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.

Zion couldn't find

The gift hadn't even been meant for him. She nodded and gave a polite smile. "Alright, I won't do it

conversation, Zion

"She's such a good person... How did she end up caught up with

shake the feeling, he opened WhatsApp and

buying you a watch that costs thousands, and she did it like it was nothing. That's probably a few months of her salary. You'd

Wendy

an

was trying to make up for things with the gift. If that was the case, he could at

to smooth things over-Tessa would definitely appreciate

didn't push the

restroom. Seizing the opportunity, she quickly grabbed his

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

typed in

Tessa's conversation and saw that the last message was

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

even shared a few travel guides for places she was excited to

so

that, Tessa had stopped

destinations, a flash of

three-year relationship wasn't as

a trip with

even

Wendy left the chat and absentmindedly scrolled through Zachary's feed, eventually stopping

couldn't help but scoff. Reflecting on the times Tessa had seemed entirely

assumed Tessa was finally ready to move on, but instead, Tessa was still trying to

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

run into the woman

...

Tessa returned to the villa and resumed packing

carefully placed the gift for Stephen inside,

each

only a few hundred meters apart in the same

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

first time she saw Stephen-it took her breath

an almost intimidating presence, and his

snow.

to greet him, Tessa would respectfully

how Stephen had kept his distance, offering only

the time, she thought he must be hard to get close

misunderstanding had stayed with

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

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