His Unveiled Passion

Chapter 343

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Before becoming prime minister, Seyson Alridge had long been deeply entangled with James in a mutually exploitative relationship. His rise to power had depended entirely on James' financial and logistical support.

Seyson's term was now coming to an end.

According to the laws of Arcton, the next prime minister had to be a member of the House of Representatives. The speaker of the house would nominate the candidate, who must then be confirmed by both houses of parliament before being formally appointed by the king.

Stephen, due to his background and identity, could not directly interfere with the election. But he could lend support from behind the scenes, using others as intermediaries.

Back when Seyson ran for office, he had a formidable opponent. Her name was Ensa Mahana.

In both family background and personal capability, Ensa far outshone Seyson. In fact, she had nearly won the last election.

No one could have predicted that midway through the campaign, Seyson's popularity would skyrocket as if out of nowhere. Public support and votes surged, leaving Ensa far behind in the voter tally.

Shortly after his victory, Seyson pushed through legislation legalizing marijuana.

The biggest beneficiary of that law was none other than James, leader of Arcton's most powerful criminal syndicate.

It was then that Ensa finally realized the truth. Seyson had been working with James all along.

once elected, Seyson repaid the favor by giving him free rein to expand

in Orkford directly and had even sent men across the border multiple times in attempts to assassinate

a single purpose.

Ensa was upright and idealistic. She carried a sense of duty and a

ago, Xavier had already traveled to Arcton to act on Stephen's behalf and support Ensa's campaign from behind

was election day. Stephen had brought

this point, James' base

so tightly that not even a fly could escape. As soon as the election election results were confirmed and Ensa took office, Stephen's

that evening, Tessa headed back to the Yates residence

the living room was playing

dish after dish out to the

stairs, holding Seline by the hand. "You're

back." Tessa nodded. She

hands in

time to hear the news report on

Mahana secured the majority support

and has

the