When Love Comes Late by PASSION

Chapter 2357

When he saw Stella later, he would confront her directly and demand the truth.

After her conversation with Sanford, where he promised to take care of the rumors, Stella went back to working on her design sketches.

However, a wave of tiredness soon hit her.

She had been feeling unusually drained lately, so she decided to rest her eyes for a bit.

When she finally woke up, the day had already slipped into the evening.

Glancing at her phone, she noticed that the trending topic had disappeared, and the two photos were nowhere to be seen.

A post from Matthew caught her eye; it had been sent just ten minutes earlier.

The message read, Fake news. Accountability pursued.

that Matthew would

of unease

their fragile relationship, recently improved, might

as_ she struggled to figure out how to

knock echoed

designer from the studio, calling from the other side, Stella, theres a man

was Matthew at the door, so she said,

to fix her slightly messy hair before walking toward the

it was

doing here? Sanford raised an eyebrow, his voice steady as he

that being seen with me might make things worse, and youre trying to keep a distance from me? Stella quickly shook her head, her words stumbling out as she said, No… I… I didnt mean… A wave of panic hit her,

that if Matthew showed up and found Sanford there, it might

her head spin

to relax, a faint smile tugging