His Unveiled Passion

Chapter 253

However, Lester cropped out the lower half of the photo, leaving only the upper half where the two of them were visible. This completely changed the feel of the image. Without the background, it almost looked like a formal couple's portrait, similar to that of an official wedding picture.

That afternoon, Lester posted the picture to his social media feed.

His caption read, "A very special day."

The wording of this caption was not without a touch of calculation.

Since today was Valentine's Day, he deliberately avoided writing something direct like "Happy Valentine's Day" or "Wishing you a wonderful Valentine's." That would have been too obvious and might have annoyed Tessa.

At the same time, he refrained from using something entirely neutral like "Successful collaboration", which would have completely eliminated any room for misunderstanding.

The vague and ambiguous phrase "A very special day" struck just the right balance.

It would not make Tessa uncomfortable, yet it would be enough to mislead Stephen.

Lester had added Henry on Instagram since he had handled several cases for Henry's company.

There was no doubt that Henry would come across this post. Given his close relationship with Stephen, it was inevitable that Stephen would see it as well.

After posting the picture, Lester put his phone away, leaned back against the couch, and took a slow sip of red wine. He savored the moment with quiet satisfaction.

Meanwhile, when Tessa came across Lester's post, she casually tapped like before scrolling past it.

...

post, he immediately took a screenshot-with Tessa's like still visible-and

move on

does this photo look like a wedding shot? I have

at the message, his

face in the photo pierced

long time, his gaze fixed on the image. Then, he made

situation on James'

...

had just finished showering and was about to

e rang.

for Ms. Tessa Yates. Are

but I haven't ordered anything. Could

it to you. It was shipped

leave it at my door." Tessa frowned in

and knocked on her door. "Hello, your package has

couch, slipped on

small cardboard package sat quietly at her doorstep. She bent down, picked it

address

high-end jewelry store own.

confused, she

package inside and dialed