His Unveiled Passion

Fred's way of handling the situation was to assign someone to keep an eye on Wendy at all times to prevent her from running away again.

Other than fleeing the country, Wendy was still able to go wherever she wanted. However, she would be under constant surveillance.

That was the exact same method Tessa had in mind.

When she was first informed that Wendy was planning to flee, she had immediately arranged for someone to keep Wendy under surveillance.

...

Ever since Rowena's funeral, Marissa had not been able to meet Stephen for over a month. She had never missed a gathering as she kept hanging onto the chance that she'd run into Stephen.

However, she always went with hope and returned with disappointment. Stephen had never once shown up at those gatherings.

Then again, Stephen's grandmother and father had just passed away recently. It was understandable that he was not in the mood to attend such gatherings.

That's what Marissa told herself again and again.

She understood that she should think logically, but the longing she felt for him only intensified with each day until she could no longer suppress it.

At first, she would message Stephen every two to three days. However, Stephen had not replied to any of her messages. Eventually, she stopped sending them altogether.

Left with no choice, she could only inquire about Stephen's whereabouts through their mutual friends.

To Marissa's dismay, aside from Stephen's company, the only other place he visited frequently was a private hospital under Yates Corporation.

Rumors claimed that Tessa was recovering from her injuries there.

Marissa had tried waiting at the hospital, hoping to catch him there, but unfortunately, Stephen had never visited whenever she was there.

She had no way of knowing his schedule beforehand, so she could only try her luck as she waited for him at the hospital.

Whether it was just a coincidence or if Stephen was deliberately avoiding her, she did not know. However, throughout the whole month, they had never run into each other.

Marissa's patience was running thin. After enduring a month of waiting, she could no longer hold it in and decided to take matters into her own hands by dropping by the Jacobson residence instead.

At around 6:00 pm at Everbright Law Group, the staff members were slowly clocking out and going home.

Tessa was working overtime as usual and was sorting through a few cases she was handling.

Suddenly, she heard someone knocking on her door.

"Come in." Tessa lowered her head, flipping through a purchase agreement that

had been submitted for evidence.

Lester opened the door and walked in.

"Ms. Yates, you've just been

discharged from the hospital, yet

you've been working overtime.

almost every day. You should not

keep working like your life depends on it.

Tessa's eyes remained glued to her contract, and she didn't even look up.

She only said nonchalantly, "It's fine.

I'm only working until 10:00 pm. So,

it still won't be too late for me when I

reach home to shower and prepare for bed."

Lester couldn't help but chuckle as he shook his head in exasperation. "Tessa,

you really are something."

"Mr. Cooper, do you need anything?" Tessa asked.

"I don't need anything. However, Cassie told me that she wanted to invite you and Seline for dinner. So, I'm here to ask if you have time. From the looks of it, you probably don't," Lester said.

Tessa paused.

Cecilia had told her that Cassandra's frequent visits and companionship had been

a great help in improving Seline's mental health.

If it weren't for Cassandra, Seline's condition would not have improved so quickly.noveldrama

So, she needed to thank Cassandra properly for her help.

With that thought in mind, Tessa looked at Lester and replied, "I'm fine with that.

You can just bring Cassie whenever you're free."

A warm smile appeared on Lester's lips. "Let's meet tomorrow afternoon, then. Is that alright with you?"

Tessa nodded. "Sure."