His Unveiled Passion

Chapter 65

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?"

an amused look, her tone

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?

take you back to my hometown? I wanted to introduce you to my family then, but you refused," Tessa said flatly, her tone devoid

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

together.

thinking she was an ordinary

to Stephen, whose face darkened with stormy intensity. The air around him felt oppressively

happy together." Tessa merely looked at him, her expression calm and detached, as if she were a mere bystander. "Have you forgotten, Zachary? You once said you would never marry me. Your mother humiliated me, claiming that a girl like me wasn't worthy of

like a dagger cutting straight

with emotion. "Tessa, back then, the only thing standing between us was the gap in our

he spoke, he

Before he could touch her, Stephen kicked him hard, sending him sprawling to the ground. The black leather of Stephen's shoe pressed

crowd gasped in

Stephen's expression and his deep, obsidian eyes glinted with a dangerous light His voice was cold and ruthless. T warned you before. If you dare touch her again, I'd make

going limp as if his