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.

”

autopilot as Miley led

they sat in the dimly lit living room, the hours ticking by

they jumped, but it was never the news they

hours, the report had been updated again—the death toll had risen by one

face indistinct beneath a blurred overlay, yet Stella’s eyes locked onto the familiar JA watch clasped around

watch she had packed into his suitcase before he left for

complexion drained of color, her

sudden change, grasped Stella’s hand with a reassuring

to conclusions,

we know is that the man was from our

That’s it.

Try to stay calm.

”

if her soul had been siphoned away, leaving

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

Miley’s gentle hold, Stella

“I’m going to Sothrea.

”

you can’t,” Miley responded instantly, her concern

“Calm down.

a terrorist

even

could be roaming the streets at any