When Love Comes Late by PASSION

Meanwhile, Matthew continued tailing Sprague into a villa district.

The surroundings were engulfed in darkness, as if the area was uninhabited.

Despite a lingering sense that something might be amiss, Matthew couldn’t afford to retreat now, not after coming this far.

He had to meet Benny tonight.

Sprague parked his car outside a villa and disappeared inside.

Matthew halted his car at a distance, observing the surroundings from his seat.

The villa was well illuminated despite its aged exterior.

After waiting for a while and seeing no sign of Sprague, Matthew decided to step out and enter the villa.

The living room on the first floor welcomed him-spacious, empty, yet impeccably clean.

were free of dust, indicating

cautiously, Matthew’s

“Benny.

.

but the only

Benny were nowhere in

an open door leading to a dimly Lit

a man standing by the

steps faltered, and the man turned

eyes locked, plunging the

first encounter with

a striking resemblance to the person captured in photographs, with faint traces of Matthew’s

shifted from Benny’s face, taking in the

space resembled a darkroom, adorned with photos

surprise at

gaze remained icy and distant as he spoke in