“Feeling shy now? What if I want to hear you declare your love for me?”

Stella, ever so reserved, found it even harder to respond to his probing.

Matthew’s gaze remained intently on her.

Under his unyielding stare, Stella’s face turned a deeper shade of red.

Just as she was about to utter those three words, Matthew swiftly pulled her into his arms.

His lips claimed hers in a lingering ki*s that caught her off guard.

At first gentle, the ki*s intensified, growing fervent and assertive.

Breathless after the ki*s, Stella caught her breath.

Matthew tenderly grasped her chin.

“Since you won’t say it, I will.

Matthew and was mesmerized, unable to look

his arms around her waist, he nestled his head on her shoulder and continued, “Make sure you

love you, always remember

his eyes brimming with

lips,

a fleeting glance into his

say ‘I love you’ to

“I’ll never forget that.

I love you, too.

her

gazed intently at Stella, and then captured her lips in a

ki*sed her passionately, one hand cradling her head, the other drawing her close, as if trying to become

she surrendered to the intensity of the

her up in his arms

flowers, carried a heavy scent that seemed to envelop her in

passion took over, Matthew pressed

had longed for this moment, and

and yearning, softened as he gently tucked a stray lock of hair behind her ear,

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