His Unveiled Passion novel Chapter 261

The surveillance footage showed just who the man who bought the necklace was. James recognized him immediately. He was none other than Samson Lohan, Stephen's assistant.

James had indeed been deceived.

Stephen had ended things with Tessa only to keep her out of their conflict.

James sat on the couch as his eyes glinted with cold menace.

The wine glass shattered in his hands.

"How interesting," James murmured, ignoring his bleeding hand. There was a smile on his face, but it made him look nothing but sinister.

He muttered to himself, "Stephen, you love her so dearly, don't you? I wonder… are you willing to trade your life for hers?"

…

"What did you say? They abducted Tessa?" The veins on Zachary's forehead bulged in his agitation.

In contrast to Zachary's distress, Jacqueline appeared exceedingly calm.

If anything, there was a smile on her lips as she sat on the couch. It was clear that she was in a good mood.

"Yes," Jacqueline replied happily as she looked straight into Zachary's eyes. "When I learned that Stephen only broke up with Tessa to protect her… God, how I wanted her dead. Now, I'm finally going to get my wish. There's no way Tessa's getting out of James' hands alive."

Zachary's eyes turned bloodshot with anger. His temper got the best of him as he grabbed Jacqueline by the collar and lifted her in the air.

He was so furious that he bellowed at Jacqueline, "You said you wanted me to work with you just to break Tess and Stephen apart! You promised me you wouldn't hurt Tess!"

Before Jacqueline could choke out a reply, a bodyguard who had been standing guard nearby rushed over to rescue her and promptly duked it out with Zachary.

Zachary and the bodyguard fought each other.

When Gomez Group fell into a financial crisis and faced bankruptcy, he tried everything he could to convince people to invest in his company. Alas, no one was willing to lend him a hand because he had offended both the Yates and the Jacobson families.

Later, Jacqueline had sought him out and given him a business card.

At his wits' end, he agreed to cooperate with Jacqueline and finally made that call, seeking aid from Cayden.

He only found out after the fact that Cayden and Jacqueline were mere pawns.

Zachary had never seen just who they were working for. He didn't even know their superior's full name. All he knew was a first name—James.

Now, Gomez Group no longer belonged to just the Gomez family.

In fact, the company's largest shareholder was one of James' many subordinates. That being said, that person was merely a nominal shareholder, managing those shares on James' behalf. In other words, the person who had the most sway over the Gomez Group was the James they spoke of.