Always Been Yours (Tessa and Nicholas) novel Chapter 168

Chapter 168
Nicholas casually flung his jacket toward Andrew and made his way into the music room.
He saw that Gregory had his back facing the door and staring at the violin usually used by Tessa with a glazed look. The boy did not move an inch and seemed to be lost in thoughts.
Suddenly, Gregory noticed the flash of shadow that seemed to be coming toward him, so he came to his senses and turned to look toward the door.
However, his expression turned cold as soon as he saw that it was Nicholas. He merely gave a cold snort before turning in the other direction once again without even caring to greet Nicholas at all.
“Are you done throwing tantrums?” Nicholas coldly questioned Gregory.
Meanwhile, Gregory responded coldly as well, “I just want Miss Tessa back. Get her back for me.”
“Gregory Sawyer, you should know when to stop even though you may be upset. No one will be there for you forever in this world. Some people are just meant to appear in your life for a short while before leaving. She’s one example and there will be many more others like her in the future. You can’t force them to stay by your side forever.” Nicholas suppressed his anger and explained to Gregory.
Gregory had also calmed down after being upset for the past two days, so he nonchalantly glanced back at Nicholas and spoke in a calm voice, “There’s no need to preach to me. I’m not a three-year-old kid and I understand everything that you just said. However, every other person can leave my life and it doesn’t concern me. I wouldn’t care about it either. Miss Tessa is the exception. She must not become a stranger to me. I know that you guys don’t like her, but I do and that’s all that matters! I won’t allow you all to point fingers at her. I want her in my life and no one can stop me!”
As soon as Gregory finished his words, he didn’t even bother to cast another look at Nicholas and immediately walked out of the music room to return to his own room.
Meanwhile, at Sawyer Residence, Andrew respectfully asked Remus, “Sir, I heard that Young Master Gregory has been depressed for the past two days since Miss Reinhart left. He even went on a hunger strike the entire day yesterday. Do you want to go over and visit him?”
Miss Reinhart? Remus remained lost in his thoughts for a moment before finally linking the name to a face as he slowly recalled. “I found that young lady quite familiar-looking when I first met her. I feel like I’ve seen her from somewhere before. During our second encounter, I was too worried about Gregory, so I didn’t pay attention to her. Come to think about it, something seems amiss…”
Then, he paused for a short while and spoke slowly, “I have a strong feeling that she looks like the young lady who delivered Gregory back then.”
As soon as Andrew heard that, he was significantly stunned. The whole thing had been orchestrated by Remus back then and he had been by Remus’ side the whole time, so he naturally knew everything that happened. However, so many years had gone by and they had nearly forgotten about the whole thing. Logically speaking, the young lady had no idea of their identities back then, so it seemed quite odd to suddenly bring this up.
Andrew tried to reassure himself by saying, “Well, I think she shouldn’t be that young lady, right? Perhaps this is all just a coincidence?”
Meanwhile, Remus shook his head and explained, “This shouldn’t be just a coincidence. There are too many issues in this matter. Go and investigate this properly and investigate whether she’s the one or not. If she is, we must stop them from seeing each other before the whole thing gets exposed. She must not step foot into the Sawyer Family.”
“Okay.” Andrew nodded solemnly.
The next morning, Remus had just gotten out of bed when Andrew appeared by his bedside.
“What’s the result of the investigation?” Remus asked in a low voice.
“Sir, it is her indeed. These are her details.”
Andrew nodded and handed over two documents. One of them contained the details of the young lady from their selection process and the other one had Tessa’s details. Meanwhile, the contents in both of the documents were exactly the same.
Remus wore his glasses and took a look at Tessa’s photo with narrowed eyes.
So many years had gone by since the episode and she had changed drastically. Back then, she was just a college student and looked way younger than she was right now. Over the years, there had been a significant change in her disposition too.
As such, he had merely caught a quick glimpse of her twice, which was why he hadn’t been able to identify her at that point.
At that moment, Remus spoke in a low voice, “This is unexpected indeed. She is actually Gregory’s mother.”
Blood was thicker than water so it made sense that Gregory was so dependent on her. After he had seen her for the first time ever, he then requested to hire an unknown orchestra for his birthday celebration.