Chapter 565 The Second Test

Tessa suddenly laughed and booked her arms around his neck. “When did Mr. Landon become such a gentleman?”

“I’ve always been this way–with you.” Landon lowered his head and kissed the corner of her eye, kissing away the lingering wetness. “Once you’re feeling better…”

“Once Grandpa’s better,” Tessa finished for him, lightly tapping his Adam’s apple with her finger. “Alright.” Landon gave in, though his arms around her didn’t loosen. “Let me hold you a bit longer.”

The light from the living room lamp stretched their shadows long across the floor, entwined and inseparable.

It was a while before Landon finally lo

go. He smoothed her rumpled collar and said, “Take a shower and go to bed early. I’ll go with you to the Sinclair estate tomorrow.”

“Okay.”

After getting ready for bed, Tessa fell asleep in Landon’s arms.

In the days that followed, Tessa ran like clockwork.

the medical university by day, then spent her afternoons at the temporary Sinclair Corporation office, tweaking the Sundawn Project’s data streams. Rain or shine, she carved out two afternoons a week to visit the Sinclair estate,

“Our Tessa’s a real busybody now–busier

would peel an orange and place it in his hand with a smile. “Better to be busy. If I keep this up, you’ll see me and Landon living

were surging upward at a dizzying pace. With the exclusive license to Montedra’s werewolf pharmaceutical

after her anatomy class, Tessa was

was summoned to the dean’s

sitting on the sofa, holding an unlit cigar between his

closed the door behind her, her tone

across from him.

“Mm.”

n

his gaze held less d. and more

is cruelty to oneself.” Tessa’s response mirrored her answer in the car when he’d asked

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