When Love Comes Late by PASSION

Chapter 868

It was late at night, and the road was deserted.

His foot pressed firmly on the gas pedal.

Suddenly, a dark figure leaped into his field of vision.

Matthew’s pupils contracted, and he instinctively slammed the brakes.

The car, traveling at high speed, careened into the protective railing, the wild cat’s scream drowned out by the deafening crash.

In the stillness of midnight, Stella remained wide awake, her gaze fixed on her watch.

Nearly an hour had passed since Matthew had ventured out, yet he hadn’t returned.

She cast her eyes downward, contemplative.

the next two hours, she would

bed and powered up her computer, resuming her design work for

dedication, and there was

some solace, she immersed herself

but the

hard, Stella finally settled on silk and

of the young girl from the oil painting in her mind, its radiance

ceased her work when the pain in her wrist

massaged her wrist and glanced at her

was still

Stella and she lowered her

saved her design files to a USB drive, changed into her pajamas, and

Prosper Bay from the hospital, she only brought a few of her

supplied the

she would only take her own