Although he was competing against Weston for the family inheritance, he did not forget his duty as an uncle in a time like this, even when it came at the expense of family ties. At the very least, he couldn’t allow anyone to get the opportunity to blame him because of such a stupid reason. Stella snapped back to attention and yelled, “That’s enough!” “Weston. You’ll kill him if you go on like this…” she pleaded. Although Weston slowed down in his movements, he did not stop completely—his eyes were bloodshot and filled with fearsome rage.Stella took a deep breath and said with her voice quivering, “Don’t be like this. I’m afraid he’ll…” Her words finally made Weston slowly release his hands. He shook out his wrists and spoke coldly through gritted teeth at the man who was half-dead, “You really should pray that she is fine. Otherwise, killing you a hundred times over today wouldn’t be enough to make up for it.” The man’s face was covered with blood, and he could no longer
Unlike Chris’s tense situation, Stella was well in Weston’s arms as he made a beeline for his car from The Dog House. Along the way, many people cast curious glances at them. Stella subconsciously buried her face in his arms, triggering Weston's light chuckle. “Still shy?”Stella kept quiet. A while later, she whispered softly into his ear, “Can you let me down so I can walk myself?” Weston carried her higher instead. “Can you even walk by yourself, given your current state?” “I just hurt my back. My legs are fine.” The moment she said that, Weston suddenly released his hold over her. “Ah!” Stella’s body descended abruptly, and she instinctively let out a yelp as she hugged his neck tight. She looked up into a pair of smiling eyes. “Still want to walk by yourself?” “You did that on purpose!” Stella sputtered indignantly. “So what if I did?” Stella’s brows furrowed as she adjusted herself, clearly dissatisfied. Her subtle movements, however, displeased him.
Finding her reaction hilarious, Weston suddenly leaned in closer to her, kissing her on the nose. “Which part of your body have I not seen? Why are you still so shy?” Stella pushed him away. “No need. I can do it myself.” Weston’s brows furrowed as he looked at her. He had thought that she was angry because he refused to listen to her and insisted on carrying her all the way to the car. Now that he thought about it, it seems like there was another reason for her anger. Weston said in a teasing voice, “Seems like I thought wrong. Are you jealous?” He had stood up for Daisy, reacting to the displeasure of hearing Stella talk about her first love. Who asked her to gush about how heroic and valiant her first crush was? He wanted to let her witness how anyone can do something so trivial, and, therefore, it was not worthy for her to remember for so many years. Who knew that she would be jealous over something so trivial? “Jealous?” Stella’s eyes widened in disbelief as she lo
Perhaps it was Weston’s excessive tenderness that Stella suddenly felt drained and lethargic. She yawned slightly, and the corners of her eyes turned red like that of a little rabbit. Weston’s movements slowed down as he let her lean against his shoulder. “Nap for a while if you want to.” After she slowly shut her eyes and fell asleep, Weston carried her in his arms as if he were coaxing a little child. His arms wrapped around her back as he gently patted her. His thin lips leaned closer to her ear as he kissed it repeatedly in a way that spoke of inextinguishable sentiment and passion as he enveloped her in his embrace. Weston lowered his head and took every inch of Stella’s sleeping profile. “How good it would be if she were to be this well-behaved every day.” He chuckled lowly. “Just stay by my side like this, all right?” He mumbled to himself, or rather, to Stella. Were those empty titles really so important to Stella? Aside from official status, he could give h
“Which him?” Chris feigned ignorance. “Well…” Daisy couldn’t even bear to say his name. Chris cut her off and said with a half-smile, “Oh, I remember it now. Your ex-fiancé.” He turned towards Weston, “Weston, what do you think?” “None of my business,” Weston rubbed in between his brows. He paused for a moment before going on, “But since he hurt my girl, I can’t let him off so easily.” Daisy’s face fell ever so subtly. Indeed, the reason he even interfered in this entire issue was because of Ella, not her. Chris looked at her; his interest piqued. “Seems like you really want Weston to stand up for you?” “Of course not!” Daisy denied it vehemently. “How would I dare to bother Mr. Ford…” “Do you not dare and not want for that to happen?” Daisy did not know why Chris was bent on embarrassing her in front of Weston. Her eyes turned red as she glanced at him, her fists clenched tight. Ever since Chris witnessed that scene, the cool and calm image she erected before h
Weston sat silently for a moment as displeasure spread across his face. “What’s that got to do with you?” Daisy expected such a response from him. A moment of silence later, she asked hesitatingly, “Then Ms. Guinevere…” “This is not something that you should be meddling in,” Weston suddenly turned to look at her with the authority of a person used to being in a place of power. “Daisy, don’t try to act smart. You know what you should and shouldn’t do.” “I know. I won’t tell Ms. Cohen…” Perhaps it was because of what happened today that she felt that the distance between herself and both men had shrunk. Thus, she gathered courage and asked, “Mr. Ford, you fancy Ms. Steele more, right?” She knew she was being a nosy parker and was ready to face Weston’s wrath. To her surprise, he simply looked at her with a half-smile and said casually, “Why can’t she tell something that even you can?” It didn’t take much to figure out who Weston was referring to. Daisy realized that W
Weston did not want to stick around any longer and stood up while delivering his instructions, “Settle this cleanly and don’t make me step in. You know that I know no limits.” “Of course,” Chris reassured him. “You can rest easy with me on this case.” Weston scoffed but didn’t say anything further. He picked up his coat and turned to leave. At Stardust Mansion. Stella fell asleep in the car, and by the time she woke up, she found herself lying on the bed in her room. She opened her eyes blearily and rubbed them as she shook herself awake. That was when she remembered what had happened. As she glanced at the clock, she realized it was already evening. She never expected that she’d sleep for so long. A moment later, she heard footsteps coming from the corridor outside. Stella subconsciously shut her eyes and smoothened her blanket, pretending she was still asleep. The footsteps outside gradually became lighter. By the time they entered the room, they were almost inaud
Stella threw him a helpless look, “Can’t you just let me sleep in peace?” Weston reached out and pinched her nose, “You fell asleep in the car all the way back home. Now, you still want to sleep more. How are you going to sleep through the night?” Before Stella could respond to him, he suddenly leaned in closer to her and said in a suppressed voice, “Or do you want to do something else at night?” As he closed the distance between them, Stella could see his eyes glinting in the dim light and knew what he was going to say. As she had expected, he would only tease her in this regard. “You think too much,” Stella glared at him. Perhaps because she just woke up, her glare bore no threat to him. In fact, it made her look even more captivating and mesmerizing. Weston’s eyes darkened with pleasure as he pulled her into his embrace. He recalled what Daisy said and sighed. “Stella, what else are you not happy with me about?” Stella was slightly taken aback by his question. “Why
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