True Love Waits

Chapter 1194 Taking Blame

Erica walked away, leaving behind a silence that stretched on and on until Tam took a deep breath. With a casual air, he turned to his daughter. "Julianna, would you mind going too? I need to speak with Tessie about something."

Julianna didn't move, looking with suspicion at her father and her friend. "Dad, you... What do you two need to talk about?" Privately she wondered, 'Did my father know Tessie before? If so, why didn't I know about it?'

While Tessie's eyes stayed on the ground, Tam made the best excuse he could think of. "It seems there's a big problem between her and Erica. Since I just happened to stumble across it, I can't sit by and do nothing. If I'm able to have a talk with your friend, maybe I can help her resolve the conflict."

Julianna had her doubts, but she nodded and left in the opposite direction Erica had taken.

When only the two of them were left, Tessie finally raised her head and looked at Tam, her eyes deep with longing and love.

It was impossible not to see her feelings; they were present in every gesture. For his part, Tam would be lying if he said he had no feelings for this woman. Nonetheless, he kept his calm. "I have only two choices now," he explained. "One is to take our son home and raise him with my wife. The second is to divorce my wife and marry you, and then we raise our son together."

Tam had seen baby Ethan before and liked him very much. It was hard to say why; maybe the Li family had raised him too well, or perhaps it was just the fact that they were bonded by blood. Whatever the case, Tam couldn't simply forget the baby. He really wanted to take him back home.

His love for that child even exceeded his love for his daughter, who had accompanied him for more than twenty years.

Tessie flashed a lonely, bitter smile. "You think clearly enough about your own future, but what about mine?"

to apologize to Erica and marry me. The second is..." He paused, and for that brief instant looked

want to know

apologize to Erica. "I admit that I flinched when I knew you were pregnant with the baby. But I regret it now." Indeed, he had found

happened with the Li family. As soon as he'd heard of Erica taking the child out of the Li family house, he had contacted her and gotten the

Erica, who was rather obviously watching them from the distance. She said, "I'm afraid... it'll be very hard to get Erica's forgiveness." Tessie was sorry for what she had done to Erica, but the way she saw it, she'd had no choice. The pregnancy had been an accident, but she hadn't wanted

forgiveness for anything. It was clearly the biggest problem for Tessie at the moment. Erica had essentially been her scapegoat. Neither the Li nor the Huo families would go easy on them if they learned

then," Tam pointed out. Truth be told, he was a little disappointed in Tessie. After all, she had gotten a good deal out of all that had happened; she'd been able to transfer to a new school and begin a new life. But her good friend had been

been totally changed. She had been forced to marry a man she didn't love. Fortunately, Matthew loved Erica so much that he didn't seem to care whether

not.

it was exactly Matthew's love for Erica that made Tam worried. From what he knew of the

face, and she repeatedly wiped them off with the heel of her hand. "I should've thought of it?" she repeated. "Don't you remember how you treated me back then? You

In spite of everything, she really did love this man, who was much older than her. After all, she'd been willing to have a child with

the end, I'll make it up to you. The problem now is patching things up with Erica. Avoiding her is not an option. If you don't give her an explanation today, she's sure to be back tomorrow." He knew Erica wouldn't give up until she found

Erica's old friend; she and Rhea knew her the

solve the problem for her. But what about me? If my parents found the truth, they might kill me! I'd at least be driven out of the Su family. I thought I could rely on you. After all, you have more power

had taken advantage of Erica's kindness and successfully tricked her into