Unexpected Encounter: A Second Chance at Love

[Downstairs]

When Rachael and Andrew came down, Tina was waiting for her.

"I am a little late," Tina sighed. "Traffic."

She looked at the couple and said, "I hope I didn't disturb you both."

"Not at all, we were just sitting." When Andrew scoffed, Rachael poked him with her elbow before glaring at him.

"Which dress do you want?" she inquired.

"I was thinking of the black one you have." Tina then looked at Andrew. "Don't worry, I will be quick. I'll just quickly change and be out of here in no time."

"It's okay, take your time." His plans of having dessert before dinner was ruined anyway. He also wanted to keep Tina around until Ben arrived.

"Let's go, I will help you dress up." Rachael hooked her arms around her shoulder as they walked towards her room.

"Babe, I will be in the garden."

"Alright, don't stay out for too long. It's quite chilly today," she reminded him.

…..

[Garden]

Andrew sat on the nearest bench before taking out his cell phone from his pocket.

After fiddling through his recent call log, he called Justin.

"Hey, what's up?"

"When are you taking over the company?" Andrew inquired.

"I don't know," Justin answered. "Why are you suddenly asking me this?"

"My company wants to start a project with Hans Corporation," he remarked. "I am waiting for you to take over."

"Grandpa wants to resign soon, he has been pestering me a lot these days," Justin sighed. "There are still many things I have to figure out first. I have to take Elsa home too."

"Did you take them to show the new house? The construction is almost complete."

"Not yet. We recently shifted in an apartment nearby but just for a few more days, after that I will take them there." He pinched the space between his brows and frowned. He had so many things to do that everything was getting jumbled up.

"Andrew, I haven't been around much these days to help you and Owen," he sighed. "Just give me a few more days, I will join again as soon as I sort everything here."

The trio had been working together for years now. Though Justin had his own businesses back in Russia, they still handled everything together. But after moving to the city with the little one and then with Elsa, he hadn't been able to help. This made him feel a little bad.

"Don't worry about it," Andrew remarked. "To be honest, I haven't been paying much attention to it. Owen is handling most of the important work by himself."

"I heard he is flying back next month?"

"He is and I think I will go with him too." Owen was flying back just to talk to the investors and to convince them to pull out from Igor's project. If both of them showed up together, the impact would be much better.

"Okay then, I will come with you both too," Justin added.

"That will be much better."

"I will ask Elsa and Edward to stay with Rach—"

"I have plans of taking Rachael with me when I go." Before he could say something, Andrew added, "Elsa might have to come too."

"Why?" Justin frowned. "I thought you were never taking her there."

"That was the plan," he nodded. "It's mom's birthday next month and grandma wants everyone to come there so that we can celebrate together. She wants me to bring Rachael too."

Keeping quiet for a while, Justin said, "Then we all should go together. It is safer that way."

"That's what I was thinking too."

After talking to Justin about a few more things, he hung up the call.

Looking at the night sky, Andrew took a deep breath and sighed. He was still a little skeptical about taking Rachael to his maternal home. But he knew that if he didn't, his grandmother would end up doing something crazy.

He didn't want Rachael to get hurt in between his stubbornness and his grandmother's craziness.

The safest choice was to take his wife there with him and bring her back safely.

But Andrew had no idea that his crazy grandmother had her own plans.

…..

[Inside]

When Tina came down after getting ready, she was surprised to see Ben in the living room.

Though she felt very awkward and uncomfortable, she still smiled at him when their eyes met.

Thinking that he was there to talk to Andrew about work, she decided to quietly walk towards the door. But as soon as she crossed him, Ben got up and started following her.

…

[Outside]

"What are you doing?" Tina curiously inquired. He had followed her outside without saying a word. It was really weird and creepy.

Ben took out his car keys from his pocket and unlocked the car. "I am dropping you off for your date."

When he opened the car door for her, Tina frowned. "Who told you about it?" She wanted to tell him that it wasn't a date but she refrained herself from doing so.

"Does it matter?" He glanced at his watch. "See, it's already eight. You will be late if we don't leave now."

"It's okay, I will take a cab."

"The cab will take time to arrive." He raised his brows. "Do you want to keep your date waiting? Poor guy must be very excited, you shouldn't do that."

Contemplating for a while, Tina got into the car. Since he had no problem with dropping her for her 'DATE', why should she refuse the free ride just because she thought it would be awkward for him and also her?

…..

[Inside the Car]

When he started driving without asking her for the address, Tina fished her phone out and showed him the restaurant name. "I have to go here."

"Okay." Ben answered without sparing a glance at the phone.

She frowned. "You did not even see it." She pushed the phone towards him.

He glanced at it for a second before focusing on the road again. "I saw it. Are you happy now?"

Tina: " "

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Author's note:

Greetings Readers :)

I had to fly to my hometown for some family emergency. This is why I had to reduce the update rate to one chapter per day.

I will compensate later with a mass release ^_^

Thank you for understanding and your support :)

Happy reading ♥

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