His Unveiled Passion

Chapter 186

The sky began to pale with the first light of dawn, and the faint morning glow filtered through the glass window, casting a soft light on Tessa's pale, haggard face.

She had sat by the window all night, only dozing off when morning came as she leaned against the glass.

It wasn't a good sleep. She had dreamt of Stephen several times, waking up startled each time.

In the last dream, she saw Stephen standing in front of her, holding hands with Nancy. His eyes were filled with happiness as he smiled and told Tessa he was getting married, asking her to attend the wedding.

Of course, Tessa cried in the dream. When she woke up, there were tear stains on her cheeks.

Outside the door, the housekeeper knocked softly. "Ms. Yates, are you awake? Lunch is ready."

Tessa wiped her tears, walked to the door, and pulled it open. "You go ahead and eat first. I need to take a shower and change before coming down."

The housekeeper noticed Tessa's pale face and the dark circles under her eyes. After a moment of hesitation, she asked, "Ms. Yates, did you not sleep well last night?"

The housekeeper didn't use social media and wasn't aware of Stephen's scandal. She also didn't know that the engagement between the Jacobson and Yates families had been called off.

for her, having specifically instructed her to take good care of Tessa. Seeing Tessa looking

was exhausted. She had only slept for five hours, which had not been a restful sleep. "I'm fine.

further. "Alright, then go ahead and shower.

"Thank you."

need to thank me. It's

and went downstairs.

until

phone was full of missed calls and

scrolled through them one by one, but none

since last night. After staying up all night, her body was drained of all strength, her limbs weak

gripping her phone until her

at that moment. It

remembered he had mentioned yesterday that someone would come to pick her up today, so she answered the

the other end, Samuel's voice was warm and low, carrying the concern and affection of a father. "Tess, how are you? Have you

again. She said in a hoarse voice, "I'm fine. Don't worry about

Tessa as well as he