His Unveiled Passion novel Chapter 504

"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.

Tessa was exhausted beyond words, but Stephen wasn't tired in the slightest. His breaths were steady as he carried Tessa out of the pool and back onto dry land.

Tessa leaned against Stephen. "It's not my fault… This is all on you…" she protested weakly.

"But I haven't had enough." Stephen's eyes darkened. "When we return to the room later, I still want to—"

Stephen chuckled. "Alright, if that's what you want."

A man who was satisfied was much easier to reason with. He was like a whole other person compared to the man in the pool earlier, who refused to stop until he got what he wanted.