His Unveiled Passion

The next morning, Tessa was rudely awakened by the ringing of her phone. Still struggling to fight off the fog of sleep, Tessa pressed down on the connect button. Her voice was still thick with sleep when she said, "Hello, who is it?"

"Tessa, could you come to the hospital to see Zachary?"

Zion's voice echoed from the receiver, his words tinged with urgency. "Did you know that Zachary almost died?"

Annoyance pricked at Tessa's heart upon hearing Zachary's name. Last night was exhausting for her. She was rudely awoken before she got enough rest. She thought that something important might have happened, but the reason for her awakening turned out to be Zachary.

Tessa was beyond irritated, her temper flaring. She didn't bother hiding her irritation as she said, "If he dies, you're in charge of his corpse. Just let me know when the funeral is being held. Out of respect for his mother, I'll show up to see him off."

Tessa didn't bother waiting for Zion's response. She cut the call short and put her phone on silent mode.

Stephen had also been woken up by the commotion. They were under the covers together. Stephen tightened his grip on Tessa's hand and said in a raspy voice, "Sleep with me a little more."

Tessa nuzzled against Stephen's chest, giving off the impression of a clingy kitten. They were snuggled together under the same warm blanket, falling asleep in each other's arms. Only the two of them existed in their little world. No matter how much the snowstorm raged outside, it didn't concern them in the slightest.

...

had insisted on

unrealistic hope he had left. He wanted to know if Tessa would be worried about him if she found out that he had one foot in death's door.

to turn on the speaker. His hopes had been dashed when Tessa showed zero concern for

clenched into tight fists. Veins were popping

hands. He was as pale as a ghost, and the

was going to throw a tantrum, so he dared not

like he

was quiet for a long moment before he said emotionlessly, "You can leave. I want to be

the ward when he ran into Wendy. Concern was etched

"How is

head helplessly. "He's not doing too

happened to him? Why was he suddenly

a thin shirt and ended up collapsing