His Unveiled Passion novel Chapter 22

Chapter 22

The Layer was quiet, the air beary with spoken words.

Tessa, feeling the weight of it all, exceed berselt early and made her way to her bedroom

As she passed the table, her eyes landed on a gift box. She remembered the watch she had meant to give to Stephen, so she dialed his number.

“Hey, Stephen, wmember that gift I promised you? I’us about to head over with it. Are you at the manor?”

“Creal,

At Evergreen Villa, Zachary and Wendy entered, but the housekeeper, Emitu, glanced over her shoulder. “Mr. Gomez, didn’t Ms. Yates return with you?”

Emma’s confusion deepened. “Didn’t Ms. Yates go out with you? she hasn’t been back in the past few days.‘

A sudden realization hit Zachary, and his heart raced. Without a word, he hurried upstair

The vanity was empty, the small decorations gouse in Tessa’s room.

When he opened the closet, it was empty

Every trace of Tessa had vanished.

The room had been returned to the state it was in before she had ever moved

Zachary’s breath quickened as panic set in Hemed to the staircase and called out to Emina downstairs, “When did Tessa move her things out?”

Emma paused, her voice shaky as she hesitated. “L..I cleaned the room the next day and saw it was empty. I thought you knew.

Frustration welled up inside Zachary as he clenched his fist.

ithout a second thought, he pulled our his phone and dialed Tessa’s number, but it went straight to voicema. L

She had blocked him.

He quiddy dialed Jodie’s number instead

Tessa badn’t had many friends in Haverford, and as far as he could recall, she and Jodie had been dose.

Jodie was taken aback when she received hiscall