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."

he held Tessa in his arms as he

a red dot appeared

also had red dots dotting

shouted furiously upon

curled his lips into a

of James' men exchanged glances, clearly not expecting Stephen to have a backup

of checking

alone

the fuck did those

"Well..."

situations countless times in the

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

was evident that

reason why he had managed to survive despite risking his life day

the shadows. Aside from the snipers, James had no idea

result, the situation

utterly

abandoned building, heading straight for their

the helicopter was aligned

sun, Tessa

by the morning rays when she turned her