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.

But they barely knew each other, didn’t

doesn’t always offer second chances,” Bennett said with a rigid finality, reaching for the

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

in a

reached for the photo,

was now a soggy mess, the faces blurred beyond

heart sank as she saw the photo

and she stumbled over

face tightened with

go,” he muttered, his voice

to fix the photo with a tissue,

lined his face as he realized the damage couldn’t

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

the people in the photo, she searched for a way

for your uncle? Let

brother isn’t the smartest, but he knows a lot of

able

”

Bennett’s expression hardened.

out of my family’s affairs,

your final