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?"

realizing she had no real way out of this. She wriggled in an attempt

arms stayed securely around her waist. "Trying to slip away, huh? Did you forget how boldly you flirted with me last night? How can you think

one she instantly recognized it was the same one she

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

tension between

her lips in a deep, scorching kiss. His

couch, Tessa responded with just

unrelenting-or the sharp bite of a winter wind,

lips found her delicate earlobe, the

"Tess... may I?"

against her skin, his voice husky and low, every

gaze was

longing. She didn't answer with words.

kiss against

apple.

single action spoke louder

were both inexperienced, stumbling through this

room,

was

her—not just from nerves but from excitement and

loved Stephen. She

Outside, birds sang softly.

felt perfect—a breathtaking,