The police and ambulance arrived quickly. The two attackers were then taken away by the authorities.
Outside the hospital emergency room, Wynn and Jasmine waited anxiously.
Jasmine paced back and forth in the corridor, mumbling to herself, "Ms. Yates will be fine. She has to be fine. She will be fine…"
Wynn stood silently, her expression grim. Her back was against the wall, eyes cast downward, and lips pressed into a tight line.
Soon, Samuel and Marianne arrived in a panic.
"How is Tess?" Samuel asked Wynn anxiously.
Wynn lowered her eyes, guilt written all over her face. Her voice was hoarse as she said, "Ms. Yates was shot in the chest. I don't know if the bullet hit her heart."
Samuel swayed at the news, nearly losing his balance.
"How could this happen?" His eyes widened in disbelief, and pain filled his gaze.
"It's my fault…" Jasmine's eyes were red. Her voice trembled with tears.
"The angle was all wrong. The shooter wasn't aiming at her. It should have been me. Ms. Yates pushed me out of the way. She took the bullet for me… I'm so sorry. This is all my fault…"
"Mr. Yates, those men weren't ordinary criminals," Wynn said solemnly.
"I fought both of them. They were professionally trained mercenaries. I saw a tattoo on the back of one of their necks. It's the mark used by mercenaries under the largest gang in Arcton."
Wynn pulled up a photo on her phone and showed it to Samuel. She had taken it just before the police arrived.
In the photo, the man who had passed out after being drugged and stabbed in the leg had a black gun-shaped tattoo on the back of his neck.
"Before the election in Arcton, I had already planned everything. I flew there myself to take care of James. The plan had been airtight, but someone in my team betrayed us.
"They tipped him off in advance. James left a double behind as a decoy and used an underground tunnel to escape after changing his appearance.
"Our people worked with the government in Arcton to wipe out all of James' forces. We believed he was dead. I thought Tess would no longer be in danger, so I started going to her again.
"James has lost everything, his private army included. The ones who didn't die surrendered. He has no way to rise again. But he returned to Orkford to take me down with him, wanting revenge. The two who tried to kill Tess were his last loyal followers. He sent them after her, while he sent others to target me."
As Stephen finished, Samuel noticed something. Stephen was injured too.
Stephen was wearing a black shirt, so the blood wasn't obvious at first. But it had soaked through and was dripping down to his hand. The bright red on his pale skin stood out starkly.
Jasmine noticed it as well.
Comments
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....