When Love Comes Late by PASSION

Chapter 2130

By now, “desperate” didn’t even begin to describe how she felt.

By the time she reached Prosper Bay, her heart was pounding with a mix of dread and anxiety.

As she stepped out of the car, she saw Miley waiting for her at the gate.

Tears welled up in her eyes, blurring her vision.

In that moment, she let the walls she had carefully constructed around herself crumble.

Miley rushed forward, wrapping her arms around her friend in a tight, comforting embrace.

“Any news?” Miley asked, her voice gentle, as if afraid to shatter the fragile hope Stella clung to.

Stella shook her head, her eyes red and swollen, unable to form the words that stuck in her throat.

Miley, feeling her friend’s pain as if it were her own, gently patted her back.

“It’s going to be okay.

Neville has sent some people in Sothrea to investigate, and he’s gone there himself.

We’ll hear something soon, I promise.

”

moving on autopilot as Miley led her inside the

lit living room, the

the phone buzzed, they jumped, but it was never the news

early morning hours, the report had been updated again—the death toll had

news channel, the face indistinct beneath a blurred overlay, yet Stella’s eyes locked onto the

it was unmistakably Matthew’s-the same watch she had packed into his suitcase before he left for

color, her body

the sudden change, grasped

to conclusions,

know is that the man

That’s it.

Try to stay calm.

”

hope, as if

the remote, intending to shut off the TV and end this

Stella stood

“I’m going to Sothrea.

”

you can’t,” Miley responded instantly,

“Calm down.

a terrorist

haven’t even uncovered the

the