Atlas' voice was laced with sympathy as he said, "Stephen, judging from what I saw, it seems they've met each other's parents. Don't you think they're going too fast? Didn't you just break up with Tessa?
"It's only been three months, and Tessa has gotten together with Lester. Lester has even introduced her to his family—"
Stephen ended the call before Atlas could finish his commentary.
He stood before his villa's floor-to-ceiling windows, his brows furrowed in thought. There was an undeniable trace of loneliness in his sharp features.
No. He couldn't keep going on like this. He had to win Tessa back.
…
By the time Tessa arrived at the Yates residence, she was surprised to see that the lights in the living room were still on.
Samuel was sitting on the couch, watching the financial news.
When he saw that she was home, his eyes softened as he greeted her. "You're back."
"Yes." Tessa walked to another couch and sat there. "I'm here to pay Seline a visit. Is she asleep?"
"She just went to bed," Samuel replied. Then, he asked, "Have you had dinner?"
Tessa nodded. "I've eaten." After a beat, she inquired, "How's Seline doing? Is she getting better?"
"She's much better now," Samuel answered.
"That's good," she said in relief. "I plan to keep her company since I don't have work tomorrow."
Samuel looked pleased upon hearing her words. "Alright."
However, the look in his eyes dimmed with heartache as he murmured, "Tess, you've suffered so much. About what happened in Arcton…"
He cut himself off, seemingly unable to put his feelings into words. After the momentary pause, he continued, "Did they do anything to you when they abducted and smuggled you off to Arcton?"
Tessa shook her head. "They didn't do anything to me. I got beaten up, but that's all. It's all in the past now."
The pain in Samuel's eyes only grew. "Tess, it's all my fault. I failed to protect you. I've spent a great sum to hire a new team of bodyguards for you. There are still a few things left before everything is finalized, but they'll arrive at Rivertown in two days' time. I'll assign a few of them to keep you safe then."
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The readers' comments on the novel: His Unveiled Passion
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....
Whats wrong with the typing?? There a lot of weird words...