His Unveiled Passion novel Chapter 127

"Susan?" Tessa continued her line of questioning. "Isn't she locked up in the detention center?"

Stephen finished switching his footwear before replying, "I'm sorry, Tessa. I was worried you would be anxious so I didn't tell you. A month ago, Susan lied that she was pregnant. When she was on the way to the hospital for a check-up, she was kidnapped."

His story checked out with what Zachary had told her the night before. The only difference was that Stephen had used the word "lied".

"Lied? So she wasn't pregnant?"

Stephen nodded. "Yup. We've been searching for her ever since she was kidnapped. We finally found her on the Castellion border, in an area infamous for telecommunications fraud. She admitted herself that she wasn't pregnant."

Tessa followed after Stephen as they headed to the living room. "Who kidnapped her? What were their motivations?"

"That's the reason why I was worried you would be anxious." He turned to her with a somber expression. "The person who kidnapped her is someone considerably powerful. After some initial investigation, I'm sure that he kidnapped her because of me."

Stephen frowned. He was quiet for a moment, expression grim, before he continued, "Last night… when I was on the way to pick you up, I received a call informing me that Susan is dead."

Tessa's eyes widened, her expression turning into fright.

"When my people found her, we had planned to ask her who was manipulating things behind the scenes. However, she was silenced before we could get any answers."

Terror gripped Tessa. Susan had been guilty, and she had also hated Susan. Yet, Tessa believed that the law would punish her adequately since Susan was charged with kidnapping and attempted homicide. Based on how the court operated in this day and age, she wouldn't have received the death penalty.