The CEO’s Betrayal: My Ex-lover Has Triplets

Chapter 7″ New life

Hours later, the plane finally landed on the soil of Whitpalm City and Tessa let out a sigh of relief.

It was only when she got down from the plane that reality sank in.

“I’ve really left. I’ll never see Aaron again.”

A wave of pain rippled through her heart. It surely wasn’t easy to leave someone she’s loved for two years. Unlike him, she had true feelings for him and she didn’t expect to get rid of them overnight. It will hurt… for a long time.

She made to walk forward when she suddenly swayed on her feet and a pair of manly arms held her, preventing her from making an embarrassing fall.

She looked up and found herself looking into a pair of golden-brown eyes.

Harry had rushed to her aid just now.

“Careful,” he murmured, his voice raspy.

Tessa blinked several times and straightened herself up hastily. Glancing at Harry she awkwardly said, “Thank you.”

She then caught up to her mother who gave her a knowing smile. “Tell me the truth, Tessa. Is he your boyfriend?”

Tessa’s eyes grew bigger than dinner plates at her mother’s insinuation.

“Not at all! I don’t even know him, Mom. He’s just a good samaritan.”

In the meantime, Harry’s lips twitched when he heard what Tessa labelled him as.

‘A good samaritan? He sneered silently. ‘Oh, baby girl, you have no idea.’ .

He glanced at his hands and rubbed them, recalling how an odd sensation rushed through him when he held Tessa just now. It was as if he could still feel the softness of her skin on his palms.

His eyes trailed to her frame and something flickered through them. She didn’t really look like his sister. In fact, apart from the hair and colour of their eyes, there was nothing similar about them.

Where his sister was proud and obnoxious, Tessa was kind and humble.

Aaron didn’t know he had a gem with him. But since Harry’s sister’s happiness was at stake, he had to do

everything in his power to make sure Aaron never sets his sight on Tessa again.

A thought flashed through his mind and he smirked as he followed the two women. ‘I think I can work from Whitpalm City for a while.”

Tessa’s eyes widened when Harry took them to an apartment he had leased for them. It was a simple modern three-bedroom apartment but it looked expensive.

She turned to face the man and shook her head. “This is too much, Mr Winston. A one-bedroom house will do

for us.”

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Harry was already helping a great deal. She didn’t want to owe him a lot.

“Don’t worry about it. Everyone in the program has an apartment like this. And please, Tessa, call me Harry,” Harry stated, flashing her his killer smile and she felt her ears burn.

Why did she suddenly feel like Harry was being more than friendly to her? Still, she bit her lower lip and looked around the apartment.

“I still think-”

“Tessa, the gentleman said this apartment is part of the program. Don’t make it difficult for him,” Elena suddenly said, advising her daughter.

man was interested in her daughter so she wanted

it

to her mother’s thoughts, Tessa sighed and nodded. “Ok. Since you like it, Mom. We

their luggage to the rooms and when he came back, he

stay for dinner, Harry?” Elena cheerily offered, making Tessa

has somewhere to be,

love to stay for dinner, Mrs Hilton. Thank you,” he then glanced at Tessa and said, “I said you can call me Harry. We shall be more like family since we will be seeing each other

dining table when Tessa suddenly retched when she grabbed the bowl of fish.

frowned and pushed it away from her. “Mom, didn’t you notice that this fish had

then at the innocent bowl of fish which smelled normal to her. Her eyebrows creased as she fell deep

worse lately. You can try the beef instead. Here, I cooked your favourite. It’s liver-”

o d!” Tessa retched violently and pushed her chair back, clamping a hand over her mouth and rushed to the bathroom

bowl of liver was still frozen in the air as a sense of dread

creased. ‘These symptoms…

smile. “She must have eaten something bad on the plane.” (1

what could be wrong with Tessa and

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But his aim was to keep the family in

wrong move, lest she goes running back to Aaron

mouth. She made calculations in her head and realised she had missed her period for a week.

get plan B pills but she

of her

pregnancy test the following day and found that,

Ashford

with you man, you look like death!” Tony Hendrix, one of Aaron’s friends asked the moment Aaron walked into the private room

circles under his eyes from lack of sleep. He had spent the last month searching high and low for Tessa.

know why he was looking for her but he felt uncomfortable that she left just like that. He let go of her knowing she would always be at his apartment and under his protection. What he didn’t expect was for her to leave. It

know her whereabouts, he

Tony the bird and poured himself a glass of bourbon

this continuously in a frustrated manner until his friends exchanged

the fifth glass from him and put it away.” You shouldn’t be drinking, man. Not in your state. Can you tell us what is wrong with

nothing wrong with me!” Aaron snapped, angry that his source of reprieve was

to smoke frowned, turning to look at Aaron, he sought.”

pric ked when he heard that. He stood up from his seat and rushed

know something?” He asked

military and he had just become a lieutenant colonel at the age of twenty- seven. He was from a family of military officers so he rose in ranks quickly. But he was deserving since he worked very hard.

had asked Graham for help. But even

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Tessa.

Graham’s arm, probing. “Tell us. You know Aaron. He won’t say a thing.”

His parents were judges of the supreme court and he had just started out in

was always keen on finding out information

She left and now he’s looking

Aaron thought Graham would keep his secret, he went ahead

He didn’t want them to think he was interested in his

something.

quickly shut up when the temperature in the room

down to zero.

Aaron questioned, his voice dripping with

I just remembered something that happened years

wasn’t afraid of Aaron. He snuffed out his cigarette

looking at him.

thought you would be content once Serena comes back. Isn’t that what you wanted? Why are you looking for that innocent woman