Chapter 17%
Seeing Yoel’s beautiful brows furrowed in won
worry, Tessa gently reached up to smooth them out, soothing him with a soft voice. “Dr. Lawton, you’ve been taking care of me for five years now. Even if I had been a newborn back then, I’d be old enough for kindergarten by now. I can do a lot more things. I know you’re worried about my health and I won’t do any heavy labor, but cooking is one of my hobbies. Please let me do it
Her big, dark eyes blinked adorably, resembling a delicate doll, making it impossible for anyone to refuse her request.
The softest part of Yoel’s heart was deeply touched. He couldn’t help but chuckle and compromise, “Alright, alright, whatever my wife says goes.”
Heaning the answer she wanted, Tessa stood on her tiptoes and planted a light kiss on h perfecting her radish soup.
his cheek before turning back to focus on
Just then, Yoel’s phone rang. He glanced at the caller ID before pressing the answer button. “Mr. Lawton, there’s a man named Jason at the gate requesting to see you. He says it’s urgent
The name Jason stabbed into Yoel’s heart like a sharp thorn. This was the man who had dominated the first half of Tessa’s life, the only man he had truly feared over the years.
It wasn’t because Jason was particularly powerful. It was because Yoel feared that once Tessa saw him, she would regain her memories and leave him.
The happiness he had with Tessa now was something he had stolen while taking advantage of the situation and snatched away from Jason. With a single misstep, he could lose everything. That was why he had deliberately fabricated the illusion that Karen was dead and had forbidden Tessa from appearing in public whenever she returned to the country. He had done everything to prevent Jason from discovering the truth.
But no matter how well he had guarded against it fate had still brought this moment upon him.l
Suppressing the fear in his heart, Yoel spoke into the phone. “Tell him I don’t want to see him. He should just leave.”
“But he said that if you don’t come out, he’ll come in and find you himself. He also brought a lot of bodyguards. I’m afraid I won’t be able to stop them.“}
Yoel could tell that Jason had come prepared. Feeling helpless, he had no choice but to agree to meet him.
After hanging up the phone, he turned to Tessa with a serious expression and instructed, “Honey, I’m going out to meet someone. No matter what happens outside today, you must not step out. Do you understand?”
“Why?” Tessa blinked in confusion.”
Yoel pressed his lips together, momentarily at a loss for how to explain. In the end, he could only repeat himself. “Just promise me, okay? Until I come back for you, you are not to leave this house, not even a single step. Consider this a plea from me, honey”
Tessa clearly caught the fleeting fear in Yoel’s eyes, as if the moment she stepped outside, he would lose something most precious to him. Her heart ached slightly and she nodded. “Alright, I promise you.“?
Yoel finally let out a sigh of relief. He leaned down to place a kiss on her forehead before turning to leave.
Watching his departing figure, Tessa fell into deep thought.
Outside the grand entrance, Jason stood with a group of towering bodyguards, his face full of impatience as he stared at the villa’s doors & As time passed and Yoel still hadn’t appeared, Jason’s patience was completely worn out. He was just about to give the order to break down the door when, to his surprise, Yoel finally emerged, striding toward them with steady steps.
Jason narrowed his long eyes, his gaze complex as he scrutinized the approaching Yoel.!!
Though he had seen Yoel’s face countless times in magazines, seeing him in person gave him an inexplicable sense of familiarity, as if they had met before
Yet, after searching his memory, he couldn’t recall ever meeting Yoel. Dismissing the thought as mere imagination, he refocused on the present
Before long. Yoel arrived at the gate. He stood behind the closed doors, his expression cold as he looked at Jason and spoke indifferently. “You must be the recently famous Jason Greene. What do you want from me?”
