When Love Comes Late by PASSION

Chapter 2202

However, just as his fingertips nearly grazed her skin, he was jolted back to reality.

Visions of Stella unconscious in her bed at Prosper Bay surged into his mind.

Apprehensive that he might again lose control, he swiftly withdrew his hand and exited the room.

Back in the Living room, Matthew sat in solitude for an extended period, wrestling with his emotions.

He recalled the documents that Fernando had prepared for him at his request, prompting him to retrieve his phone and review them.

The files included various news items about him and Stella, some of which had been removed from the internet.

He sifted through the documents, searching for any evidence of the individual he suspected was connected to Stella, the figure who haunted his thoughts earlier.

found nothing pertinent-no

his own perceptions began to creep

this supposed affair merely a

dismissed

authentic than any journalistic account; despite his struggles with memory loss, those

matters until the early morning, ultimately

morning, Stella woke

as her thoughts coalesced and the

twisted in her

Perhaps he had left

possibilities, a sense

deeply, attempting to sideline her thoughts about Matthew, and

to exit quietly and possibly extend her