Ralph continued his rant. "And that adopted daughter of yours, Jacqueline. What have you been teaching her all these years? A daughter of the Jacobson family teaming up with an evil scoundrel to commit despicable crimes? You and Sophia have failed as parents!"
"You're right," Caleb acknowledged as he dropped his head even more, allowing Ralph to berate him as much as he wanted.
Ralph was extremely vexed and aired out all his grievances from the laptop screen. He was currently in Jordanville with a high-ranking position. If he wanted to leave Jordanville, he would have to first obtain the approval of his superiors, which meant that he wouldn't be able to return in the near future.
As such, he could only scold his useless son through the video call.
It took Ralph some time before he could finally calm down. Then, with a low voice, he commanded, "Call Stephen over."
"Yes." Caleb moved the laptop to face Stephen, who stood at the side.
"Hello, Grandpa," Stephen greeted politely with a nod.
Ralph gave Stephen a once-over and asked seriously, "What do you plan to do moving forward?"
"James has recently secured a big project. I'm prepared to make things difficult for him, especially when he has spent a lot of time and effort on this project. If something goes awry, it would be a big blow to him."
"Good. Make sure to teach him a lesson. Get it through his head that the Jacobsons are not to be trifled with," Ralph insisted.
"However…" Ralph's expression became even more serious as he continued. "From what we have seen of him, James is a lunatic. If you plan to go against him, make sure you're fully prepared for his retaliation."
Stephen's voice was passive when he declared, "I know. The only reason he succeeded the last time was because we let our guard down."
"I've never had to worry about you. You're much more capable than your father." Ralph nodded in approval, shooting a displeased glance at Caleb, who was at the side.
Stephen flexed his hands resting on either side of him. It was impossible to discern the emotions in his eyes. He murmured, "I understand."
Next, Ralph addressed Caleb. "In the future, as long as it doesn't go against the Jacobson family's principles or the law, don't interfere with what Stephen does."
A burning anger was set aflame in Caleb's heart. Ralph was still fit and healthy for his age. Caleb found it hard to accept that Ralph had ignored him completely, instead passing over the power and family business to Stephen.
Caleb was incensed but dared not voice his opinion directly in front of Ralph. After all, the cause of the entire mess was James, his illegitimate son. If he had been able to control his libido back then, none of this would have happened.
He had no right to fight for anything. Even if he was angry, he could only swallow his anger.
Caleb comforted himself with the fact that the person in power was still his son and not a stranger. "I understand," he said.
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The readers' comments on the novel: His Unveiled Passion
Yuhohoooo!!! Finally!!!...
Aaand~ Tessa and Stephen are finally back together! Yaaaaay!...
Why make an uninteresting, irrelevant twist when readers are waiting for Tess and Stephen to be together?...
Gosh just let Tessa and Stephen get back together already! Ugh...
Oh my god, when is this book finishing... they're not even back together yet and more nonsense side plots.....
Whoa! Hahahahahaha! Go, Sophia! Burn, stupid Rowena! Lol...
Sooo~ Chapters 310-318 were just a repeat of Jacqueline’s punishment, official expulsion from the Jacobson family, and arrest. With few changes since Tessa and Stephen are not together this time. So Tessa didn’t witness how Jacqueline was tortured at Stephen’s base, though at least Tessa was still called over and witnessed how Stephen officially expelled Jacqueline from the Jacobson family and how Stephen’s subordinate made Jacqueline grovel in front of Tessa. Lol. I hope Jacqueline’s really out of the story now....
Also a lot of chapters were missing here. I went back to the application where it was originally published that’s why i know that this site is not reliable...
Fucked up book! Seems like the authors were not talking to each other. LOL. Yes authors, because of the inconsistencies....
The story went downhill after pg200 1. Why is Jacqueline back… she was expelled from the family already 2. There was no reason for Rowena to be mad at Tessa 3. The Jacobson already knows that Stephen wants to get back witb Tessa after they deal with James, so why is Rowena pushing hard? LOL 4. The family also knows that Stephen and Nancy have some sort of deal. The story was okay from page 1-199, but clearly it’s a thumbs down. I can deal with grammatical errors, but story errors is just different now....