His Unveiled Passion

Chapter 241

The room slowly faded into darkness.

After what felt like forever, Stephen lowered his head and stared blankly at the watch on his wrist.

After a long pause, he took it off and placed it carefully into the watch box.

The moment he shut the lid, his eyes brimmed with tears.

Crying was unfamiliar to him. The feeling hit him so suddenly that he had no idea how to handle it.

Tears rolled down his face, landing softly on the box.

The darkness hid the redness in his eyes, while the moonlight cast a glow over his lonely figure.

On Saturday, the Webb family visited the Jacobson residence.

As one of the most prestigious families in Rivertown, the Webbs had a rich history in education and literature.

Thomas Webb was a professor of literature at Rivertown University. His wife, Aria Clark, was a well-known contemporary essayist.

government. He was married to Ella Lewis, a respected novelist and a member of the

a daughter together, named Jocelyn Webb. She graduated from Jordanville University, the nation's top institution, with both a bachelor's and

for years. On top of that, the Webb family and the

blooming of spring blossoms. That was when Rowena met Jocelyn, and the

home, she couldn't stop thinking about

preferred intellectual families like the Webbs over the wealthy Yates

Aria, they were on the

If Jocelyn married into the Jacobson family, that connection could give Owen's career a solid

to visit the Webb residence, Rowena decided

Webbs would be visiting them. Instead, she just said the Jacobsons were having a family dinner and insisted that

subsidiaries of Jacobson Corporation would soon end the holiday break and resume work on Monday. By Saturday, Ralph would already be

the holidays. So, when Rowena told Stephen to come home on Saturday, he didn't think

residence, he heard the sound of laughter and

his coat to a maid, he asked, "Do we have guests

Mr. Jacobson.

"The Webb family? Which

Jacobson Senior

They also brought