His Unveiled Passion

Chapter 273

"Tess..." Stephen murmured in response.

Tessa blearily opened her eyes and saw Stephen. Her eyes glowed with

happiness before churning with worry and nerves.

"Why are you here? You need to leave. Forget about me!" Tessa croaked with great difficulty.

"Tess..." Stephen trailed off, touched by her words.

James clapped his hands as he looked at Stephen and Tessa before sarcastically saying, "What a touching love story."

Stephen looked up and met James' gaze, saying, "I'll switch places with her while you send one of your men to get her out of here."

James was practically beaming as he clicked his tongue. "And here I thought you two were a ride-or-die couple. What's this? Are you two tossing the other aside now that the going has gotten tough?"

Stephen ignored James. Instead, he carefully picked Tessa up, afraid of hurting her further.

Tessa had multiple cuts on her body. Fortunately, they weren't deep ones. Still, they were oozing enough blood to stain her clothes red. Stephen's already tattered heart shattered further at the sight.

Nevertheless, he stated in a tone of finality, "I'll carry her downstairs, and you can arrange for someone to send her away."

body nimbly shifted aside whilst he held Tessa in his arms as he

that moment, a red dot appeared

a second later, all of James' subordinates also

shouted furiously upon seeing the red dots on his

his lips

clearly not expecting Stephen to have a backup

he come alone? Who was in charge of checking things out

alone earlier,"

fuck did those snipers

"Well..."

situations countless times in the

after a moment of surprise and shrugged indifferently. "There we go. This is the Stephen I know. If you truly had come here alone for a woman, then

evident that he had been prepared for this all

all, there was a reason why he had managed to survive despite risking his life day in and

Stephen's men were hidden in the shadows. Aside from the snipers, James had no idea just what other forces

the situation was now

James remained utterly calm and

then, a helicopter approached the abandoned building, heading straight for their position

helicopter was aligned

rising sun,

the morning rays when she turned her