His Unveiled Passion

Chapter 84

Tears welled up in Jacqueline's eyes as she looked at Rowena. "Grandma..."

Rowena turned to look at Stephen before looking back at Jacqueline.

With a sigh, she said, "It's alright, Jacqueline. Since that incident at the equestrian center was a misunderstanding, explain it again in front of everyone. I trust that Tessa is not someone unreasonable." Considering Rowena had made such a statement, no one else dared to step in to shield Jacqueline. Sniffling, Jacqueline put on an aggrieved look and said, "That day at the center, I asked Tessa to teach me how to ride a horse.

"Everything had been going well at first, but then the horse suddenly went wild, and I-I fell off and got hurt."

Everyone already knew that part of the story, but judging by Stephen's tone from earlier, it seemed like there was more to the story.

No one interrupted her while they simply waited for her to continue.

Jacqueline glanced at Stephen nervously, but his gaze was so sharp that it frightened her.

So, she murmured, "It really was just a misunderstanding. At that time, I thought Tessa didn't like me and had deliberately provoked the horse to hurt me.

"But later, I found out that the horse had a wound on its neck. It was likely that it had gotten hurt before it was brought out for me to ride. I must have accidentally pressed on its wound, causing it to go berserk." She turned to look at Tessa with teary and sad eyes. "I'm sorry for misunderstanding you, Tessa. I shouldn't have assumed the worst about you. Will you forgive me?"

Tessa frowned at her but said nothing.

this moment. "Jacqueline, how could you think of Tessa in such a bad light? Why would she possibly try to

father, Caleb Jacobson, who was also Jacqueline's adoptive father, also looked displeased. "If you wanted to learn horseback

to learn, but you also got yourself injured and caused such a misunderstanding with

in her heart upon hearing Caleb say the words "sister-in-law". She suppressed her emotions and

"Didn't you also claim that Tessa kicked the horse hard that day, causing it to go wild? Why are you leaving that part out

to respond, Stephen turned

she ended

Sophia, who frowned and asked Jacqueline, "Did you really lie to us?" Jacqueline

Rowena's gaze grew stern.

l.ne

a lie. Is this what you've learned throughout your years of education?

and Marianne finally understood

Mrs. Jacobson, Tessa

deserve an explanation since your child lied and falsely accused

chimed in,

not have as much power or influence as the Jacobsons,

doing such

parents' words,

years, her relationship with her family had been strained, but that did not mean they did not love or care for

how well she treated her. Yet, Tessa struggled with her feelings and had never

and turned to Tessa. "I'm sorry, Tessa. I was wrong.