Stella hesitated a little. “Are you seriously going to make me your goddaughter?”“Of course.” Wendy’s tone was firm. She said decisively, “It’s hard to meet someone I like. I really want to keep you by my side.”Stella curled her lips and did not say anything.She closed her eyes and thought about Guinevere and Weston’s happy faces earlier. The scene stung her like a thorn.Guinevere and Weston were now a happy family of three, but what about her? Her dead baby had turned into a pool of blood.She would not let them stay happy for long....Stella was in the bathroom. She looked at herself in the mirror with tired eyes. Behind her, Guinevere walked in slowly. The harsh sound of high heels hitting the floor was annoying to her.“I’d underestimated you. You’re shameless enough to appear at an event like this.”Guinevere took a look at the decor around her. The white dress she wore made her look magnificent. She was like a high and mighty queen. “Do you know what this place is?
Weston would never interfere with her career. Besides, she had never asked him for any help. And yet, this woman—this despicable woman!Guinevere was pissed. The guy she had sent out said he had done the deed, but he did not do a good job. Ella should be lying in the hospital, badly injured. Instead, she stood in front of her unharmed!“Don’t be too full of yourself, Ella. You—” Stella suddenly cut her off before she could finish. “Do you have other tricks other than spewing all these threats to me? You tried to attack me, but you only dared to use dirty tricks without anyone knowing. Are you disappointed because the crystal lamp didn’t kill me?”Guinevere widened her eyes in shock. “What are you talking about? I don’t know what you mean.”Stella smiled. She walked straight to Guinevere and picked up a lock of her hair and twirled it around her fingers. “You have such a beautiful face, but such a cruel heart… You didn’t expect me to be so lucky, did you? I even escaped the big cr
Stella rubbed her wrist and continued provoking Guinevere. “I’m not interested in another woman’s child, but… when I saw Zachary earlier, I didn’t find him as annoying as before…”She smiled at Guinevere. “He’s pretty cute. Maybe we shouldn’t get him involved in the grown-ups' disagreement. Don’t you think so? If Weston brings him to me again, I should give him a good hug…”“Don’t you dare!” Guinevere shoved her away. “That’s my son! Stay away from him!” Stella stumbled a few steps back and almost fell to the ground. Guinevere was out of her mind. She rushed to Stella and grabbed her by her dress. She warned her fiercely, “You b*tch! Do you hear me? Stay away from Weston and Zachary!”Stella leaned on the sink partially and looked at Guinevere with her face distorted in anger. She said with a cynical look, “You should tell Weston that. I never asked for it. He’s the one who wanted me to get along with Zachary. I just can’t reject him...”“Shut up! That's impossible… Just shut
Stella moved her foot to the back a little. Her leg was aleady injured, and her wound was still bandaged with gauze. Earlier, Guinevere pushed her and made her injury bleed again. Weston noticed her strange posture while walking. However, he did not realize that she was wounded. Earlier, a ball of fire had risen in his chest at the first sight of her. The fiery lust in him was still present.He needed to kiss her and breathe in her scent to calm the fire in him.“Let me go…”Stella could not stand it anymore and tried pushing him away in between kisses. “This is your house. Your family is all outside… Hm…”Weston looked down at her chattering mouth and leaned in for another deep kiss, stopping her from speaking.“You… Mm…”Every time she tried to say a word, he kissed her, taking her lower lip and sucking it gently. The sound of low gasping breaths rang in her ears. She had no way to struggle.She breathed slowly against his shoulder and gasped, “Weston... Guinevere is still o
Stella did not expect Weston to be so brazen!Weston lowered his waist and entered her just like that. He shackled her waist tightly with his big hands, leaving her no gap to escape. All her senses were magnified in that instant.She gritted her teeth and pressed her nails against the door as her breathing became heavy.At the same time, outside the door.“Gwen, why are you still in the restroom?”A man’s voice came from the corridor. Stella widened her eyes and tensed. Her body stiffened.Weston grunted behind her and patted her waist. “Relax.”He lowered his voice and gently rubbed against her ear. “Don’t be so nervous.” Stella took a deep breath. She was shaking from his movement, but she did not dare to make a sound. She feared being heard by the people outside.Guinevere just came out of the restroom and did not see Stella. She found it a little strange and muttered to herself, “How did she disappear so quickly…”Chris came to look for Guinevere. “The guests are here.
Chris stopped in his tracks and looked around a few times. Then, he answered, shaking his head, “Hear what? It’s just the two of us here. I checked when I came over. No one else is here.”Chris was always cautious about meeting Guinevere. He did not want anyone to see him with Guinevere alone.Guinevere breathed a sigh of relief. “It’s good that no one saw…”Both of them were speaking in an implicit manner, seemingly guilt-ridden.Chris was especially remorseful. Whenever he looked at Guinevere, he could not help but regret his impulsiveness.If he had controlled himself that night, he would not be stuck in this passive situation...As he thought of that, he felt a little sorry for Guinevere. He could not help but ask, “You and Weston… How's your relationship been these days?”Guinevere kept her head down. When he asked that question, she felt a sudden urge to cry. Her nose was a little sore. “We’re actually…”Her eyes reddened, and her voice was a little nasally.Chris paused
Weston kept disturbing her from behind. She grabbed the back of his hand and tensed up. She wanted him to finish quickly.Weston hissed and slapped her on the back again. “Don't mess around.”“Who’s messing around now?” Her body stiffened with irritation.Weston’s face changed. He kept kissing her back and finally slowed down a little.At last, Stella could hear the noise outside. Indeed, it was Guinevere who was sobbing.Chris looked at Guinevere helplessly. “Don’t worry. I’ll talk to him. The women out there are just new playthings for him. Don’t take them seriously.”“But Wendy brought her back today…”“Huh? Is Ella the woman who came with Wendy today? What!” Chris became annoyed too. “Since when did she get so close to Wendy?” Guinevere shook her head. “I don’t know. Maybe Wendy has never really liked me…”“You’re getting married to Weston in six months. We’ll be a family soon. How could she not like you?” Chris retorted instinctively.Guinevere suddenly looked at Chris
Wendy carried Zachary in her arms and shook her head. “I don’t know. He might be entertaining guests somewhere.”Warren suddenly looked at Wendy. “Did you get into a fight with Chris recently?”“Why the sudden question? No, I didn’t.” Wendy played with Zachary with her usual smile.Warren shook his head. “Well, I may be wrong. I just feel like you two aren’t as close as you used to be.”“How can that be? We’re already an old married couple. Maybe we don’t have the passion like before, but our relationship is still good.”“That’s good.”While they were talking, they saw Xavier coming this way with Daisy. Warren’s face sank. He grunted, “Here comes the real troublemaker.”After he had said that, he stood up and wanted to walk away. Wendy smiled and carried Zachary in her arms. “I think he came here to talk to you. I’ll take Zack and go.”After that, she got up and left with Zachary in her arms.Xavier noticed their interaction and nodded. “Thank you, Wendy.” Daisy nodded a
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