Zayn was speechless. He was so angry that he almost laughed. What on earth was going on?He coldly reprimanded. “Get up! Get up and speak!”Hector did not intend to get up. “Director Zayn, I called you out just to tell you in all seriousness, that I have long repented and turned over a new leaf! Ever since that incident, I have regretted it for a very long time. I fell severely ill. Later on, I no longer gambled. To teach myself a serious lesson, I even severed my pinky.”Hector raised his hand and showed Zayn. Zayn looked closely and noticed that Hector’s pinky had indeed been severed. Zayn said nothing.Hector continued. “Ever since then, I had been diligent and attentive. I took care of my old mother and my daughter. All these years, I have a mother and a child to care for. I have never done anything illegal. If you don’t believe me, you can head to the police to check on my records. I’m just a small trader who abides by the rules. Also, ever since I had my daughter, I also real
Hector sighed again. “Who knows where she has ended up? She was here and there. She did not have a fixed place nor did any honest work! She was a woman who was only active at night, it is such a humiliation to Tessa to have a mother like that!”When Zayn heard what Hector said, he thought about the woman he met outside Ford Group. The woman had a pale face, but she did not have the aura of a flirtatious and debauched woman who works at night. However, Zayn was not sure if that woman was Tessa’s mother.He probed Hector. “How did you meet Tessa’s mother in the first place?”Hector was stunned. “W-What’s your point in asking this?” He clearly looked nervous and a little guarded.Zayn smiled a little. He came clean to Hector. “To be honest with you, Tessa has been harassed recently. I think it’s her mother calling…”“This woman deserves to die! How terrible! I had even thought of killing her!” Hector said suddenly.Zayn was shocked. “What? You want to kill again?”Hector immediatel
“Our greatest obstacle was that I was more than ten years older than her, but I really loved her. We got pregnant not long after getting married. The three of us were extremely happy. If we had a child, we would be able to live happily in the future.”There was a pause before Hector sighed heavily. His face was filled with frustration and anger. “Who would have thought…”At that point, he suddenly stopped speaking. His expressions became gloomy. Zayn could hear that what he said and what Tessa said were similar. However, Tessa did not go into such details like Hector.“What happened?” Zayn asked.“Humiliation! It was so humiliating!” Hector sighed. He looked at Zayn with an embarrassed expression. “Tell me, which man would be able to stand it after encountering such an incident? I was so good to her. I took her in and paid off her debt of a few hundred thousand dollars. The four of us were living happily initially, who knew that after a few years with me, she…would have an affair.
Hector stammered. “D-Did…Tessa tell you about this?”Zayn smiled lightly. “No. Didn’t you say that when you took in Tessa’s mother, she was only eighteen, so you can’t officially register to get married?”“Yes, yes, back then, it was because of this matter that was why I did not get married to that woman, but we were in fact husband and wife.”Zayn nodded. “I know.” He paused for a while. “If that’s the case, since she is Tessa’s mother after all, see if you could ask her out if you happened to meet her? Let me have a chat with her.”“Zayn, you treat me too well,” Tessa said.“You’ve already said it yourself. I’m the future son-in-law of this family. Of course, I have to bear the responsibility of a future son-in-law,” Zayn replied.The entire family laughed, they were delighted. Tessa was even more elated. She even coquettishly leaned her head on Zayn’s shoulder in front of her father and grandmother. However, there was something on Zayn’s mind. His instincts were not wrong. Bac
“Alright, I will certainly introduce you to one.” Tessa replied.“He must be a successful and mature man.”Tessa laughed. “I’ll introduce a man so mature that he is twenty years older than you, alright?”“That’s fine too! I like mature men. Besides, Director Zayn is twelve years older than you, twenty years older is not much. I’m fine with it.”“Hahaha. Are you looking for a dad or a husband?”“Pfft…”Everyone was joking and was only half-genuine. However, everybody's envy towards Tessa was real. Zayn was said to be a mature man because of his age, but he did not have the slightest trace of an old man. He clearly was still very young and rich. Who would not be envious of Tessa?Tessa was incomparably satisfied. Being envied by these female colleagues made her feel joyful. In any case, the company did not have a limit on how long they could stay, and Tessa also did not despise staying on. She still had her arms wrapped around Zayn’s arm and did not let him leave.She then openly
Tessa suddenly shuddered when she heard that voice behind her. Tessa and Zayn both turned around at the same time. As expected, Zayn saw that woman from a few days ago. That was the same woman that the little child, Aino, wanted to introduce to her uncle to be his girlfriend. The woman was still wearing the same clothes as a few days ago, and she still had a very deep vertical wrinkle in between her eyebrows.“It’s you?” Zayn knowingly asked.However, the woman did not look at Zayn, but she looked at Tessa instead. “Tessa, he is older than you. He is so much older than you. You are not suitable for each other. Tessa, can’t you date normally?”At that moment, Tessa’s face was completely flustered. She gritted her teeth and stared at the woman with both her eyes reddened with rage. “You…go to hell! Go to hell! To hell! I feel so disgusted! Why don’t you go to hell!”Tessa was outraged. She did not care about her image at all. She never expected that not only would Hana normally call
Tessa turned around and looked at Zayn with her face covered in tears. “Zayn! Do you think I’ve gone too far? But do you know how far this woman has gone? She did not give me enough affection at all! She only gave birth to me, but she had never brought me up at all! She left all the housework and trivial matters to my dad. I grew up being a child from a single-parent family! I have never had a mom since I was young. My dad also doesn’t have a wife! She doesn’t deserve to be a human being at all!”Zayn was speechless. At this moment, he was even slightly caught between a rock and a hard place.“You d*mned woman! Are you still not getting lost? Do you want me to hit you to death?” Tessa looked at Hana, who was on the ground, with repulse.“Tessa…I can’t watch you get yourself in danger…”“Get lost!”“You get lost! Get lost now! I am firing you on my father’s behalf! Get lost immediately!” Suddenly, a small figure scurried over and pushed Tessa so violently that Tessa fell a couple o
Zayn was the first to scold Aino. “Aino, don’t talk nonsense!”Aino instantly broke out in tears. “I am not talking nonsense! I have a discerning eye! I’ve decided that this beautiful lady is my aunt! I don’t want Tessa to be my aunt!”Tessa instantly burst into tears. She pointed at Hana, who was sitting on the ground all confused, and cursed. “Hana Sharpe! How cheap are you? It was not for my own good that you don’t let me date Zayn. It turned out that you have your eyes on Zayn? You even already buttered up the little princess? Hana Sharpe, are you still human? Are you actually a human?”Hana, who was still collapsed on the ground, uttered, “I…”What has she done? She had no clue at all. She did not know who this fierce little princess in front of her was. She did not even know who Zayn was. She just saw that Zayn looked older compared to her daughter, so she was worried that her daughter would follow in her footsteps. She had no clue about the rest of it.“You’re pretending, t