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."

expression froze upon hearing this, and her eyes widened in

not sure whether I should praise you for your award-worthy acting skills or commend Stephen for protecting

"What

abduct Tessa. Now that she was

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

was unlikely she would survive once she fell

as good

to tell her the truth. "Judging by your reaction, you truly don't know anything at all. Back then, you Rearly

feared that if you stayed with him,

a scandal with an actress and

telling the truth. Initially, both he and James had been deceived by

it wasn't unusual for Stephen to get himself involved with a celebrity, especially with his status as a

very cautious-enough to keep

unaware of the true

waters became murkier

task for James. That was the

the cops promptly investigated all