His Unveiled Passion

Chapter 259

Liam, James' personal bodyguard and most capable assistant, questioned Tessa as he sat in the back seat of the car, "You know Mr. Fullerton?"

A hint of mockery flashed in Tessa's eyes. "How could I not know him? I nearly died because of him."

Liam fell silent for a moment before saying, "Since you know who he is, I might as well be frank. Your boyfriend targeted us and caused us significant losses. So, we had no choice but to retaliate by hurting his girlfriend. It's only fair, don't you think?"

"What are you talking about?" Tessa's lips curled into a sardonic smile. "Surely you're not implying that Stephen's my boyfriend? Don't you know we've ended things? If you're looking for his girlfriend, then I'm afraid you've got the wrong person. Lord knows I have had nothing to do with him since then."

Liam sneered. "Who else could his beloved be but you?"

"Haven't you seen the headlines recently? He's gone galavanting with some actress! Are you blind? Why come after me?" Tessa snarked.

There was a pause before Liam replied coldly, "Do you not know that Stephen deliberately dumped you and broke his engagement with you to prevent you from getting involved in his mess?"

Tessa scoffed. "Please. You're giving me far too much credit. His scandal with his latest beau has been plastered all over the news. Are you illiterate or something?"

Liam's lips tugged into a smirk. "Ms. Yates, are you truly unaware of what's going on, or are you just pretending? The actress involved in that scandal with Stephen is actually his cousin."

and her eyes widened

of mocking laughter. "At this point, I'm not sure whether I should praise you for your award-worthy acting skills or

beyond confused. "What

Now that she was in his grasp,

opportunity, and she was also severely injured. Besides, she had lost all contact with the outside world. Therefore, there was absolutely no possible way she could

she would survive once

as good as

it wouldn't hurt to tell her the truth. "Judging by your reaction, you truly don't know anything at all. Back then, you Rearly lost your life while dating Stephen, and your father nearly died at our

you stayed with him, you might not

a scandal with an actress and broke up

telling the truth. Initially, both he and James had been deceived by Stephen's parlor

had had a change of heart. After all, it wasn't unusual for Stephen to get himself involved with a celebrity, especially with his

been very cautious-enough to keep their adopted daughter, Jacqueline, in

was unaware of the true reason behind Stephen and

waters became

authorities arrested Cayden, who had been handling a task for James. That was the result of Stephen's subordinates

the cops promptly investigated all