Chapter 223

Stephen pressed his lips into a tight line as he stayed in his spot in the booth. His eyes were as dark and deep as a bottomless whirlpool.

Tessa's voice trembled, her tone full of desperation and hopelessness. "Stephen, you coward! If you're here, why don't you dare to face me?"

In an inconspicuous corner, a man raised his phone and discreetly recorded the scene of Tessa's breakdown.

Sienna's heart hurt as she watched Tessa. "Tessa, you're drunk. Come on, be good. I'll send you home."

Sienna guided Tessa away from the crowd in the bar. Her two bodyguards shadowed her movements closely behind her.

When Liam received the recording, James was busy flirting with a new beauty he had just met. The atmosphere in the booth was charged with tension, with the smell of smoke and alcohol mingling together and permeating the room.

James had an arm wrapped around the woman's waist as he kissed her. Her breathing got more and more ragged the longer they kissed. He would never pass up the opportunity to enjoy himself if it were served to him on a silver platter.

By the time he was done, two hours had passed.

up the cigarette, sending a thin column of smoke winding into the air that occasionally obscured his handsome features. It added to the wild and untameable air that always surrounded him. Noticing that James was finished with his business, Liam approached him to report

Fullerton, we've successfully secured the goods

hummed disinterestedly. "What about over at

Mayers, they ran into the police.

"Imbeciles, all of them. They lost the goods, yet

to say to

situation with the Silksand

met

concluded, both Silksand Group and our side suffered

James had kicked the table in front of him. "Stephen Jacobson, I'll make sure

side. He waited for

also have an update on Tessa

his emotions before

it over to James Our people followed Tessa to a bar and recorded this scene.

the phone

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