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.

She could tell that this handsome and rich man was interested in her daughter so

die soon if the clinical trials don’t go well so it would

to her mother’s thoughts, Tessa sighed and nodded. “Ok. Since

to take their luggage to the rooms and when he came back, he told them there was food in the kitchen and they could cook or order

Harry?” Elena cheerily offered, making

has somewhere to

Mrs Hilton. Thank you,” he then glanced at Tessa and said,

table when

away from her. “Mom, didn’t you notice that this fish

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

my sense of smell has become worse lately. You can try the beef instead. Here, I cooked your

and pushed her chair back, clamping a hand over her mouth and rushed to the bathroom where she vomited everything

frozen in the air as a sense of dread washed over

‘These symptoms… is

awkwardly glanced at Harry and forced a smile. “She must

had an inkling of what could be wrong with Tessa and he was so irritated that he

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his aim was to keep the family in Whitpalm so he kept calm.

to make a wrong move, lest she goes running back to Aaron and destroys his sister’s plans.

her mouth. She made

pills but she

heart sank deeper and deeper into the pits of her

following day and found that, indeed, she was

at Ashford

heck is wrong with you man, you look like death!” Tony Hendrix, one of Aaron’s friends asked the

He had spent the last month searching high

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 was as if she had disappeared off the face

he didn’t know her whereabouts, he felt lost

of bourbon before throwing his head back, drinking it all in one shot.

continuously in a frustrated manner

family of Doctors grabbed the fifth glass from him and put it away.” You shouldn’t be drinking, man. Not in your

angry that his source of reprieve

who was standing by the window to smoke frowned, turning to look at Aaron, he sought.” Is this about that former assistant

when he heard that. He stood up from his seat and rushed towards the window

do you know something?” He asked

seven. He was from a family of military officers so he rose in

he had asked Graham for help. But even with his

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Tessa.

“Tell us. You know Aaron. He won’t say a

were judges of the supreme court and he had just started

on finding out information

assistant. She left and now he’s looking for her like

secret, he went ahead and told the whole world. Ok. Not

but still. He didn’t want them to think he was interested in his assistant or

something.

laughter but they quickly shut up when

down to zero.

his voice dripping

chuckled nervously. “Nothing. I just remembered

wasn’t afraid of Aaron. He snuffed out his cigarette and went to sit on one of

looking at

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

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