His Unveiled Passion

Chapter 127

"Susan?" Tessa continued her line of questioning. "Isn't she locked up in the detention center?"

Stephen finished switching his footwear before replying, "I'm sorry, Tessa. I was worried you would be anxious so I didn't tell you. A month ago, Susan lied that she was pregnant. When she was on the way to the hospital for a check-up, she was kidnapped."

His story checked out with what Zachary had told her the night before. The only difference was that Stephen had used the word "lied".

"Lied? So she wasn't pregnant?"

Stephen nodded. "Yup. We've been searching for her ever since she was kidnapped. We finally found her on the Castellion border, in an area infamous for telecommunications fraud. She admitted herself that she wasn't pregnant."

Tessa followed after Stephen as they headed to the living room. "Who kidnapped her? What were their motivations?"

He turned to her with a somber expression. "The person who kidnapped her is someone considerably powerful. After some initial investigation, I'm sure that

was on the way to pick you

widened, her expression turning into

who was manipulating things behind the scenes. However, she was silenced

the law would punish her adequately since Susan was charged with kidnapping and attempted homicide. Based on how the court operated

should have been the law punishing Susan in a just and proper manner.

sickly father was also suspected to have been murdered by the mastermind of this scheme. Not only that, but Garret, who had

had also met their

the dark underbelly of society too many times to count, so he was still able to accept certain things. However, Tessa was different. She was kind and empathetic. If she heard

and Garret's mother were just innocent victims caught in

Tessa into

rested his chin

himself to calm down. "Tess, so many things have been happening recently. I have to be on

I'm worried they'll try to hurt you. I'll arrange for two bodyguards to protect you. You have to remember to bring them along whenever you leave