His Unveiled Passion

Chapter 18

Chapter 18

After dinner, Stephen and Tessa headed to the underground parking lot.

Tessa walked met to the blue Bentley

Suddenly, Stephen asked, "How does it feel to dilve?"

She smiled, tucking a straid of hair behind her ear. "I drove it last night, it's amazing. Thank you, Stephen."

"Well, I'll be off then. "Tessa raised het keys, about to leave, but then pased "oh, wall, I have a gift for you too. I should have given it to you last night, but t completely torg."

"Really? What is it?-

"It's in my suitcase at the hotel. I'll grab it for you when we get back."

Stephen opened the driver's side door. "Let's go together, and I'll drive."

"Huh?" She was momentarily stunned before quickly catching on. "We can go together, but let me drive. You should rest."

flown all the way from Rivertown to see her the night before and then drove 12 miles to buy her breakfast this moming. He must be exhausted, and she didn't want to burden him

Stephen smiled, touched by how considerate Tessa was being. Without hesitation, he walked around the passenger side

the highway, they chatted

case you're in today?"

dispute case, No trade secrets are involved.

trace of hesitation

close enough to share that experience. "Do you have

need it to fill out an application form and get a

it with him for his flight the night before, and today, thinking he might want to attend the hearing, he had checked and

take

"Alright."

lupt her focus on the road, unaware of the tenderness in Stephen's

down the highway, and a comfortable

"Stephen, why did you agree to marry into

she'd warded to ask for three

Jacobson family was one of the most powerful in Rivertown, not

in polities. Logically, he should have been marrying someone from a family of equal

hers?

a business family, they couldn't compare to the Jacobsons power. Marrying into the Jacobson would have been seen as a way to climb the social