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

meant for him. She nodded

conversation,

sigh. "She's such a good person... How did she end

the feeling, he opened WhatsApp

thousands, and she did it like it was nothing. That's probably a few

having dinner with Wendy

inside him vanished in an instant as he read it, and his

things with the gift. If that was the case,

tone, and assure her not to take it too seriously. Afterward, he'd throw in a few compliments to smooth things over-Tessa

didn't push the

restroom. Seizing the

seen him enter his password before it was his birthday, making it easy to

in

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

interested in taking a trip during the upcoming

guides for

hours to reply. "There'll be so

had

Wendy casually scrolled through the travel destinations, a flash of mockery

their three-year relationship wasn't as

a trip

couldn't even be

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

Reflecting on the times Tessa had seemed entirely indifferent, a sense

but instead, Tessa was

phone. After placing it back where it had been, she

to run into the woman he's seeing. She was trying

...

to the villa and resumed packing her

for Stephen inside, his cold,

known each other for a

few hundred meters apart in the same neighborhood, so they frequently

four years older than her, and the first time she saw him was at the Jacobson manor. Tessa's parents had taken her to visit the Jacobson family when she

remembered the first time she

strikingly handsome, with an almost intimidating presence, and his eyes as cold as

snow.

asked her to greet him, Tessa would respectfully call

how Stephen had kept his distance, offering only

he must be hard to get close

had stayed with her for

in high school and struggling with math,

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