Tessa paused, not expecting Stephen to ask such a question. Then, she replied with a small hum.
"How thoughtful. He even knows that you like the color blue." His lips curled up into what seemed like a smile, but his tone remained extremely bitter.
Tessa pursed her lips together and turned to look at the bouquet of flowers on his passenger seat.
His taste had always been impeccable, and the flowers he had prepared were exquisite, falling completely in line with her aesthetic.
Noticing that her gaze had fallen on the flowers beside him, Stephen's tone became neutral as he said, "I had planned to give them to you, but since you already have a bouquet, I guess this one's a bit unnecessary now."
Hearing him, Tessa didn't know how to respond. So, she just said, "Then, I guess I'll be going now."
With that, she turned around, ready to make her leave.
"Wait a minute!" Stephen's voice sounded much more anxious than he did before.
He quickly added, "I'm sure you're able to carry two bouquets, so why don't you take this bouquet with you too. It'll just take up space in my car if I keep it."
With her back still facing him, her lips curled into a faint smile. She then turned back around and met his eyes and asked, "It'll take up space?"
Stephen's voice became low as he replied, "That's right. I'll just throw it away if you don't want it."
He then got out of the car and walked to the other side of it. He opened the door and handed her the bouquet of flowers.
Tessa held the flowers in her hand and thanked him, causing his gaze to darken when he heard her.
She noticed, but she did not say anything. After all, it was only right that she acted polite and distant, given their current relationship.
When Tessa walked back to her family's car with two bouquets in hand, Marianne was confused. "Tess, why do you have another bouquet with you? Who gave you the other one?"
From where their car was parked, they could not see Stephen's Cullinan. Hence, Samuel and Marianne had not seen Stephen giving her the flowers.
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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....