Chapter 41
The next day, Snowflake’s test results were in All his indicators came back normal,
That said, an injury had been found on Snowflake’s neck Preliminary results showed that it was a scratch caused by a needle
The location of the wound could only have been indicted by someone riding on the horse’s back
Once Stephen leamed the truth, he never visited Jacqueline in the hospital again.
The Jacobson family had arranged for a pivate caregiver to tend to Jacqueline instead. The housekeeper also delivered her meals punctually three times a day.
Meanwhile, Stephen stayed by Tessa’s side. He accompanied her as she triedou engagement dresses, selected jewelry, and discussed the detalls of their engagement party together.
No matter how much Jacqueline tried to act out, Stephen never set tost in the hospital again.
Tessa initially thought that Jacqueline’s incident might delay her engagement to Stephen
Yet, to her surprise, Jacqueline’s plan backlined spectacularly. Instead of driving a wedge between them, it hastened Stephen’s heartfelt confession. After that night in the car, Tessa began to feel a growing fondness for Stephen
It wasn’t quite affection yet, let alone love
After all, Tessa found it hard to fall for someone again so quickly after her failed relationship with Zachary
still, it was impossible not to feel mowed by the unconditional trust and unwavering support Stephen had shown her
The date for their engagement party had already been set for the 15th of next month.
It was early October now, so they had little over a month to prepare.
Today, Stephen accompanied Tessa to a luxury boutique to shop for clothes
Inside the VIP lounge, they sat on a couch as models with phiques similar to Tessa’s showcased the season’s latest design.
“That light blue dress is nice,” Stephen whispered close to her ear.
“like that one too,” Tessa ceplied with a nod. “And that cream–colored cual is quite pretty
As they talked, Tessa’s phone buzzed twice. She pulled out her phone to check her messages.
Stephen respectfully averted his gaze to give her some privacy.
The text contained several photos, and Tessa scrolled through them one by one,
They were pictures of Wendy and Zachary The background made it clear that they were in Rovanya
Moments later, another message from Wendy followed.
“The places he wouldn’t go with you, I’ve gone on your behalf Rovanya is beautiful. It’s a pity you’ll never get to see it,” the text read. Tessarolled her eyes at the message. She wasn’t dead, so why wouldn’t she ever get to see it?
During her thone–year relationship with Zachary, Tessa had worked a nine–to–six job. She could only ever travel during the holidays.
Traveling alone felt unsafe to she had hoped Zachary would accompany her.
The reason why she wanted to visit Rovanya was because she had always traveled abroad in the past. As domestic destinations grew more popular, she was intrigued by the highly praised attractions she had yet to experience
Now, if she wanted to travel, she only needed to say the word.
Tessa didn’t bother to reply to the message.
She wanted to block Wendy but decided against it. Wendy’s antics were somewhat entertaining.
She was curious to see what tricks Wendy might pull next. For now, she decided to keep Wendy’s messages as a source of amusement
With that thought in mind, she put her phone away.
Wendy leaned against Zachary’s chest as she carefully selected the photos, she heavily edited them before she sent then, of course. Zachary held her and watched as she sent the pictures to Tris. It was eager to see Tessa’s reaction when she received them Would she get angry? Feel alous? Would she reach out to argue with him?
I had berna a long time since he had last and from Tessa. So when Wendy sent these photos right in front of him, he didn’t stop her
In fact, he wanted to see Tsealous. He hoped she’d take the Initiative to contact him flest.
Hours soon passed, but there was silli no reply.
“Could she have blocked me? Wendy muttered in confusion“, the muges wouldn’t have gone through, right Zachary tried to rationalize it “Maybe she didn’t see them,” he said.
Yes, that had to be it
There was no wa
way Tessa would remain indifferent it she had seen the photos.
But even by the next evening, there was no response from Tessa.
Unable to contain himself any longer, Zachary waited until Wendy wasn’t around. Then, with a dark expression, he called his assistant. “Find out Tessa’s home address,” he ordered.
