Connor froze upon hearing Tessa’s words, and his mind went nk.
After Tessa hung up the phone and came in from the balcony, she saw <b>Connor </b>standing rigidly by the balcony. door. Her expression changed dramatically. “Con… Connor… When did youe back?”
She didn’t know how much of her conversation he had heard.
Connor did not speak. He simply gazed at Tessa with a quiet, mncholy look.
At that moment, he found the woman before him to be utterly unfamiliar.
After a moment of silence, he asked, “What did you mean by ‘capture Xylia for revenge, as you just mentioned?”
Tessa felt her heart skip a beat since he had indeed heard everything.
She avoided eye contact out of guilt, her lips slightly parted, and quickly came up with an excuse. “<b>What </b>‘capturing Xylia for revenge? Connor, you must have misheard. I have an audition opportunity recently, don’t I? I was just on the phone with the producer, and she asked me to deliver a harsh line. I made something up on the spot, so don’t take it seriously!”
“Is that so?” Connor looked at Tessa.
Although Tessa’s exnation could smooth things over, he was not entirely convinced.
Given Tessa’s character, even when auditioning, she would choose to y a virtuous role rather than portray a viin, so as not to damage her own reputation.
Tessa nodded. “Of course! When have I <b>ever </b>lied to you?”
Then, she hurriedly took Connor by the hand into the <b>living </b>room. “Your injury hasn’t fully healed yet, so try not to overexert yourself during this time. Have you <b>had </b>dinner? If not, I’ll cook.”
She shifted the topic and reverted to that gentle and gracious Tessa.
Connor merely nodded indifferently. Watching her busy figure as she went to the kitchen, he felt an intensifying sense of unfamiliarity.
After dinner, Tessa asked to share a bed with Connor, but he refused, using work as an excuse.
This time, Tessa didn’t even bother to hide her feelings. “Connor, tell me honestly: do you not intend to marry me? Do you not n to take care of me?”
Connor instinctively replied, “It’s not that.”
However, Tessa was no longer receptive <b>to </b>such tactics.
She red at Connor. “You said you needed to observe mourning for your grandfather, and I understand why
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“But you have always been indifferent toward me. Now, aftering to Norhill and meeting Xylia, you seempletely lost, as if your soul has left you.
“Are you still thinking about her, and do you no longer intend to take care of me?”
Connor was somewhat annoyed. “What nonsense are you talking about?”
His divorce from Xylia waspelled, and what happened with Tessa that night was also unintentional.
None of the events that urred during this period were what he wished for. It seemed as though a hand of fate repeatedly pushed him onto a path <b>that </b>went against his will.
His career had not been going smoothly, and even his marriage had ended inplete failure.
He had long been extremely irritable.
Now, confronted by Tessa’s persistent questioning, Connor felt increasingly annoyed and was unwilling to argue with her.
“I still have work to attend to, so I will sleep in the study tonight. Good night.” With that, Connor left the bedroom.
Tessa, consumed by anger with no outlet, hurled every item in her bedroom onto the floor.
When Sonny pushed open the door, he saw the floor inplete disarray.
He saw Tessa with her hair loose, forcefully mming the pillow onto the floor in a manner reminiscent of a madwoman.
He could no longer bring himself to ask her to tell him <b>a </b>story to help him fall asleep, as he had originally intended.
Tessa turned her head and immediately saw Sonny standing rigidly at the doorway.
Those eyes, which bear a striking resemnce to Xylia, instantly reignited the fire she had managed to suppress, “Get <b>lost</b>!”
She threw the pillow in her hand toward Sonny, but it was blocked by the door frame and fell to the floor.
Sonny was startled by Tessa’s sharp voice.
At <b>that </b>moment, he couldn’t even cry. He darted back to his room and hid under the covers, shivering.
All he could <b>think </b>of was, That’s so scary. Tessa is so scary!
‘Although Mommy used to be strict with me and manage every aspect of my life, she never once raised her
voice at me.
“However, <b>Tessa </b>now acts like a beast, wanting to devour me.
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“That’s so scary. I <b>miss </b>Mommy
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Early the following morning, Connor left the study and did not see Tessa or Sonny, assuming that both were asleep.
After he had reserved breakfast at the hotel, he was about to go wake Sonny up.
However, there was <b>no </b>one in Sonny’s room.
Connor furrowed his brow and entered the master bedroom again, only to find the room inplete disarray. Tessay on the bed, sleeping soundly.
He felt a sudden jolt and quickly stepped forward to wake Tessa. Tessa? Tessa? Wake up!”
When Tessa opened her eyes and saw Connor, memories of the previous night came to mind, and she looked. at him with a cold expression. “Leave me alone!”
Sonny grabbed her and shouted anxiously, “Sonny is missing. Have you seen him?”
“I have only just woken up. How could I have seen him?” Annoyed, Tessa shook off Connor’s hand and red at him fiercely.
She was thinking. I spend all my time caring about that bitch’s child. I don’t owe them anything, so why should I constantly watch over him like a surveince camera?
Connor was dissatisfied with Tessa’s attitude.
But as things stood now, he must first find Sonny.
He paid no further attention to Tessa and left the hotel with the car keys.
Only btedly did Tessa realize that her attitude earlier wasn’t very friendly.
Over the years, she had consistently used this approach to win over Sonny. Now, at this critical juncture, she must not push this kid into the opposing camp.
It was only after she regained consciousness that she got out of bed and then went out to search for Sonny.
Right then, Sonny was sitting in a taxi with his bag. After telling the taxi driver his destination, Xylic Studio, he gazes absentmindedly at the scenery outside the window.
Xylic Studio was the studio established by Xylia in Norhill.
At the charity dinner that day, Sonny happened to overhear Xylia, while chatting with others, mention the studio she had established.
He couldn’t sleepst night. Every time he closed his eyes, all he could see <b>was </b>Tessa going crazy<b>. </b>
He was afraid, so he decided to look for Xylia, his biological <b>mother</b>.
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Half an hourter, he got out of the taxi, saw the storefront of Xylic Studio, and summoned the courage <b>to </b>step inside.
<b>As </b>soon as he entered, he saw Xylia and Joshua embracing each other.
His expression changed instantly.
“What are you doing?” Sonny’s childish voice was crisp, faintly tinged with some anger.
Xylia was holding Joshua’s arm, rotating her ankle to case the sudden pain she had just felt.
When she heard Sonny’s voice, she thought she must have misheard.
She looked over and indeed saw Sonny standing at the doorway, carrying a small bag and wearing the overalls she had once bought for him.
His young face, strikingly simr to Connor’s, was filled with anger. “So it turns out that everything Dad and Tessa said was true. You really are a promiscuous woman. For the sake of this shameless driver, you have abandoned both me and Dad!”
Xylia looked at Sonny with a nk expression.
She did not <b>know </b>exactly why Sonny hade here so early in the morning to make a scene.
However, she had long since lost all patience with Sonny as she used to be. “Go home now. You shouldn’t <b>have </be here.”
Logically speaking, Sonny was Xylia’s biological son. Even though she was divorced from Connor, the child. still shared a blood rtionship with her, so she should not be indifferent.
However, while she was still married to Connor, Sonny repeatedly did things that hurt her, his mother.
Therefore, in her mind, she had long ceased to have a son.
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