Her braided pigtails swung along with her head movement like a rattle drum. “I don’t know… I just know he is Big Brother!”Weston pursued the matter no further and rubbed her hair, smiling. “Never mind. I will know the next time we meet.”Stella sneered. “You seem to take liberties in meeting whoever you like to meet, Mr. Ford.” Not to mention he wanted to meet Elias and Emma, and now he wanted to meet Miguel.How could he be this free?Weston asked her where she wanted to go as if not hearing the sarcasm in her words.“It’s my treat, of course, you decide.” He did not refuse and chose a quiet restaurant.It was very near to Musx in the suburbs. There were not many people coming over, so basically, they would not be disturbed.Moreover, this restaurant served only the members.When they got out of the car, Stella picked Emma up.So Weston went to Elias. However, Elias was still a bit repulsive of him. Perhaps it was because he was unfamiliar with him that he hesitated and
Weston did not react to her comment.The glittering eyes of Emma staring at him softened his heart, so he said, “Just let her play for a while, it won’t do any harm.”Stella seemed very upset and wasn’t looking good.When the waiter returned with a tablet, she picked Emma up, paying no attention to the waiter.Knowing she was angry, Weston told the waiter to leave first. “It’s only for a short while before the meal,” he said softly. “I think that she is simply interested in the tablet, not that she wants to play games or anything. Children are normally curious.”As if agreeing with what he said, Emma reached her hands out in the direction of the tablet. “Mommy, I want to play!”Stella sighed. “Just for a short time. You must put it away when we eat later, alright?”Emma nodded.“Promise!”Emma then solemnly stretched out her finger and made a pinky swear with her.Locking the pinkies signified a promise.Stella touched Emma’s nose gently and let go of her.Emma sat happily
Weston also urged her with a soft voice. “Listen to your mother.”Emma refused. It wasn’t easy to get such an interesting thing. She hugged it tightly, unwilling to hand it to her.She even turned her back and bowed her head, showing disobedience.Elias sighed and climbed down from his chair, and walked to her. Touching her head, he said, “You promised, Mommy. You can’t take back your words.”Emma shook her head, and her pigtails swung in the air.Stella increased her volume at once and called her name. “Emma! Put the tablet down.”Emma was startled, and her eyes quickly welled up.However, she was still not letting go of the tablet and not making a sound.After a while, she pleaded, “Mommy, I want to play a little longer…”“No!”Stella said sternly, “What did you promise me just now? A little while means a little while. You are getting addicted!”Emma pouted in silence, still not letting it go as if planning to resist until the end.Stella put down the cutlery in her hands
Miguel’s tone was clearly provocative.He sat beside Stella, holding the twin.If it weren’t for his excessively young and boyish face, his statement would be a little more convincing.Weston leaned back slightly and looked at him with indifferent eyes. It was a repulsive gesture. “You are just a kid. Don't bluff.”Miguel’s face turned green. “Don’t look down on people, old man!”He sneered. “Women like young men nowadays. You are already thirty, so stop embarrassing yourself here. Don’t you agree, Stella?”He glanced at the woman beside him.Stella tapped her finger at the corner of her mouth. She didn’t expect him to appear all of a sudden.Although she did not reply to his question, she acted like she was closer to Miguel.Instead, she asked, “What brings you here?”Miguel looked at Emma, crying, and said, “It just so happened that I picked this place, and I didn’t expect to meet you guys.”Then, he said, “Why is she crying? Did someone bully her?”And he swept a glance
He just left the client alone to come here. If he had this meal with them here, perhaps there would be no more chance with that project…But if he got up and left.He glanced at the man across the table.Although Weston suppressed his emotions, Miguel still sensed his confidence in having everything under his control.He always acted so high and mighty, as if he could control everything.Thinking of this, Miguel sat down and nodded. “Sure. Let’s eat together.”He did not deny that he was being impulsive, yet he could not give up his territory to Weston in any case.After eating, Weston casually offered Stella to send her home.Miguel said immediately, “No, we are living together. We can just go back together.”From the moment he claimed himself as the father of the twin, and now he is unabashedly provoking him, his intention was obvious.Weston pressed his glabella and cast a distant look at him silently.His slender finger tapped on the table lightly.Without any change of
Miguel was playing with Elias when they accidentally knocked over the glass of water.Stella jumped to her feet. The glass just so happened to roll off the table, and the water splashed on her.Miguel paled immediately. “Are you alright? Sorry, I didn’t know there was water in the glass…”“I’m fine.”She stood up and said, “It’s just plain water. You bring Elias and Emma to the car first. It’s in the basement. I will go to the washroom and come over right away.”“Okay.”Miguel brought Elias and Emma out of the private room without thinking much of it.Stella took her bag and headed to the washroom. She had just passed a corridor when a bony wrist suddenly reached out from a room next to her, clasped her hand, and pulled her in at once—“Who…”Just as she was about to shout, her mouth was covered by the big palms.When she looked sideways, she met Weston’s dark inky eyes with a little chill.“What are you doing?”She was pressed against the wall, annoyed and frowning.He di
Weston didn’t care. He grabbed her wrists and put them behind her back, then, lifted her with both his arms.“Ah!” Stella exclaimed as she felt her feet dangling midair. She watched as he pushed herself against the wall and kissed her more passionately.Weston pinned her hands down and kissed her repeatedly as if trying to eat her up. Her whole body became numb and soft from the force he exerted, and she simply couldn’t break free from his shackles.“Mm, let go of me…” She whimpered weakly.Weston seemed to not hear her as he continued his assault of kisses. He kissed her so intensely. He seemed like he was trying to make up for all the years in her absence.No one knew how long the kiss lasted. At last, Weston panted in her ear and said in a muffled voice, “Keep your distance from that man.”Stella’s eyes seemed dazed. She was gasping for air.When she heard his muffled voice, she took a moment to breathe before realizing who he meant.Stella clenched her fists in anger. Her f
Stella’s voice turned cold. “Do you think I care? What I want isn’t something you can give me.”Weston suddenly stiffened. He closed his eyes and exhaled.Her slap earlier was no more damaging to him than her harsh words.Weston put his hands on her side and said in her ear, “I know what you’re thinking, Stella. I can’t. If I could let you go, I would’ve done it three years ago.” His voice was hoarse.“Now, you should understand my feelings for you.”Weston looked at her with his dark eyes and intense gaze. He reached out to stroke her hair. “Whether you hate me or have no feelings for me, the answer remains the same. You wanted to take my life three years ago, but you couldn’t. It’ll be the same now.”Stella sneered at the fierce obsession in his eyes and suddenly laughed at his persistence. She asked, “Do you love me?”Weston said nothing. He set his jaw and pressed his lips into a tense line. Stella asked him once more, “Hey. Do you love me that much?”Weston remained sile
Stella had rarely ever woken up before him.He had always been terrifyingly strong, but their lovemaking last night must have consumed a lot of his energy, leaving him so tired that he was still sound asleep.She stared at him and suddenly felt like doing something naughty. She pinched his nose and held her fingers there, trying to suffocate him. Unsurprisingly, he soon knitted his handsome brows and quickly woke up.He was surprised to see her mesmerizing eyes as soon as he woke up, which made him pause. He then took her hand into his and kissed it again and again.“Are you okay?” he asked with concern, remembering how wildly he ravaged her last night.She had only been willing to be intimate with him because she was under the influence of a drug, yet he had taken advantage of her and had his way with her over and over again last night.Stella did not speak. Seeing her like that made his expressions turn a little colder. He fell silent for a long time before he got up and sl
The moment Stella saw him, she flew into his arms and clambered onto his body. She kissed him again and again, trying to search for his breath so she could explore his body even deeper. All she wanted was to let him extinguish the fire burning inside her.Half an hour had passed, and the effect of the drug on her body was its strongest now.Weston swallowed his saliva. Without any hesitation, he pinned her against the bathroom mirror and kissed her vehemently on her face, her shoulders, then her neck.Stella could not stop herself from letting out loud moans. The sounds she produced only drove Weston wilder. Even the corners of his eyes began to turn red now.Luckily, there was still a thread of reason in his mind. He pushed her away and, while panting heavily, asked her, “Who am I, Stella?”But Stella’s mind was occupied with her primal urges. She ignored his question and grabbed his shirt collar, saying, “Let’s do it…” The sight of her filled Weston with a desire to just give
Weston paused, then simply replied, “Okay.”When he saw her changing into a pair of high heels, he followed her around and asked, “Where are you going?”“Oh, to a private concert.”Then she added, “If you’re going to spend the night here tonight, then please take care of Elias and Emma. But if you have to leave, I’ll ask Roger to come over instead.”“Don’t worry,” he said. “Just go out and enjoy yourself. I’ll be at home and take good care of the kids.”Stella paused suddenly, feeling inexplicably weird about what Weston had just said. It sounded like she was forcing him to stay at home and take care of the kids while she went out to have fun without a care in the world. She turned around to look at Weston, feeling like he was acting like a poor neglected housewife.She shook her head and tried to shake this terrifying thought out of her mind.When they arrived at the concert, Hayden offered his arm to her like a gentleman. They then walked into the private concert together, w
Stella’s words rendered Weston speechless. She was right. He had been the one to agree to let Stella date other people, so he must seem like a fool saying all those things to her.He withdrew his hands and forced himself to calm down a little. “I have no intention to stand in your way,” he told Stella. “I was only worried about Elias and Emma. Since they’re also here, I think you need to take their feelings into consideration.”The children could sense the strained atmosphere between the adults, so they just waited patiently on the couch with Roger, occasionally poking their heads out to look at their parents.Seeing his kids like that, Weston slowly added, “I’m only here to see the kids, so both of you can go ahead with your date.”Stella said nothing and just took Hayden’s hand and left.When they got downstairs, Hayden glanced at her and asked, “Are you sure you want to just leave him like that?”“I don’t know,” Stella massaged the point between her brows. “I’m not sure wh
Hayden Quirk arrived half an hour earlier than Stella did on their first date.“You’re much earlier than I expected,” he joked as Stella walked in.Stella was actually on time, but she still felt a little guilty when she saw him already waiting for her when she arrived.“The traffic is terrible today,” she said.“Don’t worry about it,” Hayden said, handing her the menu. “Mr. Ford expected me to wait for you for at least an hour.”“I seriously don’t know what you guys are up to,” she grumbled, exasperated, “but I hope it will at least be over soon. Just don’t drag it out and cause me any trouble.”She ordered a few dishes, then handed the menu back to him. Hayden took it from her, ordered a few more signature dishes that the restaurant was popular for, then looked at Stella with a faint smile.“Did you think this is all just a joke?” he asked.“What else could it be?”“I am serious about this,” he told her, his voice suddenly turning grave. “Since even Mr. Ford agreed that we s
Weston raised his eyebrows at Ben’s words. “But he’s divorced. He has an ex-wife.”“What’s wrong with having an ex-wife?”Ben found Weston’s comment strange. “This man has good qualities. Upon investigation, he has a very good personality too. He was an active member during college. He also has an amazingly beautiful resume. It’s normal that a man like him has been married before… Besides, hasn’t Ms. Sealey been married before herself? She even has two children.”Weston’s expression turned cold at once. “Are you discriminating against her?”“I’m not.”Weston said, “Or do you think she can only find a divorced man for her second marriage?”Ben panicked. “I wouldn’t dare!”With Weston’s ridiculous amount of nitpicking, they could find no one that would match Stella.Hayden sat beside and quietly reviewed Weston’s latest psychological health report. As he turned the page, he suddenly said, “I’m actually a little interested in Ms. Sealey.”Hayden laughed a little and turned to Wes
Stella opened her eyes and shot Weston a cold look. Then, she turned her head the other way.Weston did not touch her again. He knew she was probably angry with him, so he stayed silent.A few moments later, he reminded her, “Don’t be angry. That man is unreliable.”Stella propped her chin in her palm. “And what does that have to do with you?”Weston pursed his lips, setting his jaw in a tight line. He said, “I’ve promised to stop pestering you. It’ll be a promise. I’m fine with seeing you with another man, but at least find someone who makes me feel at ease.”“Why do I need your approval when I’m just looking for a date?” Stella found his words funny. “You’re just my ex-husband. Don’t you think you care too much?”Weston rubbed his brow, and his voice suddenly went cold. “If you don’t want me to keep pestering you like I just did, maybe you should listen to me.”Stella questioned, “Are you threatening me?”“No. I’m suggesting.”Stella was lost for words. Then, she suddenly
Stella froze for a moment when she heard the voice. When she turned around, she saw that Weston had appeared behind her at some point.Weston stared at the man behind Stella with a cold gaze and an icy aura around him. Weston had always emitted a strong aura around him. Anyone who saw him would immediately be terrified because of his intimidating aura.The man froze for a moment at Weston’s sudden appearance. He took a step back and quickly steadied himself before greeting Weston, “Mr. Ford.”He still had the same calm and gentle look. “I’m sending Miss Cicily back.”“I know. Don’t ever show up in front of her again,” Weston told him. “You don’t have to send her back. Stay away from her.”It would be a little inappropriate for the man to act a fool at Weston’s straightforwardness, so he tugged at his collar and asked Weston with a polite smile, “Mr. Ford, you should give me a reason, shouldn’t you? I’m having a good time with Miss Cicily.”“You’re the one who thinks she’s having
Stella smiled. It seemed like he had come prepared.Stella enjoyed chatting with the man. He was sincere and introduced himself properly as soon as they started chatting.The man was also a pianist and came from a scholarly family. Although not super wealthy, he was doing considerably well in the middle class. Stella would not need to worry about the quality of life with him, but that was about it. She certainly could not live a luxurious life.Stella had a good impression of him. She also talked to him a little more about piano music.Stella twirled her hair and smiled. She told him with a nice voice, “I’m sure Roger has already told you about my situation.”“I know.”The man looked at her gently and set the coffee in front of her. He said to her, “I’m very interested in you. I think we’re very suitable for each other. Our living standards nowadays have improved quite a bit. Not many look for a partner purely because of material qualities. People with emotional needs will search