Always Been Yours (Tessa and Nicholas)

Chapter 649 Asleep

Once Cole had settled down in the condominium, Nicholas excused himself to head home. “You should get some rest too,” he told Cole. “You can always call me if you need anything.” After they left, Nicholas dropped Janet home before returning to his place since he would have to pass by her villa on his way home. However, there seemed to be a strong sense of resistance that formed a barrier around Nicholas while they were in the car.

Janet could sense it, but she didn’t waste this opportunity as it was rare for it to be just both of them in a space together. Furthermore, she wanted to clarify what she had said in the restaurant as she didn’t want there to be a gap between him and her. “Look, Nicholas. I didn’t mean anything else when I said those words in the restaurant.”

However, no matter how much she spoke, Nicholas acted as if he couldn’t hear a thing. He rested his back against the seat and shut his eyes. It looked almost like he was asleep. Janet glared at him, feeling both angry and sorry for herself simultaneously. She also felt a sense of regret—she shouldn’t have done what she had done.

Soon enough, the car stopped at the front of the villa. No matter how much Janet didn’t want to leave, she still had to get out. After she got out of the car, Edward steered the vehicle back to Dynasty Gardens. Along their trip back to the condominium, Edward had been secretly eyeing Nicholas through the rearview mirror. Could President Sawyer really be asleep? But doesn’t he always have his guard up when there are outsiders around?

His upbringing taught him that it wouldn’t be right to act impolitely, so Nicholas had to find another way

turned to

Master Gregory is asleep,” Andrew replied

over to Gregory’s room. In the past,

he chased after Nicholas to explain things. “Young Master Gregory isn’t ill, President Sawyer. Miss Tessa played a lullaby for Young Master Gregory just now, and he fell asleep while listening to

amused scoff as he halted his footsteps. But, once Andrew cleared things up, he still decided to pay a visit

and Nicholas simply went to fix the blanket covering Gregory. Then, he headed to his room, where he

glowing chest muscles. Nicholas’ eyes lit up when he saw the girl’s rosy cheeks. “Why is your face so red? Are you not feeling well?” he asked, even though he knew the answer. Tessa coughed as if trying to hide something. “I’m feeling fine. I just turned the heater on

“Why are you home so late today?” Nicholas knew that the girl would get mad if he pushed further on the issue of her red cheeks, so he went along with her topic of conversation. “A superior who had helped me a lot in the past showed up this afternoon. I treated him to dinner just now.” He told