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?"

had no real way out of this. She wriggled in

"Trying to slip away, huh? Did you forget how boldly you flirted with me

one she instantly recognized it was the same

her skin, sending

tension between

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

the couch, Tessa

and unrelenting-or

Stephen's lips found her delicate earlobe, the last thread of Tessa's reason

"Tess... may I?"

voice husky and low, every syllable dripping

gaze was

with words.

a kiss

apple.

action spoke louder than anything

both inexperienced, stumbling through this unfamiliar

the morning sunlight slowly filtered into the room, the air between them grew thick

knew what was about to

from excitement and a longing she could no longer

She wanted this-wanted

Outside, birds sang softly.

felt perfect—a breathtaking,