The next morning, Tessa was rudely awakened by the ringing of her phone. Still struggling to fight off the fog of sleep, Tessa pressed down on the connect button. Her voice was still thick with sleep when she said, "Hello, who is it?"
"Tessa, could you come to the hospital to see Zachary?"
Zion's voice echoed from the receiver, his words tinged with urgency. "Did you know that Zachary almost died?"
Annoyance pricked at Tessa's heart upon hearing Zachary's name. Last night was exhausting for her. She was rudely awoken before she got enough rest. She thought that something important might have happened, but the reason for her awakening turned out to be Zachary.
Tessa was beyond irritated, her temper flaring. She didn't bother hiding her irritation as she said, "If he dies, you're in charge of his corpse. Just let me know when the funeral is being held. Out of respect for his mother, I'll show up to see him off."
Tessa didn't bother waiting for Zion's response. She cut the call short and put her phone on silent mode.
Stephen had also been woken up by the commotion. They were under the covers together. Stephen tightened his grip on Tessa's hand and said in a raspy voice, "Sleep with me a little more."
Tessa nuzzled against Stephen's chest, giving off the impression of a clingy kitten. They were snuggled together under the same warm blanket, falling asleep in each other's arms. Only the two of them existed in their little world. No matter how much the snowstorm raged outside, it didn't concern them in the slightest.
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Zachary had already been awake when Zion called Tessa. Zion had insisted on calling her and could guess what Zachary was thinking.
Zachary had been holding on to the last shred of unrealistic hope he had left. He wanted to know if Tessa would be worried about him if she found out that he had one foot in death's door. He wanted to know if Tessa would come and visit him.
"Why was he doing that?" Wendy asked with a frown.
Zion wanted to explain, but he wasn't sure if he was allowed to. Although Zachary hadn't explained himself, Zion could make an educated guess. He was almost certain that it had something to do with Tessa. Zachary had been found out cold near Tessa's apartment building.
Furthermore, rumors circulated that Zachary had also purchased a unit in that same building. Wendy probably didn't know about this, so how could Zion possibly tell her?
It was a headache-inducing situation. When Wendy returned to the country, Zachary and Tessa hadn't broken up yet. Zachary had fooled around with Wendy, uncaring of Tessa's feelings.
Now that the tables had turned, he was getting what he deserved for mistreating Tessa.
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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....