When Love Comes Late by PASSION

Chapter 2251

He remembered a brief discussion with his grandfather in the study, followed by darkness as he fainted… A face flashed in his mind-

Stella.

With a rush of clarity, Matthew fully awakened, the urge to move striking him, but he found Stella sleeping soundly on his chest.

For a few moments, he was frozen, shocked to find it was Stella causing his breath to catch in his throat.

Yet, anger or frustration was absent from his feelings.

Instead, he felt oddly comforted.

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Library

taken aback by his reaction, his hand moving almost of its own

her a nervous glance, looking for

a playful urge and

there was

harder, prompting a frown from Stella

deep in slumber, Stella shifted slightly, a brief wince crossing her face before she settled again, a

smile creeping across his face as a sense of relief flooded

Stella’s collar loosened, revealing the

him followed, his eyes intensely

stirred again, softly

a reflex, he shut his eyes, as if to

pause with no sign of her awakening, he dared to

back to her, emotions swirling in his eyes, revealing his

daylight

ceiling for a moment before suddenly sitting up, realizing she