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."

tugged Tessa along. "Come on. Off to the bar

"You guys go on ahead.

never one to indulge in alcohol. So, Naomi

asked, "Are you two

look at Tessa, a silent question

understood the look he was giving her. He would only go if

go to the bar so she

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 clinging to

had been a couple at the time, so it was perfectly fine for her to cling to

She couldn't bring herself to fall

up declining Naomi's invitation. "I'm a little tired, so I'll have to

of me going if none of you are going to join

returned to the Yates residence for dinner the following

asked casually, "Tessa, how

you mean by 'how things are going between us'? We're just

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

calmly, "Lester's

going on between Lester and me. I have no idea how he feels, but know I'm not interested

took a sip of his soup and said lightly, "Tessa, you're

you to consider