His Unveiled Passion

James drawled meaningfully, "She's quite the looker. It's no wonder Stephen's so hung up on her."

Conrad chuckled. "She's also Stephen's Achilles' heel."

James let out a huff before retracting his gaze. An unknown emotion swirled in his eyes as he muttered, "Stephen ruined my plans. I should at least send him a little something in retaliation."

He'd spent a great deal of money and effort on that Arcton project. Yet, Stephen ruined it all at a critical juncture, resulting in severe losses for him.

He was going to make Stephen pay for that. He thought menacingly, "Tessa, huh? Let's see whether you'll be lucky at every single turn."

...

Tessa made a phone call at the precinct, and the officer handling the case received a call from his superiors within five minutes.

After he ended the call, the officer's demeanor toward Tessa changed a great deal. His tone became much more polite. "Ms. Yates, we've officially filed this as a homicide attempt. You're free to leave now. We'll notify you immediately if there are any new developments."

Tessa nodded slightly. "Thank you."

She had just stepped out of the precinct when she received a call from an unknown number.

was far from amicable.

Tessa frowned. "That's right."

Yates, is it? Are you available at the moment? I think it's time for us to have

you?" Tessa

chuckled before replying, "Oh, me? I'm Lucas' ex-boss, Leon

Tessa remembered the name.

owners list their information when registering their company. Leon McGraw was indeed Lucas' former

want to

I'm thinking about settling this privately. I'd rather settle this privately instead of

send me your address,"

with an address. It was

steering wheel idly after

definitely not benign. So, she couldn't afford to let her

might have invited her under the guise of discussing a settlement, but who knew what kind of tricks he had up his

called the two

in unison, "What

will be coming with me. I'm worried that this

"Understood."