A crew member followed right after, hauling the luggage.
Marissa held Tessa's arm and led her all the way to the room where she would be staying for the next two days.
"Tessa, this is your room," Marissa murmured, sounding somewhat guilty.
Tessa nodded. "Thank you."
Then, Marissa turned to Stephen, pointed at the door diagonally across from Tessa's, and said, "Stevie, your room is over there."
Tessa froze slightly when she heard that. Marissa had arranged for them to stay separately.
Tessa lowered her gaze but said nothing.
Stephen's eyes were cold as he shot a look at Marissa before saying, "Don't bother. I'll be staying with Tess."
Marissa's lashes fluttered slightly before hastily adding, "Tessa's room is single. It'll be too cramped if you stay with her."
The cruise ship had over a hundred guest rooms available, all fully equipped and luxuriously decorated. There was even a helipad on the deck.
They had passed by several entertainment facilities earlier. The ship had a movie theater, a bar, a ballroom, a game room, a billiard room, and so forth. There was even a massive swimming pool at the stern.
This was a large cruise ship, so there was no way Marissa was facing a room shortage. Thus, Marissa's true intentions were as clear as day.
Tessa didn't see the need to say anything about it, but Stephen wasn't about to play along.
As such, he immediately told Marissa he was going to stay with Tessa.
When he heard Marissa's concern about Tessa's assigned room being cramped, he walked in and swept his gaze across the room before commenting, "It's not cramped at all. Besides, a smaller space only makes the room seem cozier. What do you think, Tessa?"
Before she could say anything in response, Stephen instructed the crew member, saying, "You can leave the bags there."
He wasn't just referring to Tessa's luggage, as even his luggage had been placed inside the room.
It was more than obvious he was determined to stay in this room tonight.
Truthfully, the room was far from small. It was actually a luxurious king-sized room and was perfectly suitable for two. It wasn't at all cramped. However, Stephen had deliberately called it "cozy", implying that he had no desire to be apart from Tessa.
Tessa looked up at him and smiled. This time, she didn't play along with Marissa's plan as she said, "Marissa, he'll be staying with me."
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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....