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.

he found nothing pertinent-no news

his own perceptions began

affair merely a

quickly dismissed such

than any journalistic account; despite his struggles

early morning,

following morning, Stella woke

down for a while, her gaze fixed on the ceiling as her thoughts

in her

departed? Perhaps he had left with

a sense of loss

her thoughts about Matthew, and rose from the bed to

to exit quietly and possibly extend her thanks to Sanford at a