His Unveiled Passion

"Be good," Stephen murmured. "Don't worry. I bolted the door when I came in earlier. They won't be able to come in."

The door to the garden was made of solid wood. It had a bolt installed that essentially functioned as a lock. With the bolt slid into place, Sienna and Naomi could not open the door from the other side.

Stephen pressed close to Tessa and whispered into her ear, "Darling, they're worried that something's happened to you. Hurry and tell them that you're fine."

"I can't... Not with my voice like this..."

The moment she opened her mouth, the truth would come to light.

"If you don't respond to them now, they'll just get more worried. What if they call the police?"

"Are you still in there, Tessa?" Naomi raised her voice and asked again.

"Tessa, don't tell me you passed out?" Sienna called, panic lacing her words.

Tessa closed her eyes and steeled her nerves. "I'm fine," she replied.

Naomi and Sienna breathed a sigh of relief on the other side of the door.

a fright," Sienna said. "We thought something happened to you because you were

that only Sienna could hear and asked, "Sienna, don't you think that Tessa sounded a little

her question. She shook her head

as if..." Naomi muttered to herself. "I can't say for sure at the

what?" Sienna asked,

didn't elaborate.

Want

how much more time do you need? Sienna and to playcards with Samantha. We need

waiting for Tessa's response, she whispered, "When did I

shushed Sienna. She then gestured for Sienna to stay

sounding a little strange. "The three of

red. Although she was personally inexperienced with such things, she wasn't completely clueless. Tessa's last reply had made it quite obvious what

want to play cards with us?

response from

her laughter while she used her other hand to take Sienna's hand. "Let's go, Sienna," she said. "Let's not get in the way of

faded away, silence was restored to the surroundings. Stephen only finished about ten minutes after

in the slightest. His breaths were