"Alright," Samuel said. "Ms. Connors and I will be waiting for you at home so we can have dinner together."
"Okay."
Tessa sighed in relief after she cut the call. That had been too close. She had nearly exposed the truth to Samuel. Also, why on earth was Stephen so good at flirting?
Stephen stared at Tessa, his interest piqued. He had a smile on his lips as he teased her, "You're all grown up, Tess, yet your parents are still so protective of you. It's only 7:00 pm, but they're already asking you to go home for dinner with them."
She ignored his teasing. She was the very picture of seriousness when she said, "I'll be taking my leave now. As for the documents, have someone send them over to the law firm tomorrow."
His expression dimmed as he watched Tessa quietly without responding. She rose to her feet and left the room while Stephen stared at her retreating back. The spacious room suddenly felt too cold.
…
The next morning, Tessa dropped by the law firm to work. She spotted the five cardboard boxes the moment she stepped into her office.
Two of them were filled with the case file documents that she had flipped through in Stephen's break room the day before, while the other three were the Valentine's Day presents he had gifted to her.
She had already opened one of the presents the day before—a beautiful white, crocodile-skin handbag with a matte finish.
Tessa frowned slightly. When she told Stephen to send the boxes to the law firm last night, she had meant just the two boxes of case file documents. He wasn't supposed to have sent the presents as well.
Tessa dialed Stephen's number. It didn't take long at all for him to pick up. "Is something the matter, Tess?" he asked.
She didn't beat around the bush and said, "Take the presents back. I really don't need them."
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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...