Always Been Yours (Tessa and Nicholas) novel Chapter 555

Chapter 555
Although Nicholas had always supported Tessa in chasing her dreams, he didn’t want her to neglect her health for the sake of her dreams. So, he longingly gazed at her face in the video call and waited for a while before finally ending the call.
A while later, Gregory walked over to Nicholas with a gloomy look on his face. The young boy had no idea that his father had just spoken to Tessa on the phone. “Daddy,” Gregory mumbled.
“What is it?” Nicholas asked.
“When are we going to see Miss Tessa?” Gregory pouted his lips while looking at his father. The young boy hadn’t spoken to Tessa in days and missed her a lot. Nicholas felt rather emotional when he looked into his son’s hopeful gaze. But he eventually calmed himself down before responding in a flat tone. “I’m afraid I don’t have the time for that recently.”
Nicholas wasn’t lying entirely-he had been facing several issues after canceling his partnership with the Stones, and he had to work hard to resolve them. On top of that, he knew that he would only cause Tessa more stress if they were to visit her during her competition period.

Gregory wasn’t aware of any of this. So, when the young boy heard that he wouldn’t get to meet Tessa, he was extremely disappointed. “But I really miss her,” he muttered, hanging his head low. Nicholas felt somewhat guilty when he saw the young boy’s expression. “I’ll bring you to see her once I’m done with all my work here,” Nicholas offered.
The young boy seemed a little more excited after that. His eyes twinkled as he glanced at the documents on his father’s desk while urging his father to work. “You should hurry up and get started with your tasks! I’ll stop disturbing you now!” Gregory immediately jogged out of the study after that.
After leaving the country, Hayley took a transit to arrive in Vienna. She dealt with her accommodation before getting someone to search for Tessa. She received the information she needed in less than a day, but she felt like she was about to burst out in anger when she saw the information she received.
Hayley hadn’t expected Nicholas to purchase some property in Vienna just for the sake of Tessa. “Tessa, you b*tch! Who do you think you are?! Huh?” Hayley threw the documents on the ground before stomping on them. Among the papers was a picture of Tessa walking into a grand manor. “I’m about to make life really hard for you, you b*tch! If I can’t get the man I want, you aren’t going to get him either!”
Hayley gritted her teeth as she was filled with shame and hatred. Although she had the urge to murder Tessa right there and then, she managed to calm herself down. She knew that she didn’t have much of a chance to attack Tessa just yet.
Meanwhile, Tessa didn’t know about anything that was going on. She brought her violin case over
to the orchestra practice. To her surprise, she bumped into Kathleen, whom she hadn’t seen in a few days. “You’re here, Tessa.” Kathleen amicably greeted Tessa, and she even slipped her arm around Tessa’s as she spoke. Unfortunately, her body stiffened in response to Kathleen’s friendliness as she couldn’t get used to it just yet.
However, Tessa realized how she couldn’t seem to pull her arm away from Kathleen after giving it a few tries. In the end, Tessa had no choice but to address Kathleen directly. “Can you let go of me? I don’t like it when people other than my family come so close to me.”
Kathleen’s smile froze briefly as a threatening glare flashed across her eyes. However, she only responded with a dejected look on her face. “Do you still have something against me, Tessa? I just wanted to get closer to you,” she whined.
Tessa could feel her hair standing on end when she saw the way Kathleen acted. The members around them began to discuss among themselves when they saw this happening. “Isn’t Tessa going overboard with her words? It seems like Kathleen is really changing her ways, yet Tessa seems to be caught up in the past. Isn’t Tessa a little too petty?” one asked.
“I guess she’s too sensitive,” someone muttered.
Mona felt the need to stand up for Tessa when she heard the other members talking smack about
Tessa. “You guys make it sound so easy? Why don’t you try going through what Tessa had to go through? I’d like to see if you guys can forgive Kathleen then,” Mona said.
The rest of the members were speechless after that, but a few continued to wear displeased looks on their faces.
Mona wanted to say more, but Tessa stopped her just in time as her eyes glinted when she observed Kathleen, who was right in front of her. It doesn’t matter if Kathleen has genuinely turned over a new leaf or if she’s just faking it. Since she likes acting so much, I guess I’ll have to play along with her.