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

about his own perceptions began

supposed affair merely a

dismissed

more authentic than any

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

Stella woke up

the ceiling as her thoughts coalesced and the events of the preceding evening slowly reassembled in her

twisted in

departed? Perhaps he

these possibilities, a sense of loss enveloped

thoughts about Matthew, and rose from the bed

exit quietly and possibly extend her thanks to Sanford at