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Before becoming prime minister, Seyson Alridge had long been deeply entangled with James in a mutually exploitative relationship. His rise to power had depended entirely on James' financial and logistical support.
Seyson's term was now coming to an end.
According to the laws of Arcton, the next prime minister had to be a member of the House of Representatives. The speaker of the house would nominate the candidate, who must then be confirmed by both houses of parliament before being formally appointed by the king.
Stephen, due to his background and identity, could not directly interfere with the election. But he could lend support from behind the scenes, using others as intermediaries.
Back when Seyson ran for office, he had a formidable opponent. Her name was Ensa Mahana.
In both family background and personal capability, Ensa far outshone Seyson. In fact, she had nearly won the last election.
No one could have predicted that midway through the campaign, Seyson's popularity would skyrocket as if out of nowhere. Public support and votes surged, leaving Ensa far behind in the voter tally.
Shortly after his victory, Seyson pushed through legislation legalizing marijuana.
The biggest beneficiary of that law was none other than James, leader of Arcton's most powerful criminal syndicate.
It was then that Ensa finally realized the truth. Seyson had been working with James all along.
James poured money into Seyson's campaign, and once elected, Seyson repaid the favor by giving him free rein to expand his influence.
Emboldened by their alliance, James even dared to challenge the Jacobson family in Orkford directly and had even sent men across the border multiple times in attempts to assassinate Stephen.
This time, Stephen came to Arcton with a single purpose. He was there to help Ensa win the election.
Unlike Seyson, who was blinded by greed and obsessed with power, Ensa was upright and idealistic. She carried a sense of duty and a strong vision for her country. She was the kind of leader who served the people, not herself.
Half a month ago, Xavier had already traveled to Arcton to act on Stephen's behalf and support Ensa's campaign from behind the scenes.
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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...