"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.
"You gave us quite a fright," Sienna said. "We thought something happened to you because you were soaking in the pool for so long."
Meanwhile, Naomi was wearing a strange expression. She lowered her voice so that only Sienna could hear and asked, "Sienna, don't you think that Tessa sounded a little weird just now?"
Sienna was stunned by her question. She shook her head and replied, "No. Did she sound weird?"
"It sounded as if…" Naomi muttered to herself. "I can't say for sure at the moment. Let me try again."
"Try what?" Sienna asked, bewildered.
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....