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.

within the next two hours,

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

fledgling studio demanded her unwavering dedication, and there was a multitude of tasks

solace, she immersed

the choice of materials

finally settled on silk and shell-shaped buckles, a combination that harmonized elegantly with

her Wacom tablet, conjuring the image of the young girl from the oil painting in

only ceased her work when the pain in her wrist became

and glanced at

Matthew was still conspicuously absent, having not even

Stella and she

a

the hospital, she only brought

had supplied

she would only