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."

on. Off to the bar we

"You guys go on ahead. I have to

always been the model daughter and was never one to indulge in alcohol.

she asked, "Are you

to look at Tessa, a silent question

look he was giving her. He would only go if she did.

the bar so she could spend

time she had gone to the 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 Stephen like

perfectly fine for

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

invitation. "I'm a little tired, so

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

to the Yates residence for

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

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

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

calmly, "Lester's

Ms. Connors, what are you two on about? There's nothing going on between Lester and me. I have no idea how he feels, but know I'm not interested in him that

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

for you