Always Been Yours (Tessa and Nicholas)

Chapter 1185 Connection

Seeing that his beloved wife had let go of the worry, Nicholas struck the iron while it was hot and pulled her into his arms. “Alright, enough about your brother. Let’s talk about us.”

“What about us?” Tessa looked bafflingly at Nicholas, who lowered his head and pressed his forehead against hers. “What do you think? You’ve been so busy with your rehearsal lately, not to mention you have to keep Gregory company after coming home. Every time I’m done with work, you’re already asleep. Don’t you think you’ve neglected your husband long enough? Hmm?”

It was an alluring, husky hum, and Tessa was entirely enraptured. With that, she wrapped her arms around Nicholas’ neck and asked with an enchanting smile, “How would my dear husband like me to make up to him?”

“He wants this.” The next second, Nicholas lowered his head to kiss Tessa, who returned the kiss with closed eyes. Soon, romance filled the air, and the temperature in the bedroom grew warmer amidst their passion.

Sometime later, a sated Nicholas wiped Tessa’s hands for her. “I’m blaming it all on you if I can’t hold my violin tomorrow.” Tessa glared alluringly at Nicholas with a face flushed with bashfulness.

“Perfect. You can take the chance to rest.” He looked toward her with glee. As tempting as it sounded, rest was impossible.

The following morning, Tessa headed to the practice room right after breakfast, and Nicholas, too, made his way to the company.

Soon after arriving at his office, Edward knocked on the door and came in to report some work before finally updating the results of his search from the night before. “I’ve gotten a lead on Reinhart Group’s incident, President.”

“Who is it?” Nicholas turned grim at once.

“It’s not one person who’s attacking Reinhart Group but a few companies,” revealed Edward with shock and bewilderment.

He couldn’t believe some people dared risk offending the Sawyer Group to attack the Reinhart Group.

Nicholas, too, was surprised after hearing Edward’s words. Honestly, he never thought someone dared to pluck a lion’s mane.

“What’s the story behind it? Did Reinhart Group offend them?”

“No, actually.” Edward shook his head, then related his findings, explaining, “The companies initially attempted to collaborate with Reinhart Group because Reinhart Group wanted to purchase their products. They had initially already agreed on the rates, just waiting for the contract to be drafted and signed. But for some reason, the companies suddenly raised their rates just as the contracts were about to be signed.”

With that, he handed Nicholas a piece of letter paper with the names of the few companies.

Nicholas looked through it and found that they were all well-established companies.

At that, he narrowed his eyes and asked, “All of them suddenly raised their rates just before the contract was signed?”

“Yes, all of them. It was like they’d made a pact.” Edward nodded, finding the issue baffling as well.

“And then?” Nicholas asked as a hint of animosity flashed across his eyes.

“That’s it. There’s nothing after that. Reinhart Group might be rich, but they aren’t fools, either. They called off all the purchases in the end.”

While speaking, Edward glanced at Nicholas’ expression, hoping to get something out of it, but to his dismay, nothing but impassiveness enveloped his boss’ face.

Alas, he could only continue reporting, “There were a few other companies who sought Reinhart Group’s aid in system management, and like the previous companies, they suddenly demanded lower rates from Reinhart Group before signing the contract. But because Reinhart Group was unwilling to meet the demands, the company immediately turned to other companies.”

With that, Edward handed Nicholas another piece of paper.

Frost enveloped Nicholas’ eyes as he looked at the two pieces of paper on the desk. “Did you find out why they decided to do that? Has someone incited them to do so?”

“I didn’t find anything on a mastermind.” Edward shook his head.

At that, Nicholas’ frown deepened. “How are they connected?”

“Connected…” Edward pondered with a lowered head as his gaze suddenly turned hesitant.