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 we go. Let's

on

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

you two

Tessa, a silent question hanging

only go if she did. Naturally, he wouldn't

she wanted to go to the bar so she

alcohol tolerance was terrible. The last 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 her to

couldn't bring

ended up declining Naomi's invitation. "I'm

let out a disappointed 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

to the Yates residence for

asked casually, "Tessa, how are things going between you and

asked, "What do you mean by

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

calmly, "Lester's a good

look at them in 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, but know I'm not interested in

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