Stephen's dark eyes were clouded and intense, his voice low and heavy.
"Tessa, you really don't understand men. The way Lester looks at you—he isn't even trying to hide how he feels. Can't you see what he's thinking?"
Tessa suddenly let out a soft laugh. She looked at him like he was speaking complete nonsense.
She shot back with biting sarcasm, "You're right. I don't understand men. That's why I believed my ex when he said that as long as I never mentioned breaking up, he would never leave me first. And when we did split up, he laughed and told me that only a fool would believe something that childish."
Stephen froze. Weren't they just talking about Lester? How did the conversation suddenly flip to him?
Those words were exactly what he had said to her the day they broke up. He remembered how devastated she had been. And honestly, it had not hurt her any more than it had hurt him.
Saying those cruel, calculated things had nearly gutted him.
The jealousy in Stephen's chest instantly melted away, replaced by a crushing weight of regret and sorrow.
His gaze dropped, dark and tormented. His voice turned hoarse. "Tess, I had my reasons for saying those things. That wasn't how I really felt."
Tessa gave a cold laugh. "Which part? The part where you promised you would never leave me unless I asked for it? That wasn't real?"
She scoffed."You don't need to repeat it. I got the message loud and clear."
"No. That's not what I meant. You know that's not it. Tess, I've only ever had you in my heart. My feelings for you have never changed." Stephen took a quick step forward, placing both hands on her shoulders.
"Enough. Saying all this now doesn't change anything. I have other things to do. Now, if you'll excuse me." Her eyes were like ice. She turned and pulled open the car door.
"Tess, just listen to me." Stephen tried to block the door with his hand.
Tessa shoved him back, got inside, and slammed it shut with a sharp thud.
As her car pulled away, Lester finally strolled over.
Clearly enjoying the show, he clicked his tongue twice and smirked.
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The readers' comments on the novel: His Unveiled Passion
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....
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....