Stephen pulled himself out of his swirling emotions and said seriously, "Tess, there's something else I need to tell you."
Tessa straightened up when she saw the look on his face. "What is it?"
Stephen said, "My dad's illegitimate son is named James Fullerton. Back then, my grandparents refused to let him into the Jacobson family. He had a rough time on his own in Arcton until a powerful gang leader took him in. Over the years, he built a base and gathered his own men. Now, he even has a private armed force."
Tessa immediately said, "That sounds dangerous for you! Stephen, you have to be really careful dealing with him."
Her concern caught Stephen off guard, sending a warmth through his chest.
He pulled her into his arms. "I'll be fine, but I'm worried about you. You mean everything to me, and I'm afraid that he'll come after you just to get to me."
Tessa repeated, "Come after me?"
Stephen said, "Yeah. Taking me down won't be easy, but you're my biggest weakness. If he targets you, I—"
Tessa wrapped her arms tightly around him. "You don't have to worry about me. I can take care of myself. Plus, you've already assigned two extra bodyguards to me, so I'll be fine.
"Besides, we're in Orkford. James has no real power here, and he can't pull anything off."
Stephen frowned. "Jacqueline is his accomplice in Orkford."
Tessa's head snapped up, and her eyes filled with shock. "What? Jacqueline? But she's your sister! How could she—"
Stephen said, "I don't know when she started working for James—I'm still looking into it. She has already fled to Arcton, but my people have found her. They'll bring her back soon."
Tessa frowned. "Okay. Speaking of which, Jacqueline didn't come to our engagement party, did she? She's your sister, so she should have been there to witness it."
Tessa's words reminded Stephen of the incident. On the day of their engagement, he really hadn't seen Jacqueline.
Back then, he was so focused on Tessa that he didn't even notice Jacqueline was missing. Susan had kidnapped Seline that day, and it seemed likely that Jacqueline was somehow involved.
Stephen looked at Tessa and gave her one last piece of advice. "Anyway, wherever you go, make sure you have your bodyguards with you."
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The readers' comments on the novel: His Unveiled Passion
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....
This is funny! Jacqueline was also the culprit why James knew that nancy was Stephen's cousin. So, really, what happened when steohen tortured jacqueline hahah...
I wonder how many authors does this book have? Suddenly jacqueline was back and continue to bad mouth tessa. And was stunned that tessa knows her feelings about stephen. And then rowena was freaking mad at tessa too; because there werw multiple instances that tessa sharp-tongued her. 🤣...
What is wrong with the story flow? At chapter 160-164 there’s this whole thing about Stephen revealing in front of all the Jacobsons family members about Jacqueline’s inappropriate feelings towards him and her involvement in murder. There’s even this “Just like that, Jacqueline was officially expelled from the Jacobson family. Stephen then promptly handed her to the authorities.” So I was already glad the bitch is out of the picture. And then suddenly at chapter 236, Jacqueline appears again like nothing happened, still being the adoptive daughter of the Jacobson family and the family being unaware of her feelings for Stephen. Seriously? Doesn’t make sense anymore....
The latest update is just a repetition of the previous chapters...
I don’t like that Stephen is dropping Tessa. They could work together to go after James. But if this happens then I’ll stop reading....