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."

"Come on. Off to the bar

cut in, "You guys go on ahead.

was never one to indulge in alcohol. So, Naomi didn't force her to stay. Instead, she just said, "Sure, go

"Are you two coming, Stephen,

a silent

was giving her. He would only go if she

wanted to go to the bar so she could spend more time with

had gone to the bar for a drink, she had become so wasted that she started rambling all sorts of nonsense. To make

the time, so it was perfectly fine for her to cling to him

the case now. She couldn't bring herself to fall into his

Naomi's invitation. "I'm

"What's the point of me going if none of you are going to join

to the Yates residence for dinner

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

midair as she asked, "What do you mean by 'how things are going between us'? We're

friends? Can't you tell

"Lester's a

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

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

for you to