When Love Comes Late by PASSION

Chapter 2206

After breakfast, the heavy air between them became unbearable.

Stella set her utensils down with a definitive clink, stood up, and prepared to leave the house without another word.

As soon as she stepped onto the porch, his voice, tinged with confusion, halted her escape.

“Stella, did I ever love you?”

Though Matthew’s question was laden with the gravity of love, his tone was chillingly detached, as if he were merely confirming a fact.

Stella paused, the weight of his words anchoring her to the spot, deepening her despair.

From behind, Matthew’s voice wavered with uncertainty.

“Did I?”

question to which she herself did not

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offered a bitter

forgotten, please do not

”

a soft entreaty, marked by a frown

brimming in her eyes, she challenged him, “Even if I tell you, would

at a loss

his silence, Stella’s smile grew even more

gathered her composure and announced, have to handle something at the

need to get

another glance, she

remained seated, watching her until she vanished from his

Stella got directly into her

remembered she had left without saying goodbye and