But the moment she stood up, he stood up as well, and instinctively grabbed her wrist. “Ella!”As though scalded by hot water, Stella forcefully shook her hand off. “We are at school, Mr. Hall! Please control yourself.”After that, she left.Justin chased after her, but looking at her back, he stopped in the end. He stood in the gazebo, lost and full of despair.What he did not know was that in a hidden corner, a man had just taken a photo on his cellphone, where the image of the two people holding hands was clearly captured.***In the ward.Initially, Xavier had planned to go to Henry, but thanks to what happened on the balcony, he didn’t want to stay any longer. He found an excuse and left in a hurry.Henry was fiddling with another potted plant Weston had brought for him absent-mindedly when he suddenly said, “Your uncle is rather obtuse.”Weston didn’t even look up. “What did he tell you just now?”“Nothing. He was just probing.” He pushed his wheelchair and put the pott
It was only after Weston left that Henry snickered and said with a hoarse voice, “What do you know? She can’t possibly die.”That woman was just like a cockroach. How could she die?After he said that, he was immersed in the shadows.The sunlight outside was pleasant, but it could not shine on his body.The sunlight shone through the window, slicing the ward into halves of light and darkness.He stayed in the darkness for a long time, and when he reached out, wanting to touch the sunlight outside, it was as if he was forever separated by a barrier.***Near the end of the afternoon, Stella texted Roger.“I need to go on a business trip this evening so I can’t go home. Please be good when you are at home alone.”She had had a meal and chatted with him for a long time this afternoon.He was already very satisfied so he did not say anything and simply reminded her to take care of herself.She let out a breath and thought for a while before telling the chauffeur to send her back
Stella’s movement was a bit restricted so she said to him, “Can’t you just let me go first? Wait in the living room. It’ll be quick.”“No.” He hugged her.His thin lips slid all over her face. At first, he was only kissing her cheeks, but he had slowly moved to her ears. Gradually, he moved down, not knowing how to restrain himself.Stella felt a tingle spreading across her skin. She grimaced and shrank away, wanting to avoid him, but the man only held her waist tighter. “Don’t move,” he said with a hoarse voice beside her ear.He was holding her so tightly that she could feel the changes in his body.She took a deep breath, hand still tightly holding the spatula. Her fingertips were white. “Stop fooling around. It will be ready soon. Just wait for a little.”“No, I am very hungry now.” His breath became heavier as he was talking to her.He said word “hungry” particularly loudly.She understood what he was trying to say, but pretended not to understand. “We can’t eat yet. C
Stella thought that he was really a man which no woman could resist.If he was serious, no one would’ve fallen for his eyes.But why was she not feeling anything? In fact, all that was left in her heart was a little trembling pain.She shut her eyes and let the man ravage her lips.It wasn’t until when the corner of her lips was bitten and she felt a tingling pain that she saw Weston opening his eyes, looking at her unhappily. “You can’t even concentrate on the kiss, huh?”Stella grabbed his arms and took a deep breath before saying, “I am hungry.”Sure enough, the man’s eyes changed, and he seemed a little helpless.Then, he sighed beside her neck and rubbed her head. “Let’s eat.”This was the first time she was willing to cook for him since the reunion.So, he would naturally give way to her.Besides, her cooking was very good… at least it suited his taste. She paused but still served some food on his plate. “Do you like this?” she asked.He looked at her with great inte
Stella stared at him dully.She had seen him like this before when they were still married.When he was losing control, he would gaze at her that way.Feeling mocked, she reached her hands out to touch his eyebrows.He appeared to like being this close to her and allowed her to touch his face as much as she wanted.Weston doesn’t like physical touch, but Stella was an exception.After a moment of silence, he heard her speak in a deep voice, “I’m very curious. Does Guinevere not satisfy you?”The atmosphere between them instantly shattered when she brought up another woman’s name.The little warmth they had earlier was now filled with coldness and unspeakable embarrassment.Perhaps Weston didn’t take this seriously, but Stella couldn’t accept her identity at all.But what was she? Merely a mistress of his…As much as she didn’t want to, she lived under Guinevere’s shadow.The man's fingertips pressed against the corners of her mouth, and his expression slowly calmed down. “D
Stella was instantly overcome by a fierce coughing fit that caused her to tremble violently, as she slumped helplessly on his knee.Finally, after a chaotic few minutes, all the water in her lungs was out.She opened her eyes, dazed, and saw Weston in front of her.Her face showed clearly, with her wet hair in a bunchWhen he saw that she was slowly recovering, he let out a relieved sigh. “Thank god you’re fine.”Seemingly unable to comprehend what she had just gone through, she took a glance at the bathroom before asking, “What happened?”Then, when she lowered her head and saw what she was wearing, she shrieked in horror and subconsciously hugged herself, trying to avoid him.However, he gave her no chance to do that. He pulled her into his arms, not letting her move. “Are you stupid? How can you drown when you’re showering?”At that, she remembered that she had indeed wanted to shower, but slept off in the bathtub from exhaustion.She didn’t know how long she slept but as h
Weston's expression darkened as he saw her belligerence, and his hands only ruffled her hair with greater force.Stella endured the pain and let him continue to blow her hair.After a while, he saw the tears pooling in her eyes and sighed gently. “If you told me you’re hurting, you wouldn’t have to endure the pain.”She ignored him, wiped the corner of her eyes, and turned her head away.He was the one inflicting the pain on her, yet she was to blame for not telling him it hurt.Weston felt his heart drop and he put the hair dryer aside.He held Stella’s face in his hands and pinned his forehead against hers. “How are you so bold?”He planted a kiss on the tip of her nose. “If you want to go see Roger, then go. Don’t put on a sour face.”His words were cold, but he was compromising for her.Stella’s eyes glistened, not expecting him to change his opinion.Seeing her face relax, he sneered and pinched her face. “I gave you what you want. Why don’t you give me a smile?”She wa
Stella knew he was showering.Not long later, the noise in the bathroom stopped.Before the blanket was pulled and the bed sunk, she could hear heavy footsteps plodding toward her.A wet body hugged her from behind.Instantly, she stiffened and didn’t dare to breathe.Weston noticed her repulse, gently rubbed her hair and kissed her head. “Go to sleep. I won’t do anything to you.”The scene earlier was still stuck in his head.The horrifying image of her lying in the tub, unconscious.At that moment, he really thought she had committed suicide.If that had happened, he would never be able to accept it.But thankfully, it was only an accident.Weston didn’t show many emotions. Only when he hugged Stella would his raging heartbeat slow to a calm.He hugged her tightly with considerable force, a force that was suffocating.It wasn’t until she was breathing heavily that he let her go slightly.He helped tidy her hair. “I know what you’re thinking.”In a hoarse voice, he croa
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