When Love Comes Late by PASSION

Chapter 2054

Gently, she set the soup aside, her gaze growing misty.

“Why are you being so cruel to me? I care about you deeply.

Can’t you see how much I love you?”

Bennett, however, was impervious to her pain.

He walked to his chair and sat down, his expression darkening as he noticed the photo had been disturbed.

With icy detachment, he cut her off.

“We’re finished, Joann.

Don’t come after me, and keep your hands off my belongings.

”

Joann’s heart sank as she faced Bennett’s unyielding demeanor, feeling a deep sense of betrayal.

“Why are you treating me like this? What have I done to deserve this? Even if I made mistakes, can’t we talk it through? Give me a chance to fix things?”

She struggled to understand what she could have possibly done wrong and why Bennett’s coldness had led him to end their engagement.

Stella involved? But they barely knew each other,

second chances,” Bennett said with a rigid finality, reaching for

heart pounded, her attempt to grasp his hand in desperation only

erupted in a

as he reached for

now a soggy mess, the

as she saw the

and

tightened

his

photo with a tissue, but it was

face as he realized the damage couldn’t

come to make things right, but it wasn’t going as planned “I didn’t mean for this,” she said softly, her voice full

photo, she searched for a way to fix her

you looking for your uncle?

but he knows a

be able to help

”

Bennett’s expression hardened.

out of my

is your final