His Unveiled Passion

Chapter 111

Tessa flushed in an instant. She quickly averted her gaze, stammering, "W-What are you even talking about? I would never say that..."

Stephen's lips curled into an amused smirk. "Oh? Is that so?"

"Of course! H-How could I possibly say something like that in front of so many people..." Her voice grew weaker with every word.

Damn it.

A hazy memory flickered to life in her mind. It seemed that she... probably... had said those things last night.

"I was just talking nonsense!"

The morning light filtered through the glass window, enveloping her flushed cheeks in a soft, golden glow.

Tessa bit her lip, clearly flustered. "You know I was drunk and rambling. You wouldn't seriously hold a drunk person's words against them, would you?"

Even as she said it, her voice wavered with doubt. She mumbled under her breath, "Legally speaking, intoxicated individuals have diminished capacity for judgment and control... That's called limited capacity for action..."

Stephen let out a low chuckle, his shoulders shaking slightly.

"Are you seriously giving me a lecture on law right now?"

real way out of this.

slip away, huh? Did you forget how boldly you

them, one she instantly recognized it was the same

breath ghosted over her skin, sending her heart into a frantic

between

Stephen leaned in, capturing her lips in a deep, scorching kiss. His long, slender fingers wove into Tessa's hair, pulling

beneath him on the couch, Tessa responded

a summer storm-sudden, wild, and unrelenting-or the sharp bite of

earlobe, the last

"Tess... may I?"

hot against her skin, his voice

Tessa's gaze was

didn't answer with words. Instead, she leaned

kiss against his

apple.

spoke louder than anything she could

were both inexperienced, stumbling

into the room, the

was

just from nerves but from excitement and a longing she could no

loved Stephen. She

Outside, birds sang softly.

felt perfect—a