Chapter 676 Janet’s Visit
Despite being a little unhappy, Nicholas still let her wrist go. That was because he knew Gregory would definitely throw a tantrum tomorrow morning if he forced Tessa to stay.
Tessa was surprised to see Gregory standing by the door when she walked out of the room. So, she asked curiously, “Greg, what are you doing here?”
“I was afraid that my big bad Daddy will keep you to himself again, so I’m waiting for you here.” Gregory felt a little resentful when he remembered Nicholas intercepting his plan before.
His words exasperated Tessa, but it was still funny enough that she couldn’t help but let out a small huff in amusement. Still, his sincere want to be close to her melted her heart more than any sweet words he had said.
Then, she took Gregory back to his room and bathed him herself.
Later, Tessa and Gregory leaned against the bed in the warmly lit room, and she read him a bedtime story with her soothing voice.
After she read a story, she looked down at the little guy in her arms. She didn’t realize when he had fallen asleep, but she found his sleeping face adorable.
“Good night.” Tessa kissed Gregory’s forehead. Finally, she turned off the light and fell asleep with the little boy in her embrace.
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The next morning, Nicholas still had not woken up when Tessa got up with Gregory.
Since she also wanted Nicholas to sleep more, she took Gregory to have breakfast first.
During their meal, Gregory approached Tessa mysteriously. “Miss Tessa, I just saw that the flowers in the back garden have bloomed, and they’re lovely. I’ll take you to see them after breakfast, okay?”
Naturally, she wouldn’t decline his invitation.
Hence, the two went to the back garden after they were done with their breakfast.
The botany was quite large, and many rare species of flowers were planted inside. The flowers were visually intermingled in a picturesque disorder. Clearly, these flowers were well-tended by someone.
Tessa simply felt relaxed and at peace as she smelled the floral fragrance of flowers in the air, especially when she saw the dewdrops on the petals of each of these blooming flowers. At that moment, she felt all the more wonderful.
“For you, Miss Tessa.” Gregory picked a red rose out of nowhere and handed it to Tessa like a gift.
She liked the flower very much, and an idea suddenly came to her mind.
“Greg, let’s pick some flowers back to decorate the room.”
“Okay! What kind of flowers do you want? I’ll help you pick them.” Gregory looked at Tessa earnestly.
And thus, the two picked a bouquet of flowers and returned to prune them. They were planning to arrange them in a vase.
Since it was time for Gregory’s class, he was studying with his tutor in the upstairs room. Hence, Tessa pruned the flowers by herself in the living room.
Also, Tessa planned to wake Nicholas up for breakfast after she was done arranging the flowers in a while.
At this moment, the sound of the doorbell rang from outside, and Andrew went to open the door.
“Miss Brenner?” He was slightly taken aback when he saw Janet standing by the door with a food box in her hand. “You must be here to look for Master Nicholas. He’s still resting.”
“It’s alright. I can wait for him in the living room,” Janet said as she made her way into the living hall.
After she entered, she saw Tessa sitting and arranging flowers on the table on the side at a glance. Inexplicably, she felt Tessa looked somewhat familiar. However, she did not think much about it and misunderstood her as a maid. In turn, she felt that ‘the young maid’ was quite beautiful.
Sure enough, Tessa did not know what Janet was thinking.
When she saw that a guest had visited the house, she immediately stopped what she was doing and planned to greet the guest first.
“Hello.” She smiled and looked at Janet.
Janet nodded lightly as she said, “Go on with whatever you’re doing.”
Tessa blinked when she heard those perfunctory words. However, her voice rang in her ears again before she could react.
“Are you new here? I have never seen you before.”
“I just arrived yesterday—” Tessa responded with a decent smile. But, then, she saw that there was no drink in front of Janet.
Just when she was about to have someone prepare a drink for Janet, she was interrupted before she could mutter a word. “So, you just arrived yesterday. Very well, you may go ahead with your own business. No need to bother about me.”
After Janet said those words, she ignored Tessa, picked up the magazine on the side, and read it.
Tessa raised her eyebrows slightly when she saw Janet’s actions and wondered if this young lady was acting a little too at home when she was just a mere guest.
Of course, she didn’t expect Janet to misunderstand her identity.
Eventually, she said nothing. Instead, she turned around, resumed tidying up the flower stalks that she had not pruned yet.
