Caleb was the next to speak up. "This is a small gesture from our family. Please accept it."
As he spoke, he handed over a bank card to Samuel.
With Ralph having already set the tone, even if Samuel still harbored some resentment toward the Jacobson family, he had no choice but to remain composed.
Samuel smiled and accepted the card. "I'll accept it, then. Thank you."
"There's no need for such formalities," Caleb replied.
After seeing Samuel accept the money, Ralph continued, "Samuel, there's another reason why I came back to Rivertown."
Samuel had a rough idea of what was coming. He composed himself and listened in silence.
"You must already know that this incident wasn't just an accident. Stephen has likely mentioned something to you about Caleb's—"
Ralph paused. He was just about to say "illegitimate son", but the words felt too harsh.
After a brief hesitation, he rephrased, "Caleb's other son, James."
Samuel's expression darkened slightly as he nodded.
Ralph continued, "James wants to punish the Jacobson family. You got caught up in this mess because of Tessa's engagement to Stephen. After much deliberation, we've decided to call off the engagement."
Marianne, who was standing to the side, looked over in surprise.
Samuel had already confided in her the night before about wanting to break off the engagement, but he hadn't dared to bring it up himself, wary of Ralph's influence.
They hadn't expected Ralph to bring the entire Jacobson family to call off the engagement.
It wasn't appropriate for the Yates family to bring up the matter first, so it was naturally better for the Jacobson family to take the lead.
When Ralph and the Jacobson family pushed the door open and walked in, Samuel had already mentally prepared himself. He wasn't particularly surprised to hear Ralph's words.
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The readers' comments on the novel: His Unveiled Passion
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....
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...