Zayn was even more shocked when he heard Tessa say that. It was simply inconceivable. Before he had met Tessa's mother, he already had an extremely terrible impression of her. The world was truly filled with wonders. If there were such responsible mothers like Sabrina in this world, then there would also be such irresponsible mothers like Hana.
Hana was forty years old, which was not that much older than Zayn. He must bring Tessa along and argue face-to-face with Hana one day. Never mind the past, but since Zayn would be around from now on, he certainly could not let such a cheating and irresponsible mother harass Tessa again.
"This woman is indeed too much. Your father is so nice to her, and she actually had an affair!" said Zayn furiously.
Tessa sighed. "Before Hana, my dad had a wife. They have been together for many years, but they were unable to have a child. Later on, that woman blamed it on my dad, so she divorced him. My dad did not look for another partner for several years because he had been so heartbroken. Later on, when he met Hana, he was already in his thirties."
Speaking of that, Tessa looked at Zayn. "When my dad was together with my mom, he was almost your age. M y dad was very handsome, hardworking, and had a
good character. Zayn, I liked you back then and had agreed to date you because I felt that your mannerism and all other aspects were similar to my dad. My dad i s...truly too pitiful. My dad originally did not plan to find another wife anymore. However, he had rescued Hana and brought her home. Hana saw that he was handsome and knew who to love others, so she got together with him. When Hana turned twenty-eight years old, she actually took a sum of money that my dad had worked so hard to save and ran off with a man who was almost six years younger than her. At that time, my dad was so angered that he got severely ill and had almost died. When she was twenty-eight years old, my dad was forty-five. She simply thought that my dad was already older than her and was no longer worthy to be with her, so she got together with another man! Such a woman deserved to be sliced into pieces!
Tessa sighed. "Now that the money has been spent and she doesn't have any money left, I'm guessing that the man she had run off with does not want her anymore. She actually has the face to come looking for my dad again! She came to me, asked me to be the go-between and let her come home! How could I possibly agree? Tell me, how could I possibly agree? I hate her! How could there be such a shameless woman in this world!"
Tessa bawled inconsolably. Zayn was also heartbroken for her girlfriend. That noon, they did not have lunch together at the restaurant. Seeing that many people were looking at Tessa, Zayn packed some desserts for her, and then sent her back to the company.
"Don’t be upset anymore. Work properly during working hours, do you hear me? We will settle the rest of the matter together. Next time if your mother calls you again, let me answer it. We will both look for her together to have a proper discussion. First, go to work now." Zayn comforted Tessa.
Tessa nodded. "I know, Zayn. I must prioritize work in the company."
"Come on, I'll send you into the office, then I'll leave.” Zayn was still worried about Tessa, and he wanted to console her a little longer.
Both of them walked through the hallway of the company. Tessa’s eyes were still red from crying so much. As Tessa was walking towards her department, they met Aino who was walking towards them.
"Aino, why are you here?" Zayn was very surprised. He had just gone out for lunch, how did Aino appear here?
"Who sent you here? Is your mother here?"
Aino ignored Zayn, she just looked at Tessa as if she was interrogating a criminal. "What did you do together with my uncle?"
Tessa did not say anything. She wanted to force an awkward smile, but because she was too sad, she just could not do it. She barely smiled but was ridiculed by Aino. "Your smile is more awful than crying! So ugly!"
"Aino! Don't be rude!" Zayn was extremely angry.
Aino stuck her tongue out at Zayn. Seeing that her uncle was truly angered, she behaved like a spoiled and unreasonable child and stepped forward to hold her uncle's hand.
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