His Unveiled Passion

Tessa lowered her gaze, and her eyes fell on the keys before lifting them to glance at the white McLaren parked nearby.

Her voice was calm and measured as she said, "Quentin, the McLaren P1 is priced at over two million dollars, if I'm not mistaken. It's not worth spending that kind of money just to apologize for what happened on New Year's Eve, don't you think?"

Without missing a beat, Quentin kept up the lie. "Why not? I made you mad that night, and Naomi's been nagging me about it ever since. Two million isn't a big deal.

"I know you're not short on money, but it's just a token of apology. Just take it, alright? Otherwise, Naomi will keep harping about it to me. Consider it doing me a favor, yeah?"

Tessa's expression remained composed, her clear, bright eyes reflecting a faint light as she looked at Quentin. "Tell me the truth. Did Stephen buy this car?

"Tell him that I don't need it. There's no need to get entangled anymore since we've broken up."

Quentin's scalp tingled as dread crept over him. Man, lawyers were impossible to fool.

Good thing he'd given Naomi a heads-up in advance.

These past few days, Naomi hadn't stopped griping about Stephen, so when Stephen asked him to deliver the car, Quentin had gone home and told her right away, saying Stephen was feeling guilty and bought the car as a breakup compensation.

She rolled her eyes and scoffed. "Just a lousy car? Seriously? Stephen is way too stingy."

"There's more," Quentin replied. "There are several limited-edition Hermès bags in the car too. Stephen said you and Sienna each get one, and the rest are for Tessa. But he needs you two to help him out.

you bought those bags to cheer her

of limited-edition Hermès bags, Naomi's eyes had lit up instantly. "Bags? Where?

her, she'd been so thrilled she practically started drooling

impossible. Being the Jacobson family's golden

and Tessa both love this style. Three bags, one for each of us. Not bad- Stephen actually thought this

then pulled out a black credit card. "Take this, too. The law firm's going on winter break soon. Take Tessa on a trip somewhere nice. All expenses are

his hand with her index and middle fingers before letting out a cold snort. "Now that's more like it. But don't think this means I'm taking his side. As

his temples. "Yeah, yeah, whatever you say. Just do me a favor and look after Tessa with Sienna these

Naomi the real

them call you a jerk if they want, man. You brought this on yourself. A little name-calling won't kill you,"

had a strange feeling that someone was talking about

tightened into a

to buy it to apologize to you. Just take it-it's no big deal. If you

but she

bit thoughtless sometimes. I know he didn't mean any harm." Hearing that, Quentin, standing nearby, felt a surge of both gratitude and guilt. "Sorry, Tessa. I didn't mean to lie to you. It's just a white lie. Hopefully, you won't hold it against me when you find out the truth someday,"

handed Quentin's phone back to

sigh of

over, and opened the car door-only to see the passenger seat piled high with Hermès shopping bags.

beat, Quentin lied through his teeth. "Oh, those? Naomi and Sienna bought them for you

Naomi and Sienna. The two had already coordinated their story, so their replies matched Quentin's. explanation