When Love Comes Late by PASSION

Chapter 2266

With a bitter smile and composed resolve, she responded, “I have the right to choose my friends.

Sanford is a business associate.

Our interactions are professional and transparent.

Why should I be forbidden from speaking to him?”

As Stella remained unmoved by either persuasion or pressure, Matthew’s frown deepened, a flicker of anger shadowing his expression.

But Stella, unfazed, continued, “Lindsay saved your life.

Whenever she’s unwell, you rush to her side.

Have I ever objected? Can’t you see it from my perspective?”

A slight change flickered in Matthew’s expression, his frown deepening.

“That’s different.”

the opposite sex? Haven’t you spent time alone with

Matthew had no answer.

wiping her tears roughly, and spoke slowly, her words

“So please, calm down.

losing your memory is

Matthew I fell in

speaking, Stella disregarded Matthew and returned

air heavy with tension

relief, though her face fell when she

took her seat next to her mother, not saying

merely smiled at her and suggested,

nodded slightly

her conversation with Matthew but hesitated in Sanford’s

front of him, she

mother’s concern and offered a

a knowing

at the

meal, Sanford engaged Stella in a conversation about work, discussing the