When Love Comes Late

Did anyone genuinely care about her feelings?

The more she contemplated, the more she wept, with tears cascading down her face.

Sanford looked on with sympathy, embracing her and patting her back gently.

“You don’t have to feel scared anymore.

You have your family, friends—all the support you could need.

Try not to make it tougher on yourself,” he said with a soothing tone.

His words were sincere, his tone tender, yet as he held her, a fleeting look of indifference crossed his face when Stella was not looking, giving him the semblance of a stranger detached from the pain.

Simultaneously, in the apartment, Lindsay was reclined on her bed, clearly self-satisfied.

She glanced at the clock; Robin should have retrieved the USB drive by now.

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Once Matthew discovered what was on that drive, there would be no coming back for Stella.

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It was Robin.

Lindsay swiftly answered.

Before she could say hello, Robin interjected harshly, “Some guy has taken Stella away.

The plan’s fallen apart.

It’s on you to sort it out.

”

Lindsay sat up abruptly, her heart pounding, and urgently asked, “What guy?”

With evident annoyance, Robin answered, “I don’t know his name, but he had a team with him and they’ve taken Stella.

He seemed influential.

”

Lindsay scowled and fell into a deep silence, her mind swirling with a tide of frustration and bitterness.

This was not how things were supposed to unfold-nobody was supposed to come and rescue Stella according to the plan sent by the mysterious person.

Lindsay was fuming.

She was so close to success again!

Disappointment was clear in her eyes.

She had hoped that if Stella betrayed Matthew, it would inevitably lead to conflict and their eventual separation, even if he later remembered everything.

But now…

Robin had been waiting for a response for a while.

Annoyed, he was just about to end the call when Lindsay regained her composure and said, “Wait.

Check the club’s surveillance footage.

I need to see who’s helping that bitch.

”

“Fine.

Wait.

” He agreed, and then disconnected.

Shortly after, he sent her a screenshot from the video.

Upon seeing the face in the screenshot, Lindsay was struck with an idea.

She immediately called Robin back.

They talked for nearly ten minutes before ending the call.

Lindsay then asked a maid to assist her into her wheelchair, and she wheeled herself out of the room and across to the study.

“Matthew,” she said timidly.