When Love Comes Late by PASSION

Chapter 779

“It’s late.

I’m heading to bed.

”

Stella assumed her implication was clear enough for Matthew to take his leave.

Instead, Matthew lifted his gaze to meet hers, his eyes unblinkingly intense and filled with warmth.

“I’m a bit tipsy.

After helping you clean, I’m feeling a bit dizzy.

Would it be alright if I stayed over?” His voice was velvety and resonant.

As Stella listened, she noticed an endearing petulance coloring his tone.

Caught under Matthew’s intense gaze and spellbound by his voice, Stella felt her resolve waver and her heartbeat quicken.

stammered, “Um… I don’t have

”

and a living area and the other rooms served

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over, the sofa would be his only

her bed, seemed to accelerate their

make things difficult

him, he proposed, “I can make do with

Is that okay?”

to refuse

she offered, “I’ll get a quilt and pillow

”

on her heel, she reappeared

as she bent

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she moved close to him, her sweet scent enveloped Matthew, akin to the soft scratch of a

his arm and drew Stella into his embrace, his chin

and