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.

those bags to cheer her

limited-edition Hermès bags, Naomi's eyes had lit

she'd been so thrilled she practically started drooling

to buy this white one before, but it was impossible. Being the Jacobson family's golden boy sure has its perks. He scored three of them just

both love this style. Three bags, one for each of us. Not

this, too. The law firm's going on winter break soon.

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 far as I'm concerned, he will always be

do me a favor and

course, he couldn't tell Naomi the real reason behind

brought this on

Stephen's office, the man had a strange feeling that someone was

tightened into

my brother. Kasked him to buy it to apologize to you. Just take it-it's no big

Quentin, but

okay, then. It wasn't that big of a deal anyway. Just don't be too hard on Quentin. He's just a bit thoughtless sometimes. I know he didn't mean any harm." Hearing that, Quentin, standing nearby, felt a surge of both gratitude and guilt.

Quentin's phone back to him. "Alright, Quentin. I'll accept the

sigh of relief and

the passenger seat piled high with Hermès shopping bags. She

through his teeth. "Oh, those?

snapped a photo and sent it to Naomi and Sienna. The two had already coordinated their story, so their replies matched Quentin's. explanation word for word. Warmth welled up in Tessa's heart as she messaged back to thank