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

Chapter 15″ A child

“Are you having fun?” Harry asked Tessa as they sat in a restaurant, having dinner.

Soft music was playing in the background and the dim lighting was casting a romantic ambience upon the place.

However, all this didn’t make Tessa feel butterflies in her stomach. She felt uncomfortable and she couldn’t wait to get out of there.

They had watched a movie and then went for a walk in the park. Everything was planned well but the problem was, Harry and Tessa lacked chemistry.

There was literally nothing to talk about between them. Most of the time, they would fall into an awkward silence. Tessa was bored to death.

She forced a smile and picked at her mash on the plate with her fork.

“Yeah… this is a great place. Thank you for bringing me here,” she said, trying her best to look like she was having fun.

Harry had put in a lot of effort for that day and she didn’t want to disappoint him.

Hearing her words, Harry smirked. In his mind, winning Tessa’s heart was going to be easy since he thought she was desperate to find a father for her children.

He ran a hand through his hair and sighed. “I’m glad you’re happy.”

They fell into silence again until they finished the meal. Harry drove Tessa back home in another awkward

silence and walked her up to the door.

When she was about to open the door, he suddenly snaked his arm around her waist and pulled her close.

“What’s the rush?” He whispered while looking into her eyes and he began to lean forward to claim her lips.

Tessa’s mind was in turmoil. She thought dating Harry would be a good thing for her children. He had stayed. by her side for five years and proved to be responsible. But she just couldn’t see herself getting intimate with

him.

At first, she wanted to let him do what he wanted and see if she could tolerate it. But suddenly, her stomach churned when his lips almost landed on hers.

She pushed him away like he burned her. “I-I’m sorry, Harry. I don’t think I can do this.”

With those words, she ran into the house and banged the door in his face.

A malicious look flitted through Harry’s eyes as he glared at the closed door. He clenched his fists and resisted the urge to punch the door..

“Is she still in love with Aaron?” He questioned internally, anger surging within him.

His hatred towards Aaron suddenly went up a notch. If he wasn’t his sister’s love interest, he would have dealt with him already.

At the same time, Tessa ran to her bedroom quietly since the children were already sleeping. The knot in her stomach tightened as she sighed, resting her back against the door.

It seemed romance wasn’t for her after all. She just couldn’t bring herself to feel something more than friendship for Harry. There was no spark between them.

The weekend passed by in a quick blur. Tessa was in her office on a Monday morning when Lisa called about a big client wanting to speak with her.

“Really? Let him through, Lisa. Did he mention which Company he belongs to?” Tessa asked excitedly.

ma’am. He said he is from T&A properties

long since she had a project from a real estate company. Having to design projects for gated community villas was like a dream come

in.” she instructed.

to wait for long. A few minutes later, there was a knock on the

in,” she called

in a smart striped shirt with navy pants

him. “Welcome to Tessa’s architectural firm, sir. Please take a seat.”

if he was talking to his boss.

Miss Hilton.”

furrowed slightly when she noticed this but she brushed it away. The man

to business. “My name is James Anderson and I’m the project manager for the T&A properties limited company. I am here to offer a proposal for a ten-billion-dollar project. This will be the largest real estate in the city. We aim to build a hundred villas, a shopping mall, a school, a hospital and a theme park in a gated community on the outskirts of town. Our company has chosen you to design the building

of money was going to

be a fool to reject it.

glanced at James. “When do we sign the contract? I’m ready to start working on it right now.”

it. She saw that a breach of the contract would attract a penalty fee of three times the amount she

that only the project manager had signed the

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signed yet.

up a brow and eyed James suspiciously. “Why hasn’t your CEO signed his

His heart was in his throat because he had been tasked to make sure Tessa signed

sign after. He’s already approved of the project but he suddenly had a business trip. I’ll send you the copy

but she thought it was possible for a CEO to be that busy. Anyway, she hadn’t put any money

start the work after fifty per cent of the payment has been transferred to the company’s account.”

a

signed the contracts and gave them back to James so his CEO could

out of the mall, he took out his phone and called

He reported and a deep voice came through the speaker in

copy of the contract to her myself.”

a side smirk crossed Aaron’s lips as he cut the call. He had funded a project and named it after Tessa

signed the contract, he couldn’t help the excitement that

leave whatever work he was doing and

he majestically walked into Tessa’s office with her copy

in the

entered her office. Tessa’s heart

her gaze turned

want?”

expected her hostility. He shamelessly took a seat across from

table.

to talk to

client? Even if you wanted to be one, I wouldn’t allow it.”

the dimple on his right cheek taking Tessa

such a warm smile on his face was a first and it did strange things to the

budding feeling and replaced it with

sentiments from me! So what if he’s handsome? He

time. Do you prefer them to

glanced at the flowers on the table. They were an eyesore. She picked them