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

deep bitterness surged through his chest. His lips quivered as he struggled to find the right words. "Why? Why didn't you tell me

I'd take you back to my hometown? I wanted to introduce you

had told me you were the heiress of

everything together.

she was an ordinary girl without a

whose face darkened with stormy intensity. The air around him felt

"Tessa, if you had told me about your identity earlier, we would be married by now. We could have been so happy together." Tessa merely looked at him, her expression calm

words were sharp and unyielding, like a dagger cutting

emotion. "Tessa, back then, the only thing standing between us was the gap in our social status. That gap is

spoke, he stepped

him sprawling to the ground. The black leather of

crowd gasped

cold and ruthless. T warned you before.

ceased all resistance, his body going limp as if his spirit