When Love Comes Late by PASSION

It’s Elizabeth who planned this whole sinister plot!”

A wave of murmurs and speculation rippled through the room.

No one had expected the intricate web of secrets lurking beneath the scandal.

A flash of fury crossed Elizabeth’s face.

She had assumed the recent scandal would break Stella, leaving her vulnerable.

Yet there she stood, seemingly fortified and resolute.

With unwavering determination, Elizabeth faced the microphone, her voice calm yet laced with defiance.

“Stella’s baseless accusations are nothing more than a desperate attempt to tarnish my reputation and deflect from her own questionable actions.

I won’t sit back and allow her to tarnish my name.

I possess a recording that exposes Stella’s treacherous collusion with Leo.

”

Fists clenched, Stella shot a furious glare at Elizabeth.

The revelation of the recording sent her astonishment skyrocketing.

Elizabeth signaled her assistant to start the audio playback.

The flurry of camera flashes ceased as reporters redirected their microphones towards the impending sound.

The recording began, filling the room with Elizabeth’s desperate pleas.

“Leo, please spare me.

”

Then, Leo’s voice followed.

Stella, so I had

”

victim, while

she fired at Leo,

tense silence enveloped the room, broken

determination in her voice, she

and apologize to me! Her

must pay

stirred the audience into a frenzy

Apologize

leave the production

surveyed the sea of agitated faces below, her fingers quivering like leaves in a storm, a stark reminder

deep, steadying breath, she began to speak, her voice cutting through

please, let’s

have something

”

angry voices faded into

locked eyes, none

actions have gone unnoticed?” Stella

faltered for a moment, but she swiftly regained her composure, her lips

Leo lay in the hospital, his fate uncertain, while Rose’s voice was

sole arbiter of truth, free to shape it as

a facade of innocence, Elizabeth retorted, “I don’t know

one who’s been