"I wonder what the two men are talking about. They look like they're having a great time," Xavier wondered aloud.
The adoring look on Stephen's face melted away after hearing Xavier's words. He handed his golf club to the caddy and started walking toward Tessa, Hayden, and Barry.
"Hmm? Why are you going over there?" Xavier asked as he followed along.
Stephen's expression was cool, matching the tone of his voice as he replied, "I'm going to talk business."
"Talk business?" Xavier asked, bewildered. "With whom?"
He immediately understood what was going on after his eyes strayed toward the group of three who were talking amongst themselves happily. Stephen undoubtedly had grown jealous. He disliked how the two men were orbiting around Tessa, so he decided to take matters into his own hands and give the two men something else to do.
Xavier laughed quietly. There was no way that Stephen would just let them be. He had held himself back for so long, but even he had his limits.
Stephen planted himself in front of Tessa. Under the bright rays of sunlight, his tall figure cast a long shadow on her. Tessa looked up at Stephen. He was wearing a dark grey set of athletic wear, suiting his preference for simple styles.
"Why is he here again?" Tessa wondered in her heart.
Hayden thought it was peculiar as well. Stephen was notoriously difficult to meet normally, and even if Hayden managed to bump into him, he wasn't very receptive to engaging in conversation. For him to approach them not once, but twice in a single day, Hayden wondered if there was something wrong with Stephen.
"Mr. Jacobson and Mr. Lowain, the two of you can discuss with each other. Tessa and I will take our leave first, then," Barry mentioned understandingly. "Mr. Lowain, we can discuss the terms of the contract the next time we meet."
Tessa had been silently staring at Stephen's shadow on the ground, her thoughts a mystery. She only snapped back to reality after hearing that they were leaving. She regained her composure and prepared to leave with Barry.
"I'll look for you tomorrow afternoon regarding the contract, Barry. Since I lost to Ms. Yates earlier, I will uphold my end of the deal. I'm a man of my word, after all."
Hayden had said all these aloud for Stephen's sake. He wanted to partner with Jacobson Corporation's Stardawn Hotels, so he wanted Stephen to have a good impression of his character. But Stephen couldn't care less about what Hayden was saying. The only thing he cared about was Tessa's imminent departure.
Stephen made sure to sound as disinterested as possible when he said, "Since you're already here, why don't the two of you join us for dinner?"
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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....