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.

”

body moving on autopilot as Miley led her inside

dimly lit living room, the hours ticking by

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

had been updated again—the death toll had risen by one more, and the deceased

a blurred overlay, yet Stella’s eyes locked onto

unmistakably Matthew’s-the same watch she had packed into his suitcase before

of color, her

noticing the sudden change, grasped Stella’s hand

leap to conclusions,

know is that the man was from

That’s it.

Try to stay calm.

”

hope, as if her soul had been siphoned away, leaving

intending to shut off the TV and end

Stella stood abruptly, her voice

“I’m going to Sothrea.

”

you can’t,” Miley responded instantly, her

“Calm down.

a terrorist

even uncovered the

could be roaming the streets at