The nanny had cooked a light and nutritional meal for Caleb.
Unfortunately, Caleb didn't have an appetite anymore. He knew his body best, so he knew he was dying.
Stephen had his back to Caleb as he stood by the window, taking a call.
The police were keeping him afloat with recent updates.
James had confessed to ordering Jacqueline to poison Caleb, and they had Stephen's support in handling the case. So, they soon wrapped up the poisoning case. They had all the evidence they needed and would be handing the case over to the prosecutor.
The poisoning case was clear-cut. They had conclusive and clear evidence against James and Jacqueline, who were the instigator and perpetrator, respectively. The prosecutor would be filing charges against them for attempted murder.
Stephen had also submitted the evidence he had on James participating in various crimes. Therefore, the prosecutors would be filing charges for the crimes James had committed in Orkford as well.
The prosecution had said that it was likely that James would be facing the death penalty.
Presently, Stephen hung up the phone and turned to look at his father.
Caleb hadn't touched a single dish on his table.
"Is it about James and Jacqueline?" Caleb asked feebly.
Stephen nodded dispassionately.
"What did the cops say?" Caleb pressed.
"Poisoning is considered attempted murder," Stephen began calmly. Then, he continued, "James was also involved in abduction, organized crime, illegal possession of firearms, and several other charges. The prosecutor has said he'll be given the death penalty while Jacqueline would be serving for life."
Caleb lowered his gaze, falling silent.
Stephen glanced at him but said nothing.
After a while, Caleb hesitantly made a request, saying, "I want to see James."
Stephen's heart clenched, and his expression turned stony upon hearing those words.
He thought self-deprecatingly, "He's already on his deathbed because of James. Yet, he still wants to see that bastard son of his? He must really love James."
Stephen's face turned colder as a flicker of contempt appeared in his eyes.
At that moment, he really wanted to give in to the temptation to finally ask Caleb the questions that had been bothering him ever since he could think for himself. "Have you ever thought of me as your son? Do you even love me?"
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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....