His Unveiled Passion

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

The person approaching was Zion Jenkins, one of Zachary's friends.

He was the same man who had shown sympathy toward Tessa during that evening's gathering.

Tessa had known Zion for nearly three years and had always thought highly of him.

"I'm just picking up a few things," she said.

He glanced at the bag in her hand. "Is that for Zachary?"

Tessa didn't feel like explaining, so she gave a silent nod.

"This brand of watch isn't cheap. Even the most basic models cost five figures. You really don't need to

get him something so expensive. Zachary..."

"Didn't deserve it" was what Zion wanted to say.

Zachary had openly confessed that he couldn't let go of Wendy and was only using Tessa as a

placeholder.

Last night, he even abandoned Tessa and walked out with Wendy in front of everyone.

After leaving the birthday party, Zachary and Wendy spent the night together at a hotel. Tessa had no idea

what had transpired, but Zion knew exactly what had happened.

They had a small group chat for their circle of friends, and despite being with Zachary for three years, Tessa had never been added. But as soon as Wendy came back to the country, Zachary added her without a second thought.

Earlier that afternoon, Wendy had shared a photo of herself and Zachary in bed in their group chat, casually suggesting that Zachary keep it as a memento.

However, within minutes, she retracted it, claiming it was sent by mistake.

Zion had caught the message just in time. He had thought about saying something but ultimately decided against it. It wasn't his place, and it felt smarter to stay out of it.

As Zion thought it over, he had initially planned to tell Tessa the truth and urge her to move on. But just as he was about to speak, he hesitated and stopped himself.

"Zachary doesn't need things like this. You really don't have to spend months of your salary on such an expensive gift for him."

Zachary had been his close friend for over a decade, and it was difficult to bring himself to say anything too harsh.

Still, part of him considered telling Tessa that the gift might not even mean anything to Zachary.

too cruel, and Zion couldn't find the strength to

deserve her love. The gift hadn't even been meant for him. She nodded and gave a polite smile.

conversation,

deep sigh. "She's such a

opened WhatsApp

just saw her buying you a watch that costs thousands, and she did it like it was nothing. That's probably

dinner with Wendy when he received the

an instant as he

the gift. If that was the case, he could at least meet

gift, apologize for his earlier tone, and assure her not to take it too seriously. Afterward, he'd throw in a few compliments to smooth things over-Tessa would definitely appreciate that. "Zachary, what's going on? Who's messaging you?"

push

to the restroom. Seizing the opportunity, she quickly grabbed his phone from the

before it

typed in the password and opened

to Tessa's conversation and saw that the last message was from

if he was interested in taking a trip during the upcoming holiday, mentioning that it was her only chance to get away and

even shared a few travel guides for places she

taken five hours to reply. "There'll be so many people

that, Tessa had stopped

destinations, a flash

seemed their three-year relationship

trip with

couldn't even

significant messages from Tessa, Wendy left the chat and absentmindedly scrolled through Zachary's feed, eventually stopping at

on the times Tessa had seemed entirely

move on, but instead, Tessa was still trying to win Zachary back

turned off Zachary's phone. After placing it back where it

Gomez. I was with Zachary at the jewelry store earlier and happened to run into the woman he's seeing. She was trying on rings and pushing him

...

returned to the villa and resumed

carefully placed the gift for Stephen inside, his cold, handsome face suddenly drifted

each other for

the same neighborhood, so they frequently crossed paths

at the Jacobson manor. Tessa's parents had taken her to visit the Jacobson family when she was only ten. By then, Stephen had already become

remembered the first time she saw Stephen-it

strikingly handsome, with an almost intimidating presence,

snow.

greet him, Tessa would respectfully

kept his distance, offering only a

must be hard to

had stayed with her for

school and struggling with math, Stephen's mother, Sophia Jameson, somehow

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