One of the onlookers told Marissa everything, leaving nothing out.
Marissa turned pale with shock.
"Tessa! Tessa, are you okay?" Marissa ran toward Tessa, grabbing her hand before looking her over carefully.
"Are you hurt?" Marissa asked in concern.
Tessa shook her head.
Stephen, who was standing next to them, regarded Marissa with a cold yet probing gaze.
"Did you invite them here?" Stephen's voice was low, but anyone could tell that he was pissed.
Marissa hastily shook her head. "No, I didn't invite them here. I barely even know him."
Stephen's jaw tightened upon hearing her words. "If you didn't invite them, then why are they here?"
Marissa sounded anxious as she tried to defend herself, explaining, "It really wasn't me. Stevie, I did invite a few friends from Sudmere. However, Bruno is not one of them. He must've come aboard with one of my friends."
"Even if your friend is the one who brought him along, shouldn't you be aware of it? If I'm not mistaken, you should have a guest list, no? Are you trying to tell me that you have no idea he was on this ship?" Stephen looked at her sharply, exuding a biting chill.
Marissa fell silent at that, losing what was left of her indignance. "I did skim through the list. I didn't think much of it when I saw Bruno's name there. Still, I wouldn't have allowed him entry if I'd known he had a grudge on Tessa!"
Stephen's face was still stone cold despite her earnest demeanor.
Marissa looked hurt as she asked, "Stevie, do you not trust me?"
Stephen's face darkened further as he spat, "No, I don't."
Marissa turned stark white, her eyes welling up with tears.
She turned to look at Tessa and asked with a hint of pleading in her tone, "Tessa, do you not trust me either?"
Tessa pursed her lips, looking away as she quietly tried to piece things together.
Marissa's heart sank in the face of Tessa's silence.
There was an undeniable look of despair and grievance on her face as she murmured, "How could either of you not believe me?
"Tessa's my savior. If I'd known that Bruno had a grudge against her, there's no way I would've allowed Bruno on my ship. I would never hurt Tessa."
Just then, Sienna, Naomi, Quentin, Henry, and Samantha approached them.
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....