Always Been Yours (Tessa and Nicholas)

Chapter 408

Chapter 408 Nothing Good Will Come Out of a Forced Marriage
Ah, forget it. Nothing good will come out of a forced marriage, anyway, thought Stefania. She said apologetically, “Hayley, what happened this time was Nicholas’ fault. If you need any help in the future, feel free to ask us.”
Hayley pursed her lips and nodded, but her eyes flickered for an instant. In reality, her actual purpose for coming here wasn’t to call off her engagement to Nicholas, but to pretend to compromise herself in order for the Sawyer Family’s elders to see how mature and sensible she was.
Kieran left the hospital afterward. As soon as he got into his car, he immediately gave Nicholas a video call. “Nicholas, let me tell you this. The engagement has been called off, so you can come back now.”
“The engagement has been called off?” Nicholas’ surprised voice sounded through the phone. “What happened? You’ve got to explain it in detail.”

“What else could’ve happened? Hayley can’t afford to lose face after you kicked up such a huge fuss by leaving. And besides, Grandpa was hospitalized again today, so she came to have the engagement called off.” Kieran told Nicholas what had happened just now. Then, he questioned, “Nicholas, when are you gonna come back? You’d better come back quickly, or I’m gonna die young. You’ve got no idea how unbearable my life has been these days. Not only do I have to deal with the company’s affairs, but I’m threatened by Mom and Dad every single day.”
Nicholas was unmoved by Kieran’s complaints, though. He replied in an impassive voice, “I have no plans to come back anytime soon.”
Kieran whined in the video, “Why? Hasn’t the engagement been called off? Why wouldn’t you come back? Do you really want to see me die young?”
Nicholas’ eyes darkened. Inwardly, he knew very well that the annulment of his engagement to Hayley was just a stall. After all, he knew Remus well enough. If Remus could really change his mind so readily, he wouldn’t have had to rebel to such an extent. And besides, Hayley was a scheming woman who could come up with all kinds of tricks, so it was hard to say that she didn’t have another plan in mind.
Seeing how Nicholas remained silent in the video, Kieran could actually guess what he was thinking. He couldn’t help but mutter, “No matter whether the annulment of your engagement to Hayley is real or not, the engagement is at least called off for now. If you still don’t come back, Grandpa, Dad, and Mom are certainly not gonna let you abandon the company like this.”
Nicholas thought up an idea. “What about this? Tell Grandpa that I can run the company remotely, but I’m not going back anytime soon.”
His words filled Kieran with deep resentment. “All you know is let me do such thankless jobs.”
“That’s because you’re the right person for the job.” Nicholas glanced at him with a barely noticeable flicker of amusement in his eyes. “If there’s nothing else, I gotta go.”
“Hold on a minute! Who said there’s nothing else?” Kieran hurriedly stopped Nicholas from hanging up. He asked, “You haven’t told me why you’re not coming back!”
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