His Unveiled Passion

Chapter 370

Sienna thought to herself, "I knew it." Still, she nodded and said calmly, "They've ended things, yes."

Marissa clearly looked relieved to hear that.read sw

Sienna noticed the change in her expression and asked bluntly, "Do you still have feelings for Stephen?"

Marissa blinked dumbly. It seemed that she didn't expect Sienna to air it out in the open just like that.

"Yes," she admitted readily. "My feelings for him have never changed, even after all these years."

Sienna was somewhat surprised as she replied, "I didn't expect you to harbor such long-lasting love for him. It's been seven years, hasn't it?"

Marissa lowered her gaze and murmured, "Yes."

Sienna couldn't help but pity her. She couldn't imagine how hard it was to stay devoted to someone for that long. read sw

Yet, love was an odd little creature. Persistence didn't always mean that one would be given the key to the other's heart.

So, Sienna smiled and said, "However, Stephen is still very much in love with Tessa. I have a hunch they'll get back together."

The smile on Marissa's lips vanished into thin air. "And why's that?"

"There are other factors at play behind their breakup," Sienna slowly began.

Then, she let out a sigh and continued, "They didn't end things because they've stopped loving each other or because they've gotten tired of the other. It only happened because Caleb's illegitimate son, James, was aware that Tessa was Stephen's weakness.

"James abducted Tessa in the past and had nearly murdered Tessa countless times. In fact, she was shot by one of James' goons just recently. She's still recovering from the ordeal."

Marissa was shocked to hear that. "I can't believe that happened!"

saying, "Fortunately,

brows. She looked solemn and somewhat

looked at Marissa earnestly and advised,

her lips into

she trailed off for a moment. Then, she finally found the words and continued, "I can't let it go. I want to fight for a chance to win Stephen's love now that I've returned. They've already broken up, so technically

her lips upon hearing Marissa's response. Yet, she knew she wouldn't be able to convince Marissa

what Sienna wanted to say. The latter likely wanted to tell

best to forget all about Stephen seven

had decided against returning to the country to take over the family business after graduating from one of the world's top ten universities. Instead, she chose

had done exceptionally well abroad and was now a

she was finally worthy. She was confident enough, accomplished, and qualified to

Tessa's career the second she returned to the country. She was

because she had the advantage in terms of ability

no persuading Marissa, she decided against

troubled when

Henry couldn't

that

a brow, intrigued. "I didn't know that.

women in love with Stephen. Fortunately for them, Stephen wasn't the sharing type when it came to such

had a friend who was friends with Marissa's best

them not to tell anyone, saying that Marissa would definitely cut her off if news got

had plenty of suitors vying for her attention. She wouldn't want anyone to know that she'd been

word about it, she'd kept that information to herself all these years. She'd even

had been rejected and wasn't aware of the reason why Stephen had rejected her in the first place. That also meant that Sienna had no idea that Stephen was in love

their lives when Tessa and Stephen got together. She had assumed that Marissa had forgotten all about Stephen and

the express intention of pursuing Stephen. Sienna figured that also

"She confessed to Stephen before she went abroad, but Stephen

that right? Stephen's never