Lester held a bouquet of light blue flowers, all wrapped together beautifully.

He handed her the bouquet and said, “This is to congratulate you for finally being discharged.”

Tessa accepted the bouquet and thanked him.

Concerned, Samuel looked at Tessa and said sadly, “You’ve lost a lot of weight this time.”

Marianne nodded. “Tess, I’ll personally cook you some delicious food for you tonight, so come home for dinner, alright?”

Tessa nodded. “Alright. That’s very thoughtful of you, Ms. Connors.”

“She even prepared a gift for you,” Samuel added with a smile.

“Why did you tell her? Now that she knows, there’s no surprise to it.” Marianne feigned anger and glared at Samuel.

He didn’t think much of it, so he smiled and said, “She doesn’t know what gift you’ve prepared for her yet, so it’s still a surprise.”

Tessa chuckled before turning to Marianne. “It’s fine, Mrs. Connors. My dad’s right. It still counts as a surprise since I don’t know what it is.”

“Tess, I’ve also prepared a gift for you. I went to Schazland a few days ago and brought this back for you. Why don’t you open it and take a look inside?” Sienna then handed her a gift bag.

Tessa recognized the logo on the gift bag as it belonged to a well-known luxury watch brand from Schazland. So, she smiled and said, “Thank you.”

She proceeded to take out a box from the gift bag and opened it, revealing a women’s watch.

A warm smile appeared on her lips and she added, “The watch is beautiful. Thank you, Sienna.”

“There’s no need to thank me. Let me help you put it on.”

“Sure.”

Sienna helped to fasten the white watch around Tessa’s wrist and nodded in satisfaction. “The watch suits you.”

Naomi chimed in, “Tessa, I’ve been receiving treatment at home for the past few days, so I wasn’t able to prepare a gift for you. I’ll bring you out shopping once we have the time, and when the time comes, I’ll buy you anything you want. How does that sound?”

Smiling brightly, Tessa replied, “Sure. I won’t hold back, then.”

The group of people opened the ward door and made their way out of the hospital.

When they arrived at the

parking lot, Tessa bid her friends goodbye. “Thank you all for coming on the day of my discharge.”

over on the day of all het

Smiling, Naomi replied, “There’s no need for you to thank us.”

Sienna agreed. “That’s right. You don’t need to be so polite with us.”

Lester smiled warmly as he softly added, “You don’t have to be so polite with me either.”

They chatted briefly in the parking lot before parting ways.

Tessa had turned around and began walking toward her family’s car when she suddenly noticed a familiar car.

It was a black Cullinan.

She stopped in her tracks before making her way toward the Cullinan. Once she was close enough to see the car’s car plate, her expression darkened.

It was Stephen’s car.

Tessa walked over and gently knocked on the car window.

The window rolled down, revealing Stephen’s handsome face.

“Why are you here?” Tessa asked gently.

Stephen looked at her with a dark

gaze and replied, “You’re being discharged today, so I decided to come over and see you.”

His words were like a feather, landing gently on her heart and causing a flutter.

“Have your wounds healed completely? Do you feel any discomfort?” Stephen asked.

“I don’t,” Tessa replied as she shook her head.

His gaze fell on her before he enviously asked, “Did Lester give you those flowers?”