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?"

she had no real way out of

Did you forget how

body wash lingered between them, one she instantly recognized it was the same one

her skin, sending her heart into a

tension between

a deep, scorching

Tessa

unrelenting-or the sharp bite of a winter

her delicate earlobe, the last thread of Tessa's

"Tess... may I?"

against her skin, his voice husky and low, every

Tessa's gaze

She didn't answer with words.

a kiss against

apple.

single action spoke louder

were both inexperienced, stumbling

filtered into the room, the air between them grew thick with

knew what was about

her—not just from nerves but from excitement and a longing she could no longer

She

Outside, birds sang softly.

perfect—a breathtaking,