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

cut in, "You guys go on ahead. I

indulge in alcohol. So, Naomi didn't force her to

you two coming,

Tessa, a silent question hanging in the

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

bar so

wasted that she started rambling all sorts of nonsense. To make matters even

it was perfectly fine

now. She couldn't bring herself to fall into his arms,

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

of me going if none of

Yates residence for

enjoying their meal, Samuel asked casually, "Tessa, how are things going between you and

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

you

"Lester's

amusement. "Dad, Ms. Connors, what are you two on about? There's nothing going on between Lester and me. I have no idea how he feels,

of his soup and said lightly, "Tessa, you're already 27.

for you to consider