Always Been Yours (Tessa and Nicholas)

Chapter 1098 Amber Hospitalized

“Nothing major is waiting for me at the office, so I wanted to stay home and be with you,” Nicholas said. He loved just how Tessa looked when she was still bleary-eyed from sleep.

He tenderly helped her sit up. “Let us have lunch,” he said in an indescribable doting voice. She nodded. With his help, she got out of bed and washed up.

After lunch, Nicholas headed back to his study as he still had work to do. Meanwhile, Gregory, who had classes in the afternoon, headed back up to his room for his afternoon nap.

In the end, Tessa was the only one in the household with nothing to do. Just as she was about to head upstairs to practice piano, she saw Timothy walking into the house with an unpleasant look on his face.

“Tim, what happened? You look upset.”

She shot him a concerned look. “Nothing much,” he said with a bland smile. He did not want to tell her anything. “I just have to fly back tomorrow.”

Unbeknownst to him, she knew him extremely well. “Tim, did you know that every time you lie, you will subconsciously purse your lips first? Tell me what actually happened.”

She immediately saw through his lies.

He internally sighed upon hearing that.

He did not think his lie would be seen through that easily.

He maintained eye contact with her as he hesitated. Finally, he decided to come clean to her.

“I received a call from Southend General Hospital this morning. The old madam from the Reinhart family collapsed. When she was rushed to the hospital, they realized it was cancer. I have been called back to treat her.”

Tessa blankly stared back at him for a moment, likely confused since it had been so long since she had last heard of anything about the Reinharts.

When she recalled who that woman was, her heart sank.

She had never once asked about what happened to the Reinharts after leaving the country.

She did not expect the next time she heard about them to be news of Amber falling sick once more.

“Is every Reinhart dead? Why must you be called back?”

Her face was pale. She did not want to have anything to do with that family anymore.

“After Silas went bankrupt and ran away, those greedy relatives would never care what happens to her, aside from the money,” he replied with a scoff. He knew exactly what was troubling his sister.

She was rendered speechless upon hearing that.

True, that was certainly how the Reinharts would behave.

Moreover, there was no one else left in the main family. The other greedy relatives would never take care of Amber unless there was something in it for them. In the end, she had to approach Tessa and Timothy for help.

“Is it serious?”

She frowned as she asked.

Frankly speaking, if it was possible, she did not want to take care of their so-called grandmother.

While the past was the past, she still harbored hatred for Amber about what she did.

It was impossible for her to forget how the entire family just stood there and watched as they nearly died.

However…

The hospital had called them. If they did not help out, other people might bad-mouth them behind their backs.

She did not care what people said about her, but she could not let Timothy build a bad reputation.

He could guess what she was thinking just from the look on her face. As such, he instantly spoke up to explain the situation.

“The hospital said they would speak to me in detail when I am there.”

“In that case, I will head back on your behalf.”

She gritted her teeth and continued, “You have a company that is still fresh from the oven and plenty to do. There is no way you can leave now, and you still have the renovations to worry about. I do not need to attend practice at the orchestra, and I have nothing to do anyway. I can head back and deal with this.”

“No way. You are at a critical stage of your pregnancy. She is a cruel old woman. I cannot let you risk it.”

He rejected the idea without even thinking about it.

He knew full well what kind of woman Amber was. He would never let her have a chance to bully Tessa.

To his surprise, his last words were heard by Nicholas who just so happened to be walking down the stairs.

“Risk?” Nicholas asked with a frown.

Seeing him, Timothy decided to get him to convince Tessa instead of explaining what was going on.