Other than Rowena, who was unable to leave the house due to a cold, everyone from the Jacobson family was present.
Ralph spoke up first. "Samuel, I've heard that you got hurt, so I purposely requested to return to my post in Rivertown to visit you. I hope that you can get well soon."
He held a high-ranking position within Jordanville. Even those high-ranking officials within Rivertown would still have to show Ralph some respect.
Despite his status and seniority, he remained humble and courteous as he spoke to Samuel, completely devoid of his authoritative status.
Samuel was caught off guard by Ralph's humility. He quickly supported himself with the bedframe and sat upright.
Looking slightly taken aback by the situation, he said, "Mr. Jacobson Senior, you're being too polite. I'm doing fine now. You didn't have to come all this way to visit me."
Caleb replied, "Samuel, this is a small token of our sincerity, and we'd hope that you'd take it."
With that, he handed him a bank card.
With Ralph taking the lead in the situation, Samuel had no way of speaking up against the Jacobsons in displeasure. He could only accept the card with a smile. "Then, I'd accept the gift. Thank you."
Caleb replied, "You're welcome."
Seeing that Samuel had accepted the money, Ralph spoke up again. "Samuel, to be honest, there's another reason why I've returned to Rivertown."
Samuel could guess what Ralph wanted to say and quickly focused as he listened to Ralph.
"I'm sure you're aware that your injury this time isn't an accident. Stephen told me that he has mentioned Caleb's…"
Ralph paused. He had originally wanted to say the words "bastard son," but quickly stopped himself before he did. It was too harsh to call James that.
After pausing momentarily, he continued, "He told you about Caleb's other son, James Fullerton, right?"
Samuel's expression darkened as he gave Ralph a slight nod.
"James wants to bring the whole Jacobson family down. You were dragged into our mess because of Tessa's impending marriage to Stephen. So, after some consideration, we've decided to call off the engagement."
Standing by the side, Marianne was shocked as she watched them.
Last night, Samuel had mentioned to her that he wanted to call off Tessa's engagement, but due to Ralph's status and authority, he lacked the courage to bring it up.
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The readers' comments on the novel: His Unveiled Passion
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....
Also a lot of chapters were missing here. I went back to the application where it was originally published that’s why i know that this site is not reliable...
Fucked up book! Seems like the authors were not talking to each other. LOL. Yes authors, because of the inconsistencies....
The story went downhill after pg200 1. Why is Jacqueline back… she was expelled from the family already 2. There was no reason for Rowena to be mad at Tessa 3. The Jacobson already knows that Stephen wants to get back witb Tessa after they deal with James, so why is Rowena pushing hard? LOL 4. The family also knows that Stephen and Nancy have some sort of deal. The story was okay from page 1-199, but clearly it’s a thumbs down. I can deal with grammatical errors, but story errors is just different now....
This is funny! Jacqueline was also the culprit why James knew that nancy was Stephen's cousin. So, really, what happened when steohen tortured jacqueline hahah...
I wonder how many authors does this book have? Suddenly jacqueline was back and continue to bad mouth tessa. And was stunned that tessa knows her feelings about stephen. And then rowena was freaking mad at tessa too; because there werw multiple instances that tessa sharp-tongued her. 🤣...