholas said coldly, “You’re missing one agreement here.”
“And you are?” Patrick looked at him curiously. He didn’t know Nicholas, but judging from the vibe he was radiating, the man must be special, so Patrick was polite.
Nicholas introduced himself briefly.
“Oh, hello, Mr. Sawyer.” Patrick got even more polite. So this is the famous Nicholas Sawyer. Are you dumb, Reinharts? If you just treated Tessa well, you would have been friends with the Sawyers, but what did you do? You backed her into a corner and created this mess. Fools!
Nicholas nodded. “You should add another clause to this agreement. The Reinharts are not to harass
m today onward. Breaching that clause will cost them another five million.”
As expected of Nicholas Sawyer. He won’t put himself in a disadvantageous situation. Patrick answered politely, “I’ll add this clause right after I go back. Do you have anything more to add, sir? If this is all, then can you release my client?”
Nicholas didn’t answer immediately. He took the agreement over and looked at it first. Once he confirmed that it was alright, he handed it to Tessa.
Tessa put it aside and looked at Patrick. “You’re still missing something. Where is my mother’s dowry? Aren’t you giving it to me?”
“Oh, I almost forgot. I have it here in my bag.” He took out a small velvet box at once and smiled. “This is valuable after all. If it goes missing, it’ll be a great loss.”
Tessa looked excited. She took it from him and opened it to check the contents. Alright. Everything’s here, and they’re the real deal. The dowry reminded Tessa of her mother. When she was a child, her mother used to say that she would leave the items for Tessa as her dowry, but things took a turn for the worse, and Lauren took those items for herself. I finally got them back after so long. Even though she had gotten the dowry back, Tessa still looked sad.
Patrick noticed her sadness, and he left her to mourn for a while.