When Love Comes Late by PASSION

Chapter 2216

Meanwhile, the last flicker of hope in Lindsay’s heart extinguished.

Resigned to her situation, Lindsay didn’t dare to cause a scene.

Instead, she silently endured her bitter emotions.

Meanwhile, Josh observed the unfolding dynamics with keen interest, his eyes occasionally darting to catch Sanford’s reaction.

Yet Sanford remained an enigma, his composure unshaken and his expression inscrutable.

As the music swelled through the venue, Matthew extended his hand with genteel grace, inviting Stella to join him.

He bowed slightly, and with a flourish, led her to the dance floor.

The lights dimmed, casting shadows around the room, and as the orchestra played, Matthew and Stella moved with effortless elegance.

Around them, the crowd mingled; William, Sanford, and Josh circulated among the guests, leaving Lindsay isolated in her wheelchair.

Her lips pressed into a thin line, her eyes fixed bitterly on the couple intertwined in dance.

Each step they took seemed to fuel the growing hatred within her.

watch any longer, the maid approached Lindsay, hoping

reassured, “Miss Wheeler, don’t be

will heal, and you’ll

Clark someday.

”

Lindsay’s frustration boiled over.

know?” she snapped, her voice raw with

“Shut up!”

dance floor, Matthew enveloped Stella in his

particularly because Matthew’s memory had betrayed him, making her wonder if their dance was just a

as they began to move to

the music swelled, an

relief and her hand found a

them in intimacy, the delicate

soft yet tinged with

used to daydream about this moment, concocting countless scenarios of our

imagined it would happen when we

”

chest, a silent acknowledgment of the poignancy of her

unsaid, as Stella’s sense of the

woman to a