Zachary saw reports of the incident on the news, along with some videos taken by bystanders online. The moment he saw Tessa fighting with someone, his heart clenched tight.
Before he could recover from the shock, he saw footage of Tessa being lifted onto a stretcher and loaded into an ambulance.
He was extremely worried and used his assistant's phone to call Tessa several times, but no one picked up.
He dropped everything he was doing and rushed to the hospital. He had no idea which hospital Tessa had been taken to.
There were three hospitals near the scene of the incident, and he went to each one, asking around, until finally, he spotted a few familiar faces outside the emergency room at the last hospital.
He lost all composure as he rushed over and grabbed Stephen's arm. "Stephen, how's Tessy? Is she okay?"
As soon as he grabbed him, Zachary felt something sticky on his hand. He looked down and saw that Stephen was covered in blood, sending a jolt of panic through Zachary.
Stephen glanced at him coldly, yanked his arm back, and said icily, "She's still in surgery."
"What the hell happened? I saw online that one of the victims was shot. How did the attacker even have a gun?" Zachary's voice rose, then he suddenly seemed to realize something, and his face went pale. "Was it James? Did he come back for revenge?"
Stephen's eyes burned with rage as he said in a low and impatient voice, "Shut up. You're being loud."
That set Zachary off. He snapped, "Stephen, if you can't keep Tessy safe, why do you keep dragging her into your mess? If it weren't for you, she wouldn't have been in danger over and over again!"
His voice was so loud that a passing nurse shot them a glare and scolded, "This is a hospital. Keep it down!"
Zachary lowered his voice, but his eyes stayed locked on Stephen, full of fury and resentment.
"Don't you think you've done enough damage? Why won't you just leave her alone? Are you so useless that you can't even protect the woman you claim to love? What good are you?
The hallway became quiet once more.
As night crept in, everyone's anxiety deepened.
Caleb and Sophia had rushed over after hearing that Tessa was injured and in critical condition.
Sophia liked Tessa a lot. Seeing her so severely injured, with her life hanging by a thread, she couldn't help feeling distressed.
When she saw all the blood on Stephen's hands, her chest tightened.
"Stephen, you're hurt too. You need to get yourself cleaned up."
Her gaze dropped, and when she saw the trail of blood scattered across the floor, she went pale from the shock.
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: His Unveiled Passion
I know this isn’t Stephen’s fault but I still hated how he was so careless around this bitch even after Tessa already told him it’s obvious that this bitch likes him and she looked at Tessa with hostility. If Tessa breaks up with him again, I’ll even support her. Ugh. Good luck on winning Tessa back again, Stephen. Tss. I so hate these updates....
Nooooo! Not again! We don't need a twist like this. Is it too hard for the writer to conclude with..."and they live happily ever after"?...
Finally getting Stephen and Tess back together then to tear them apart with foolishness. This is craziness...
Yuhohoooo!!! Finally!!!...
Aaand~ Tessa and Stephen are finally back together! Yaaaaay!...
Why make an uninteresting, irrelevant twist when readers are waiting for Tess and Stephen to be together?...
Gosh just let Tessa and Stephen get back together already! Ugh...
Oh my god, when is this book finishing... they're not even back together yet and more nonsense side plots.....
Whoa! Hahahahahaha! Go, Sophia! Burn, stupid Rowena! Lol...
Sooo~ Chapters 310-318 were just a repeat of Jacqueline’s punishment, official expulsion from the Jacobson family, and arrest. With few changes since Tessa and Stephen are not together this time. So Tessa didn’t witness how Jacqueline was tortured at Stephen’s base, though at least Tessa was still called over and witnessed how Stephen officially expelled Jacqueline from the Jacobson family and how Stephen’s subordinate made Jacqueline grovel in front of Tessa. Lol. I hope Jacqueline’s really out of the story now....