Lately, Tessa had been busy with location scouting and recruitment.
After checking out several options, she finally settled on a building in the heart of Rivertown's bustling downtown. She leased an entire floor to set up her law firm and named it Everbright Law Group.
According to the country's legislation, a law firm partner had to have at least three years of practicing experience.
Tessa had already built up three years of experience at Haverford. After moving back to Rivertown, she spent another six months practicing at Shelton Law Firm.
But even then, recruiting a few more partners wasn't easy for her.
Back then, Uriah had introduced her to several well-known lawyers in Rivertown. Yet, the majority had gone independent, started their own firms, and become partners themselves.
Per the statute, a lawyer couldn't practice at two firms at the same time. They also couldn't be a partner at more than one firm.
As a result, Tessa struggled to find a suitable partner for her firm.
…
That day, Tessa was having afternoon tea with Sienna and Naomi at Bravura Patisserie.
Sienna had heard that Tessa was starting her own law firm, so she had a recommendation for her.
Sienna asked, "Have you heard of Lester Cooper? He was in our year, but he studied at the neighboring University of Political Science and Law."
Rivertown University was the top university in the country, and all three of them had graduated from there.
When it came to law and political science, Rivertown's University of Political Science and Law ranked second. It was just behind the one in Jordanville.
Tessa replied, "Lester Cooper? I don't really remember, but the name sounds familiar."
Naomi smacked the table. "How could you not know him? He was the heartthrob of their university! Back then, people from our school and theirs were always comparing him to Stephen. You seriously don't remember him?"
Tessa tried to recall the memory but eventually shrugged. "I really don't remember. Don't you know me well enough? I never cared about that kind of stuff and wasn't into socializing. The campus heartthrob had nothing to do with me."
Naomi shook her head. "Yeah, that checks out. Back then, your entire world revolved around studying. While everyone else was out dating on weekends, you were buried in books at the library.
She was hinting at Naomi to keep Stephen's name out of the conversation.
But Naomi wasn't bothered by that. She waved it off and said, "It's nothing! Tessa broke up with him ages ago. She's been over it a while now."
Then, she turned to Tessa and asked, "Am I right?"
Tessa flashed a helpless smile. "Yeah, I moved on from him ages ago. But honestly, I'm not even interested in any other men right now. I just want to focus on building my career."
Naomi said, "That's fine! Just let me show you a picture of Lester. Maybe he'll change your mind."
Sienna looked shocked. "Wait, you still have his picture on your phone?"
Naomi scrolled through her phone and said, "Not exactly. I saved it back in university, and it got auto-uploaded to my cloud. I never bothered cleaning it up, so it's still there."
Tessa chuckled. "I never knew things could work like this!"
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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....