Three days later, Wendy stood outside the hotel suite door and knocked on it several times.
"Zachary, are you in there?"
There was no reply.
Wendy frowned and then pulled out her phone to dial his number.
The phone rang for a long time before it eventually went to voicemail.
Since they returned from Uriah's place that day, she had completely lost contact with Zachary.
He didn't reply to her messages and never answered her calls. Now, he wouldn't even open the door for her.
She had checked with the hotel receptionist and they had confirmed that Zachary hadn't checked out.
She pounded on the door with her fist and yelled, "Zachary, open this door immediately! If you don't, I'll keep knocking until you do!"
Wendy continued to knock for a solid ten minutes before the door finally opened.
The smell of cigarettes and alcohol immediately washed over her, making her gag involuntarily.
"What is that awful smell?" Wendy pinched her nose and grimaced.
She looked at Zachary then and noticed his sunken eyes, unshaven and greasy face, as well as the overpowering stench of smoke and alcohol clinging to him. It seemed like he hadn't showered in days.
Suppressing the need to gag, Wendy asked, "What happened to you?"
Zachary's eyes were dull and lifeless. He asked, "What do you want?"
"I haven't been able to contact you for days, so I got worried." Wendy pushed the door open and walked inside the room.
The curtains were tightly shut, and the lights were turned off. Despite the daylight outside, the room was pitch black.
Wendy frowned as she reached to turn on the lights.
The spacious suite had empty alcohol bottles scattered all across the living room, and the ashtray on the table was overflowing with cigarette butts, with ash scattered everywhere.
Wendy turned on the ventilation system, then drew the curtains and opened the window to let in some fresh air.
After a while, he picked up his phone and saw that he had over ten missed calls and 99 messages. He simply ignored all of them.
Just then, he received a call from his friend, Zion Jenkins.
Zachary pondered before he suddenly thought of something and answered the call.
"Zachary, where have you been? I couldn't reach you," Zion asked in concern. "Did you see the message I sent you?"
Zachary said in a hoarse voice, "Are you still in Fairford?"
Zion was caught off guard by his question. He paused before replying, "Yes, I am. Why? I'll only be back tomorrow."
"I need you to help me get something"
"Sure. Just send me what you need." Zion hesitated before asking, "What happened to your voice? Why does it sound so hoarse?"
Zachary said in a low voice, "She's getting engaged."
"Huh?" Zion was confused. "Who is?"
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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....