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?”

hesitated, unwilling to entertain such a question-a question to which she herself did not have an

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bitter smile in

have forgotten, please

”

voice was a soft entreaty, marked by a frown

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

at a

silence, Stella’s smile grew even more

breath, she gathered her composure and

to get to

glance, she

seated, watching her until she

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engine, she remembered she had left without