Tessa paused, not expecting Stephen to ask such a question. Then, she replied with a small hum.

“How thoughtful. He even knows that you like the color blue.” His lips curled up into what seemed like a smile, but his tone remained extremely bitter.

Tessa pursed her lips together and turned to look at the bouquet of flowers on his passenger seat.

His taste had always been impeccable, and the flowers he had prepared were exquisite, falling completely in line with her aesthetic.

Noticing that her gaze had fallen on the flowers beside him, Stephen’s tone became neutral as he said, “I had planned to give them to you, but since you already have a bouquet, I guess this one’s a bit unnecessary now.”

Hearing him, Tessa didn’t know how to respond. So, she just said, “Then, I guess I’ll be going now.”

With that, she turned around, ready to make her leave.

“Wait a minute!” Stephen’s voice sounded much more anxious than he did before.

He quickly added, “I’m sure you’re able to carry two bouquets, so why don’t you take this bouquet with you too. It’ll just take up space in my car if I keep it.”

With her back still facing him, her lips curled into a faint smile. She then turned back around and met his eyes and asked, “It’ll take up space?”

Stephen’s voice became low as he replied, “That’s right. I’ll just throw it away if you don’t want it.”

He then got out of the car and walked to the other side of it. He opened the door and handed her the bouquet of flowers.

Tessa held the flowers in her hand and thanked him, causing his gaze to darken when he heard her.

She noticed, but she did not say anything. After all, it was only right that she acted polite and distant, given their current relationship.

When Tessa walked back to her family’s car with two bouquets in hand, Marianne was confused. “Tess, why do you have another bouquet with you? Who gave you the other one?”

From where their car was parked, they could not see Stephen’s Cullinan. Hence, Samuel and Marianne had not seen Stephen giving her the flowers.

From the front seat, Samuel turned to look at her, but he did not say anything.

Tessa knew that Samuel currently hated the Jacobsons and was firmly against her having any contact with Stephen. She didn’t want to ruin the

mood, so she vaguely explained, “It was a friend of mine.”

“Oh,” Marianne responded, and after noticing that Tessa did not want to talk about

it, she did not press the matter.

Samuel, on the other hand, did not say a word. Instead, he just instructed their driver to head off in a flat tone.

When they arrived at the Yates residence, Seline was sitting on the living room couch, watching some cartoons.

Her face immediately lit up when she saw Tessa. She ran over excitedly to hug Tessa and called out sweetly, “Tessa!”

Tessa smiled and gently patted Seline’s head. “Seline, have you missed me?” Seline replied crisply, “I did.”

Standing nearby, Cecilia had a smile

on her face. She said to Tessa in Britharian, “Seline has made a full recovery. She can live a normal life and go back to school now.”

Tessa’s eyes lit up with joy. “That’s great. Thank you so much, Cecilia.”

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“So soon?” Tessa asked.

Cecilia nodded and explained, “I have patients waiting to see me.”

“Alright, then. What time’s your flight tomorrow? I’ll have our driver take you to the airport.”

“It’s at 3:00 pm.”

Samel also said in Britharian, “Thank you, Dr. Bateman. It’s all thanks to you that Seline has managed to make a full recovery.”

“There’s no need to thank me, sir.”