Marianne grabbed a handful of candy from the box before her and handed them to Calvin. With a warm smile, she asked, "Calvin, how did your final exam go? Did you make it to the top of your class?"
Calvin Rogers was Mabel's youngest son. He was a sixth grader with a knack for trouble and lousy grades. So, his teachers were always calling his parents in for meetings.
The moment Marianne brought up Calvin's results, Mabel stopped gossiping and suddenly looked uncomfortable.
Calvin wasn't the least bit ashamed of his poor results. Since Marianne asked about it, he just answered honestly, "I got 45% in math, 36% in science, and 51% in language. I—"
Mabel cut him off immediately. "That's enough! You're embarrassing me!"
Calvin frowned. "Why is it embarrassing? I actually improved! My scores are higher than last semester's!"
The relatives burst into laughter. One of them chuckled. "Kids really do have a way with words!"
Mabel yanked Calvin closer and shot him a glare. Lowering her voice, she scolded, "Didn't I tell you to go play with Seline? What are you doing here? That's so embarrassing. With grades like that, you should be ashamed to even bring it up!"
Marianne just smiled and stayed quiet. At least now, Mabel had stopped grilling them with questions.
Samuel shot Tessa a worried look. But Tessa simply smiled and shook her head, letting him know she was fine.
…
After the meal, Tessa took a walk in the nearby garden. To her surprise, Stephen was strolling there too.
The cold wind felt sharp against her skin, as if it could freeze the blood in her veins.
It was the first gift Tessa had ever given him, and it cost over 600 thousand dollars.
That wasn't a lot of money for him, but he still wore it every day. Even after they broke up, he never took it off.
Whenever Tessa was around, he made sure to keep the watch out of her sight. He had done so on New Year's Eve and at Noria Royal Golf Club.
But this time, he had come to the garden for a walk alone. He never expected to run into her, and that was how she spotted the watch.
He knew exactly what she wanted to ask, and he was just as eager to answer. He wanted to say that he missed her and that he couldn't bring himself to take off the watch she gave him.
But after a brief internal battle, he simply said, "I forgot to take it off."
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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....