Before Wendy could finish her sentence, Uriah interrupted impatiently. "Get out!"
He had only stepped away for a short while, but his cousin had already been bullied in his own house. The thought alone filled him with rage.
Stephen arrived at this moment, his unhurried steps at odds with the tension that was thick in the room.
"What's going on?" he asked, frowning as he took in the hostility in the air.
In front of everyone, Uriah gestured toward Tessa and introduced her loudly. "This is my cousin, Tessa Yates, heiress of Yates Corporation. She recently returned to Rivertown, and today's banquet was hosted specifically to welcome her back."
His sharp, icy gaze swept over Yanis and Wendy. "And yet, here come these filthy nobodies, daring to slander my cousin by accusing her of theft."
Uriah signaled to the bodyguards, who immediately understood. They marched over, unceremoniously grabbed Yanis and Wendy, then dragged them to the door before tossing them out.
After Yanis and Wendy were thrown out, Zachary finally came to his senses. Stammering, he turned to Tessa. "I… You… You're Mr. Somerton's cousin?"
"Who else?" Tessa replied with an amused look, her tone light and teasing.
Zachary swallowed hard, his Adam's apple bobbing as his eyes reddened. A deep bitterness surged through his chest. His lips quivered as he struggled to find the right words. "Why? Why didn't you tell me who you were for the past three years?"
"I wanted to tell you. Remember when I said I'd take you back to my hometown? I wanted to introduce you to my family then, but you refused," Tessa said flatly, her tone devoid of emotion.
Her calmness felt like a dagger to Zachary's heart. He closed his eyes in pain. "If you had told me you were the heiress of Rivertown's prominent Yates family, how could I have refused to go with you?"
Uriah quickly pieced everything together. Zachary Gomez was Tessa's ex-boyfriend.
Judging by the situation, Tessa must have hidden her identity while dating him. Zachary, thinking she was an ordinary girl without a notable background, had done many things to hurt her.
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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...