His Unveiled Passion

Naomi waved her hand in dismissal and said, "That's fair. You two should head off, then."

"Bye, Henry. Bye, Ms. McKinnon," Sienna chimed in, bidding them farewell with a

wave.

Henry suddenly interjected, "Why are you calling her Ms. McKinnon? We're family. Sienna, you should call her Samantha."

Sienna blinked at him in surprise.

She wasn't the only one surprised by his words. The rest of the group had also paused briefly in surprise.

"Bye, Samantha," Sienna said, changing her form of address obediently.

Samantha turned as red as a tomato from her neck to the tip of her ears. She was so flustered that she pursed her lip slightly and murmured, "It's alright. You can call me whatever you want."

"No, that won't do at all." Henry shot her suggestion down. Then, he pulled Samantha into his arms and said, "Let's go, sweetheart. I'll drive you back."

Samantha murmured softly, still blushing, "Alright."

Once they were gone, Naomi couldn't help but click her tongue in intrigue. Then, she nudged Sienna, commenting, "Sienna, I think Henry's serious about her."

Sienna readily agreed with her, adding in her two cents, "Henry does treat Samantha a lot differently from the women he dated in the past."

Off to the bar

cut in, "You guys go on ahead.

always been the model daughter and was never one to indulge in alcohol. So, Naomi didn't force her

you two

turned to look at Tessa, a silent question hanging in the

he was giving her. He would only go if she did. Naturally, he wouldn't if

she wanted to go to the bar so she could spend

bar for a drink, she had become so wasted that she started rambling all sorts of nonsense. To make matters even more humiliating, she had ended up

it was perfectly fine for her to cling to

now. She couldn't bring herself to

up declining Naomi's invitation. "I'm a little tired,

groan. "What's the point of me going if none of you are going to join me? Oh, fine. I guess I'll just head

the Yates residence for dinner the following

meal, Samuel asked casually, "Tessa, how are things

as she asked, "What do you mean by 'how things are going

smiled and said, "Just friends? Can't you tell that Lester is interested in you

calmly, "Lester's a good

on about? There's nothing going on between Lester and me. I have

soup and said lightly, "Tessa, you're already

you