Chapter 380 For Love
“I was looking forward to seeing you, Greg, and Timothy, but now it’s gone. It’s all gone. I’m devastated.” She cried her heart out, as if someone had taken her dream away.
Nicholas listened to her quietly, and a while later, he chuckled. He looked at her, a mess of tears, and he patiently calmed her down. “It’s alright. It’s alright. The performance is in two months, right? I’ll pretend I don’t know you’re coming then. It’ll still be the same in the end.” He had never been so gentle to anyone before.
Amused, Tessa broke into a laugh. “How can you pretend you don’t know I’m coming when you already do?” She wiped her tears away and shot him a playful glare.
Nicholas heaved a sigh of relief and smiled. “You’ve finally stopped crying.”
Tessa blushed shyly. “I wasn’t crying. I was just venting. I mean, I can’t force them to go to Xerthania.”
Nicholas suddenly felt really apologetic and guilty seeing the look on her face. She only left Southend because Remus forced her too. It had been a while since then, but she never complained about it. After they ended the call, Nicholas called Edward in. “Tell me if there’s anything important happening tomorrow and the day after.”
Edward nodded and scrolled through his tablet. “You have important appointments tomorrow and the day after that, sir.”
Nicholas answered without hesitation, “Cancel them.”
“C-Cancel them?” Edward stared at him dumbly. “Are you serious, sir?”
“I am always serious.” Nicholas looked at him .
Edward was shocked, and he persuaded, “But these clients are important, sir.”
Nicholas raised his hand, interrupting, “Stop. Do as I say.”
Oh god. Why is he suddenly pulling this? Just when he was about to think more about that, Nicholas said coolly, “Get me a ticket to Vienna.”
Edward had nothing to say to that. Oh, so that’s why. It’s for Miss Reinhart. He suddenly had a lot of thoughts about that. Mr. Sawyer only cared about work before this, but ever since Miss Reinhart showed up, all he cares about is her. Well, this is the power of love, I guess.
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Tessa had no idea Nicholas was coming over soon. After resting for a whole night, she had managed to cheer herself up and went back to practice at the orchestra.
Scott came again that afternoon to teach Tessa. The sound of violin and a gentle voice telling Tessa the improvements she could make filled the room up.
Tessa learned a lot that day. She kept her violin at the end of practice and looked at Scott gratefully. “Thank you, Mr. Brooks. I wouldn’t have improved so much without you.”
“If you want to thank me, why don’t you have dinner with me tonight?”
Tesas paused for a moment, and she shook her head. “Some other time, alright? I am not in the mood today.”
Scott noticed the crestfallen look on her face. He was just about to ask her why, but he was interrupted.
“Scott, since Miss Reinhart isn’t free, why don’t I come with you?” Kathleen happily held Scott’s arm, as if telling Tessa that Scott was hers.
Tessa was amused. So she thinks I’m her romantic rival. “Mr. Brooks, since Kathleen is free, she can go with you.” Then Tessa packed her stuff up.
Scott frowned. He had a feeling that Tessa was misunderstanding something, and he wanted to pull his arm away, but Kathleen wouldn’t let him. “Stop this, Kathleen,” he admonished and looked at Tessa.
