At that moment, Marianne entered the ward, carrying a thermos with her.
Marianne froze when she saw the charm in Lester's palm.
She recognized that charm. She also knew how much it took for someone to succeed in obtaining that charm from Lacroix Summit.
When Tessa's mother, Tyla, had been gravely ill, Samuel had gone to Lacroix Summit just to obtain a charm like that one.
Unfortunately, Tyla still died in the end.
Marianne's lashes fluttered when she thought of that, her heart twisting in pain.
She looked somewhat astonished when she called out to Lester, asking, "Lester, did you get this charm yourself?"
Her eyes remained fixated on the charm. It was as if her mind was a thousand miles away as she reminisced about the past.
Lester continued to gaze at Tessa before responding quietly, "Yes."
Marianne was shocked. Still, she quickly snapped out of it and began to scrutinize Lester closely.
Lester had visited the Yates residence with Cassandra quite often. Hence, Marianne naturally knew who he was.
She had suspected that he might have feelings for Tessa at the time. There was just something about the way he looked at her.
Yet, Tessa insisted they were friends and nothing more. So, Marianne didn't say her suspicions aloud.
However, there was no use pretending that Lester's feelings for Tessa were platonic now. Not after he had gone all the way to Lacroix Summit for a charm.
Lester's feelings for Tessa went far beyond just mere friendship. He was clearly deeply in love with her.
Tessa couldn't find it in herself to reject his gift, especially since it was a sincere gesture.
Regardless, she instinctively avoided Lester's gaze when she accepted the charm. She lowered her eyes and murmured, "Thank you."
Sienna and Naomi exchanged a glance.
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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....