A Beautiful Misunderstanding

Chapter 163 Let's Get Away From Here (Part One)

"Okay, I'll take you home so you can rest. Then we'll go to eat in a French restaurant, okay?" Hanson smiled gently as he made a turn at the next corner.

Essie didn't talk all the way to the apartment. As soon as she arrived, the first thing she did was lie on the sofa.

"I'll get you a glass of juice," Hanson said. Just as he was about to get up, she stretched out her hand to grab his and said, "Don't go, Hanson. Stay here with me."

She knew she was going to lose him again. And this time, she was going to lose him completely. But she couldn't blame him for that. This time, the fate of Bella was at stake. It was about the prospect of tens of thousands of employees, and as the successor of the CEO, he had the responsibility to protect Bella and its employees.

Moreover, this undeserved catastrophe was all because of her.

He sat down beside her and let her rest her head on his lap. "You little fool, I'm just going to get some juice for you. I won't leave you alone." As he spoke, he gently stroked her face.

"I know," Essie mumbled as tears welled up unconsciously in her eyes. She immediately turned her head so that he wouldn't see the tears rolling down from her eyes and onto his pants.

The warmth of her tears made him tremble slightly. He looked down at her and said, "You should be happy since you won the championship. Why are you crying?"

She sat up, her tears streaming down her face like someone had opened the floodgates in her eyes. "Hanson, I know everything about what's going on with Bella."

Trembling violently, he raised his hand to try to wipe away her tears, but there was nothing he could do to get rid of them all. Her tears would not stop streaming down her face. In all her life, her heart had

never been this full of despair.

"I planned on telling you after I've sorted everything out." His voice was low and sorrowful, as if he knew that there was nothing he could do.

"I'm sorry. It's all my fault. I'll talk to Zac—" Before she could even finish her words, Hanson took her in his arms tightly. "You can't go. I don't want you to go. I've thought it through, and I'm going to go through the process of going abroad so I can get you out of here."

Essie was shocked. She must have misheard him. He was going to marry Sunny to salvage the situation, wasn't he?

"Hanson, what are you talking about? Are you leaving now? Are you going to leave Bella behind?" Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

Hanson replied with a hint of coldness in his eyes, "All I can do is to sacrifice myself for a political marriage that I don't want, and in the end, no one will even know who my sacrifice was for."

"I don't understand." Essie shook her head with a blank look in her eyes.

Hanson caressed her head and sighed. "Although I'm the vice president, I have no real power in the group. My father and I have different opinions on managing the company. He is a stubborn person, and my stepmother and her daughters are always picking on me. No matter what I say, my opinions will always be rejected. Even when they fired you at the beginning, I didn't have the right to keep you there."

He paused and continued, "I don't have much feelings for my father, and he feels the same way towards me. Last month, his lawyer told me that he has made a will, leaving half of his shares to me and the other half equally divided among his three daughters. It may seem like I am the biggest shareholder, but the shares of his three daughters, combined with 8% of the shares my stepmother has, still equal to a bigger share than mine. They can veto me at any time, which means that even after

my father hands the business down to me, I still won't have any real power in the company. I don't want to sacrifice my marriage and love for this company since it is in no way under my control. It would be better for me to leave and be a designer."

Hearing Hanson's words, Essie lowered her head, not knowing what to say. Even though she knew that Bella was not in a good situation, she didn't expect that it was that bad. No wonder he had decided to marry Sunny to change the situation in the beginning.

"Essie." He put his arm around her shoulder and said, "Back then, you gave up studying in the Instituto Marangoni for me. Now, we're going to Milan so you can realize your dream, okay? By that time, you would go to school and I will find a job. When you graduate, we'll design our own brand and build our own Bella."

"Okay." She embraced him back and buried her head into the nook of his neck. Tears fell down from her eyes again, but this time, they were tears of joy.

He held her face in his hands. His fingers trailed down from her forehead to her eyes and the tears on her cheeks. Then, he kissed her softly.

What a gentle man! He was like a gentle stream of water. He was so unlike Zac who was crazy, overbearing, full of plunder, and always acting as if he wanted to devour her.

At this time, she shouldn't let this demon disturb her happiness. She quickly shook off the thought. There was no way she was going to let this demon disturb the happiness she was feeling at that moment. She forced herself to calm down and wrapped her arms around Hanson's neck.

Her initiative made him ecstatic, and he increased the pressure on her lips slightly.

After a long while, he stopped kissing her.

She nestled in his arms as she tried to catch her breath.

He gently stroked her hair and said in a low and hoarse voice, "Are you hungry? Let's go out for dinner."

She shook her head and said, "I just want to eat the braised noodles that you cook." It was absolutely delicious, and she was addicted to it.

A smile appeared on his face. He pinched the tip of her nose lovingly and said, "Okay, let's just have braised noodles."

After a while, Essie entered the kitchen and she saw two bowls of freshly-cooked noodles steaming with a lovely aroma waiting for her on the table.

She ate with relish and even drank up every last bit of the soup. Once she was done, she smacked her lips and sighed with satisfaction.

He looked at her with a smile, and continued, "Now that I've fed you, I can do what I've been meaning to do."

Slightly stunned, Essie said, "What is it?"

He stood up and got down on one knee in front of her. Then he took out a velvet box from his pocket, and the moment he opened it, Essie saw an enormous pink diamond ring inside. She had refused him last time, and this time, she had to wear this ring.

"Essie, marry me. I can be your masseuse when you're tired, your pillow when you're sleepy, your coat when it's cold, and your umbrella when it's raining. I promise that I will only give you happiness and love instead of tears and pain for the rest of your life."