Michelle said, "Hello, Mr. Jacobson? I''m the housekeeper in charge of taking care of Ms. Yates'' well-being. Ms. Yates seemed to be in a terrible state sincest


    night.


    "I don''t know what happened, but she skipped dinnerst night. She didn''t have breakfast this morning either. When I went to call her earlier, she had a paleplexion with dark circles covering her eyes. She looked like she hadn''t slept properly all night."


    Stephen remained silent before he suggested hoarsely, "Think of a way to get her to eat something."


    "I''ve already prepared all of Ms. Yates'' favorite dishes. She said that she''de down for lunch after she finished her shower."


    She paused momentarily before continuing, "It looks like Ms. Yates isn''t doing good. Do you want toe over and take a look at her?"


    Once again, he remained silent, pursing his lips. When he spoke again, his voice was filled with exhaustion. "It''s alright. Someone will bring her home today."


    "Oh, alright then."


    ...


    Once Tessa had finished her shower, she came downstairs.


    Michelle immediately served the food, mentioning, "Ms. Yates, these are all your favorite dishes. You must be starving after missing dinner and breakfast. You should have more."


    "Thank you." Tessa did not have much energy left. Due to her severeck of sleep, she also had a pounding headache.


    "You can enjoy the food. I''ll go tidy up the house."


    Looking at the table full of piping hot food, Tessa did not have an appetite. She drank some soup and took out her phone to look through her messages.


    She still had not received any messages from Stephen.


    Michelle had informed that she was under his instructions to take good care of Tessa. She was to immediately let him know if there was anything wrong.


    If that was the case, he should already be aware of the condition Tessa was in. So, why hadn''t he messaged her yet? Did he really not care about her anymore? Tessa lowered her eyes as her heart sank with bitterness.


    ...


    At the Yates residence, Seline immediately lunged for Tessa when she opened the door. "Tessa, you''re finally home! I''ve missed you so much!"


    Tessa smiled, reaching out to pat Seline''s head. "I''m here to apany you


    now."


    "Yay!" Seline eximed as she beamed with joy.


    Marianne stood by the side and looked at Tessa worriedly. "Tessa, are you alright?"


    "I''m fine."


    Marianne did not ask her any other


    questions. Instead, she mentioned,


    "We''ve been cleaning your room every day while you were gone. You can go upstairs to take a look."


    "Alright."


    "Tessa, I want to go with you," Seline suggested as she held onto Tessa''s arm.


    "Seline, Tessa is tired, and she needs to rest. Why don''t you stay downstairs and y with me?" Marianne asked gently as she held onto Seline.


    Seline pursed her lips unhappily and eximed, "I don''t want to. Tessa hasn''t been home for so long, so I want her to apany me."


    "Be a good girl now, Seline," came Marianne''s patient exnation. "Tessais home now, so you can see her anytime you want. You need to let her rest so that she''ll have the energy to y with you."


    Seline paused as she looked at Tessa. "Tessa, why do you have dark circles under your eyes?"


    Exhausted, Tessa replied tiredly, "I didn''t sleep well."


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    Hearing Tessa''s exnation, stopped pestering her and said sensibly, "Then, you should go


    ??


    rest. I''ll wait for you to y with me once you wake up."


    "That''s a good girl."


    Tessa''s head was throbbing painfully. Her eyes were dry and sore, while her body felt exhausted. So, she then dragged herself up the stairs.