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.

nothing pertinent-no

perceptions began

supposed affair merely a concoction

quickly dismissed

that the mental images he harbored were more authentic than any journalistic account;

ruminated on these matters until the early morning, ultimately succumbing to exhaustion and falling

following morning, Stella woke

the ceiling as her thoughts coalesced and the events of

in

departed? Perhaps he

these possibilities, a sense of loss enveloped

to sideline her thoughts about

exit quietly and possibly