Chapter 273

"Tess…" Stephen murmured in response. Tessa blearily opened her eyes and saw Stephen. Her eyes glowed with happiness before churning with worry and nerves. "Why are you here? You need to leave. Forget about me!" Tessa croaked with great difficulty. "Tess…" Stephen trailed off, touched by her words. James clapped his hands as he looked at Stephen and Tessa before sarcastically saying, "What a touching love story." Stephen looked up and met James' gaze, saying, "I'll switch places with her while you send one of your men to get her out of here." James was practically beaming as he clicked his tongue. "And here I thought you two were a ride-or-die couple. What's this? Are you two tossing the other aside now that the going has gotten tough?" Stephen ignored James. Instead, he carefully picked Tessa up, afraid of hurting her further. Tessa had multiple cuts on her body. Fortunately, they weren't deep ones. Still, they were oozing enough blood to stain her clothes red. Stephen's alrea