MARRY ME NOW

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**** Tessa’s POV ****

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It was all over. The nightmares were over, my enemies were gone. Vick was gone.

I guessed Austin already knows everything… His mother’s scheme. “Since you have nowhere to go, for now, you can come to live at my family house… Well at least until you get back on your feet.” He said. I frowned a bit. I didn’t like him saying it until I get back on my feet. Yes, I want to be independent again, but I didn’t want to leave him. Didn’t he want me?

I just nodded my head.

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It was about a few minutes’ drive, I did not want the ride to end, it was Austin who drove the car. I sat in the back seat with Anne in my arms and Zara next to me. I caught Austin staring at me several times through the mirror. My heart pounded inside my chest. ‘I love you. He loves me.

We got to Austin’s place. It was really huge. Like extra huge. He did say it was his family home. Austin got out quickly. He opened the door for me. I looked up at him.

His handsomeness somehow always manages to take me aback. He stretched out his hand to help me get out. I slowly reached for it. His cold hand sent shivers down my body.

With Anne in my other arm, I got out of the car. I stared into Austin’s eyes. He was looking right back at me. Our hands are still in contact. I got lost for a minute.

Someone cleared their throat. Snapping us out of whatever we were in. Standing in front of us was a lady. She was very beautiful.

If beauty was a person…

Her aura was calming yet intimidating. She had on a friendly smile.

She stretched out her hand. “I’m April, Austin’s older sister. I have heard a lot about you, Tessa.” She said. Wow, she knows my name.

She studied me. “Have you ever thought of becoming a model? You are extremely beautiful you’d have been a successful one.” She said. I blushed. “Thank you.”

“I am just saying the truth my dear, right Austin?” She said making me blush even more. She opened her arms and engulfed me in a hug.

“Finally, I meet the loving Tessa. The woman who gave my brother a heart.”

She took me by my hand and walked me inside the house. Austin and Zara are behind us.

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I got to know more about April. She was a very successful lady. Turned out their mother didn’t only mess with Austin but with her as well.

I got more and more comfortable with her with each passing minute. Just then a man walked in. I have seen him somewhere before… He was their dad, Alex Kings. His face lit up at the sight of his son.

“Austin, my son!” He went to Austin and gave him a hug. Austin hugged back. “I’m so sorry, believe me… I had no idea she was capable of all those.” He was talking about his wife.

“It’s all over now.”

“Yes, I am so glad you’re back on your feet again!” He said patting his son’s back.

He then looked at me. “Tessa…”

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For the first time in months, my mind was at peace. I was given a room. It was huge but comfy. I gave Anne a bath and then had mine.

Anne had immediately gone to sleep immediately after bathing. She was tucked up on the bed. I put on a comfy dress. My phone beeped. It was a message. The number was private.

Please come meet me at the bar – in Austin.

It was Austin. I looked at the clock and it was 5 pm. Austin wanted to see me. I knew where the bar was. I had seen it earlier. I looked at Anne who was fast asleep.

I could go and come back in 10 minutes… I placed a kiss on Anne’s head. Locked the door and walked to the bar. I spotted Austin. He stood up straight when he saw me. How does he keep getting more handsome?

I walked closer to him. His manly aura filled me. And at that moment, I wanted to be wrapped in his arms. “All those years, I wanted nothing but to call you mine.” He said.

I was madly in love with this man. “It’s not too late now… Is it?” I whispered. Our faces got closer and closer, and our lips almost touched. When all of a sudden someone spoke through a small speaker.

“We have a visitor who requests to see Miss Tessa.” A voice says.

“Who is it?” Austin asked.

“She claims to be Miss Tessa’s mother.”

My jaw dropped.

“She claims to be Miss Tessa’s mother.”

My jaw dropped.

There was no way that could be my mom. She left years ago. I did not want that person to be my mother. After so many years of suffering without my mother, I concluded that she hated me. And I hated her too.

“You know why she left? She left because you’re a curse, Tessa, a curse!” Aunt screamed. “She’s just evil enough to have left you with me, she left me with a curse!”

“Let her in,” Austin said.

“No!” I said. Even if she was my mother, I didn’t want to see her. I wanted nothing to do with her… Not after all I have been through because of her. “I don’t want to see her,” I said.

“Tessa… I know what you feel and I understand why you don’t want to see her, she left you at a very young age, right, this is just an opportunity to ask her why she did.” He said, trying to convince me to talk to my mother. A woman walked in.

Mother.

She looked better, younger than she had ever looked, her skin blossomed. You could tell she had a wonderful life without me. “Why did you come back, mother?” I heard the detest in my voice.

She stared me in the eyes. “Tessa…” She said. “Oh Tessa, my daughter.” She walked to me and hugged me. Tensed, I stood still. For a moment, I felt warm in the arms of my mother. I longed for this for a very long time.

Then I remembered how she abandoned me and left me with the witch she called her sister. Remembering all I went through with my aunt and the hatred I gathered for my mother when she left me to suffer, I pushed her away.

It took her off guard as she fell to the ground. “Tessa!” I heard Austin call my name.

“I am not your daughter!” I screamed.

“Yes, you are my child.” She cried out.

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