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

cut in, "You guys go on ahead. I

to indulge in alcohol. So, Naomi

you two coming,

Tessa, a silent question hanging in the

her. He would only

wanted to go 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

couple at the time, so it was perfectly fine for her to

case now. She couldn't bring herself to fall

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

none of you are going to join me? Oh, fine. I guess I'll just head home

Yates residence for dinner the

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

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

said, "Just friends? Can't you tell

"Lester's a good

two on about? There's nothing going on between Lester and me. I have

sip of his soup and

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