His Unveiled Passion

Chapter 193

Stephen and Nancy stepped out of the room. As soon as the door closed, he removed her hand from his arm.

Nancy shrugged and was unbothered.

They walked to the elevator.

"So, what's your plan now?" she asked casually. It looks like you really hurt Ms. Yates tonight. How are you going to clean up the mess later?"

Stephen's lips pressed into a hard line. His long fingers clenched into fists at his sides, but he didn't answer.

All he could see in his mind was Tessa's pale face and those wounded eyes.

The harsh words he'd spoken against his will hadn't hurt her any less than they'd hurt him.

"As long as you never ask to break up, I'd never leave you."

When he'd said that, he never imagined there'd come a day when he'd throw it back at her with a mocking smile and call it a childish lie.

the room fell into silence after the

scumbag. He's not worth

world's full of men! Next time, I'll order you some male

on the couch gloomily and couldn't muster

started to spin after a few glasses of wine. It was her first time drinking,

holding her glass in one hand and her phone in the other, opened her social media feed. "Listen, Tess, I've got a whole list of good-looking guys

Tessa the photo. "What do you think? Not

as handsome as Stephen, he was

student, he had

energy-something Stephen@ouldn't compete with.

her throat.

She was tipsy and giggled

show you." Naomi scrolled through her phone. "Check this one out-six foot three, plays sports, great physique. His tanned skin makes him seem kinda wild, you know? More masculine

laughed with a carefree tilt of

the three

they raised their glasses

voices grew louder as the final seconds approached. "Three, two, one- Happy New

outside the window, lighting up the night sky with dazzling bursts