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."

upon hearing this, and her eyes widened in disbelief. "What did you just

let out a bark of mocking laughter. "At this point, I'm not sure whether I should praise you for your award-worthy acting skills or commend Stephen for protecting you

"What are you

had ordered Liam to abduct Tessa. Now that

first opportunity, and she was also severely injured. Besides, she had lost all contact with the outside

was unlikely she would survive once she fell into

she was as

at all. Back then, you Rearly lost your life while dating Stephen, and your father nearly died at our

stayed with him, you

an actress and

the truth. Initially, both he and James had been

thought Stephen had had a change of heart. After all, it wasn't unusual for Stephen to get

cautious-enough to

even Jacqueline was unaware of the true

waters became murkier

handling a task for James. That was the result of Stephen's subordinates

support, the cops promptly investigated all of the companies under Cayden's