When Love Comes Late by PASSION

Chapter 2405

Doreens response was sharp and decisive.

Youve got the wrong person I dont know you, and theres no collaboration to discuss.

Without waiting for a reply, she turned to Leave.

The woman called after her, her tone eerily composed, If you change your mind, you know where to find me.

Ill be waiting.

Doreen dismissed her as crazy and ignored the remark, pushing the door open to Leave the dimly lit cinema.

As soon as she stepped out into the night, her phone buzzed with a distress call from Phillis.

Doreen couldnt bring herself to ignore the plea.

Reluctantly, she decided to return to her parents home.

She hadnt Lived there since college, and the last time she visited was before Stellas wedding. That visit had ended in violence when her father had beaten her again.

she vowed never

tugged at her thoughts, she found herself standing at the familiar

silence, its thin walls doing little to block out

mans furious curses and the womans broken sobs echoed clearly through the

the scene inside froze her

clenched in

charged forward, shoving the man away

of my mom! Her anger flared white-hot as her gaze fell on Phillis bruised

completely lost your mind? she shouted, her voice raw with rage

eyes burned with unrestrained fury, but beneath the anger was deep distress as she took in her mothers

than anything, that she could make Preston

But Preston remained unrepentant.

who felt no shame, he extended

money, he demanded

million, and Ill

with irrationality,

at him, her expression