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.

Project’s data streams. Rain or shine, she carved out two

always clasped her hand and chuckled, “Our Tessa’s a real

orange and place it in his hand with a smile. “Better to be

office desk were surging upward at a dizzying pace. With the exclusive license to Montedra’s werewolf pharmaceutical pipeline and a capital trap laid squarely against White Corp’s soft spots, it took less than three months for Sinclair Corporation to firmly outshine the

anatomy class, Tessa was summoned

to the

opened the door to find Reginald sitting on the sofa, holding an unlit cigar between his

behind her, her tone calm

Reginald said, gesturing to the chair across from him. “I

“Mm.”

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his gaze held less d. and more scrutiny. “White Corp’s overseas operations have been thoroughly disrupted. Your

the enemy is cruelty to oneself.” Tessa’s response mirrored her answer in the car when he’d asked how she would handle an

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