'Stella would indeed do something like that,' Felicity thought. Although Vermont said he did not want to find someone else because he was scared that Stella would kill him for cheating, she felt relieved that he would not look for another woman.Felicity felt troubled when she thought about the tricky matter. "What would you do then?" She asked.Vermont wanted her to propose herself for the position, but he knew she would be mad if he said that out loud. So he sighed and said, "I guess I'd probably find some videos and work on it myself."His words took her aback. She immediately understood what kind of videos Vermont was talking about and became shy. Though, she was curious. "You mean the non-censored ones?" Felicity asked in a soft voice.Her question rendered him silent. 'I can't believe she's discussing this with me right now. She really doesn't see me as a man, huh?'"Boys watch uncensored videos because it's sensual and exciting. Men like me, however, prefer the plot. For ex
Felicity wasn't afraid of many things, but she had a fear of the dead, especially those who died by drowning. When she was younger, she attended a relative's funeral with her mother. The relative had a heart attack while fishing by the river and fell into the water. It took the salvage team four to five days to recover the body.Felicity, being young at the time, couldn't help but be curious. At the funeral, she saw her relative in the casket, and his body was greatly swollen. This sight haunted her, and she had nightmares for a year afterward. Her dreams always involved her dead relative asking her to join him in the water to play.When she learned that her downstairs neighbor had drowned in the bathtub, she was afraid to go home alone. Vermont noticed her strange expression and asked, "What's wrong?" She snapped out of her thoughts and quickly said, "It's still early. Why don't we play some video games?"Vermont gauged her expression and realized that something was wrong. He purse
Vermont was afraid of Felicity falling, so he hurriedly reached out to catch her, but the sudden impact caused him to fall. Worried that she would get injured, Vermont quickly switched their positions and landed on the ground first. Felicity then landed on top of him.There was a loud thud. It seemed that Vermont had hit his head on the floor. Felicity quickly held his head and rubbed the back of his head with a nervous look on her face.Vermont's heart melted when he saw what she was doing. "Does it hurt?" Felicity asked while she rubbed his head. "You could've just pushed me away. Why did you fall with me?""I wanted to push you, but you were so heavy, I couldn't do it."Felicity elbowed him and got up. "Fuck you!" She said angrily.Vermont grabbed onto his chest and sat up with a stifled smile. "It actually hurt," he said."You deserved it," Felicity responded with a lack of sympathy.Vermont stood up and said warmly, "You can do your thing. I'm going to the bathroom." Felici
Marshall smiled and said, "No. I wasn't hungry.""You should still eat something even if you don't feel hungry. Your health is important, especially since you stay up late every night.""Mmm. Okay, Mom. Got it. I'll eat that yogurt in a while.""Don't lie to me. Eat it now. I won't leave until you do." Marshall had no choice but to pick up the bowl of yogurt and oblige. He did not like eating yogurt because of the sourness. He felt nauseous every time he finished but never refused to eat it when his mom asked him to.Ariel was more than relieved to see her son obey her wishes. She sat on the side of the bed and helped Marshall fold his clothes. While doing so, she asked, "Marshall, I heard you have a girlfriend.""Who told you that?" Marshall responded indifferently."A few people from poker said that they saw you bring a girl to Duncan's wedding and asked me if she was your girlfriend."Marshall smiled, but it did not reach the bottom of his eyes. "Seems like they're quite inte
Stella woke up immediately after hearing Trevor's voice and was no longer sleepy. She quickly sat up and signaled Keegan not to say anything inappropriate to her boss. She did not want to pay for breaching the contract because of her relationship with Keegan.Keegan glanced at her and calmly said into the phone, "She's sleeping."Stella was speechless at his response.Trevor's face darkened at that, and his tone changed, "She slept with you?"Stella quickly sat up and covered Keegan's mouth. The expression on her face looked like she was trying to tell him, "Don't you dare."Keegan looked at her naked chest and suddenly reached out to give her a squeeze. Stella immediately withdrew her hand to shield herself, her face full of disbelief. 'He was rather conservative before the divorce. What happened on the bed stayed in bed. He never did anything indecent after sex. It was like he graduated first class from the Academy of Male Virtues. But what kind of immodest behavior is this? Did
"Sure. Send me the address. I'll be there when I'm done with work," said Stella.Trevor made an OK sign to the people behind him before he cleared his throat and said, "That's okay. I'll pick you up."After hanging up the phone, Stella asked Keegan, "Do you think I should bring something?""Just focus on filming. I'll prepare the gifts," Keegan wrapped his arm around her waist and said in a low voice. Stella kissed him as a reward and teased, "Looks like the classes were worth it."Keegan bit his lower lips before saying, "I'm trying to graduate."As they were talking, Stella's phone rang. She looked at the caller ID and saw that it was Daniel. Stella felt a little embarrassed when she recalled her calling him in the middle of the night to buy a costume. But she realized that Daniel did not know why she purchased the mantle, so she tried to act normal."Hello?" She answered the phone in a natural tone."Stella, the company just called and informed me about two upcoming variety s
The rivalry scene between Georgia and Lexi happened after Georgia found a yellow hairpin at her boyfriend's place, Ralph's residence. Although Ralph had told her that the hair accessory was used as compensation because the store ran out of change when he bought a pack of cigarettes, Georgia did not buy it.The hairpin had gone viral at the time, and the prices had shot up. In Georgia's opinion, there was no way the seller would use it as a change due to the high demand, especially when it was a male customer.So, Georgia paid attention to her female schoolmates, who liked using hair accessories. She then heard from someone that Lexi had an identical yellow hairpin that went missing a week ago. Georgia was driven to take her revenge. She did not necessarily like Ralph but hated it when other people went after what she owned, especially when it was the person who one-upped her in dance class—Lexi.After one of their classes together, Georgia went up to Lexi and asked her about the hai
Lexi came out of the shower and chatted with her friends when she ran into Georgia at the corner. She was wearing the clothes she wore during practice. She stood out among the other dancers. Standing there, her long, slim neck made her look like a graceful swan.Georgia's eyes glanced over Lexi when she saw her come out of the bathroom. Lexi avoided her gaze and tried to leave with her classmates, but Georgia stopped her. "Wait," said the protagonist.Several people stopped in their tracks, not knowing who Georgia was shouting at. Georgia approached Lexi, pulled out a yellow hairclip, and asked, "Does this look familiar?"Lexi clenched her fingers as she saw the hairpin. One of the students beside her recognized the accessory and whispered, "Lexi, isn't this the hairclip you lost a few days ago?""No. Mine got lost off campus," Lexi pursed her lips and said."What a coincidence that I found this hairclip off campus," said Georgia as she lightly scanned her eyes over her. The other
Keegan moved from initial resistance to reluctantly listening, and eventually to questioning."Why do these novels portray men as so stupid and brainless, yelling at the female lead as if they have intermittent explosive disorder?""Is the male lead sick? Forcing the female lead to donate a kidney, is he out of his mind?""How many years would they get for calling the police in their world?""Why is he so dumb? The supporting actress claims the female lead pushed her into the water and he believes it? Is checking surveillance footage illegal?""Stella, are you making fun of me?""I can't learn this. It all feels so neurotic. What does the female lead see in him?"Stella retorted, "Who cares if it's neurotic? Just mimic that stupidity, that's how these innocent women like men who protect them like that."Keegan was very reluctant, but his brain was more compliant than his body. Without needing to study deliberately, everything he heard stuck in his mind.So when Keegan mentione
Keegan's expression darkened with anger. "You're being completely unreasonable!"Stella crossed her arms, wearing an expression that seemed challenging. "You let her take it. Let's see if I dare."Jaylene hadn't actually wanted those junk items in the first place; she was deliberately trying to stir up discord between them. Now that her goal was achieved, she put on a sympathetic look."Keegan, I don't want it anymore. Don't be angry. Your health is more important. Didn't the doctor say to keep your emotions stable?"Turning her head, she reproached Stella. "Stella, are you here to help Keegan recover his memory or just to provoke him?""Shut up, you brat! Do you even have a say here?"Acting under the guise of a drama, playing the role of someone lacking in manners, was incredibly satisfying.She’d wanted to curse this brat for a long time!Jaylene's lips twitched, but she held back, tearfully saying, "Stella, if you don't like me, I'll leave. There's no need to humiliate me l
Jaylene understood the situation perfectly. Even though she didn't particularly like these cold, mechanical devices, she put on a pretense of surprise, saying, "Really, Keegan?"Keegan nodded. "Choose one you like.""Keegan!" Before Stella could finish her sentence, she couldn't hold back her sharp voice, "With your pile of junk that I can't even touch normally, she takes a look and now you want to give it to her? What's the meaning of this?!"Keegan frowned, apparently not comprehending her current anger at all. "Jaylene gave me a gift, and I'm giving her one in return. What's the problem?""What problem?" Stella's eyes started to redden. "I can't touch them, so why should she be able to? Have you forgotten, or do you have inappropriate feelings for her?"Keegan's expression darkened. "This makes no sense!"Jaylene secretly delighted in this, hypocritically trying to calm things down, "Forget it, Keegan. Since Stella minds so much, I don't want it anymore. You've strained your r
The standoff lasted for over twenty minutes before Keegan grabbed a book and knocked the beetle off Jaylene's neck. The beetle fluttered twice and suddenly flew up, landing on Jaylene's face.Jaylene screamed, rolled her eyes, and fainted.As she collapsed, the bug flew off again."Jaylene?"Keegan called out to her.He looked up at Stella and said, "You go start the car, I'll carry her to the hospital."As he spoke, he signaled to Stella.She understood and coldly grunted, "So troublesome."Walking over to Jaylene, she squatted down beside her and slapped her face twice.Jaylene immediately opened her eyes and reached out to push her away. "What are you doing!"Stella was prepared and had already moved back before she could be pushed.She shook her tingling hand and innocently said, "Jaylene, you fainted because of the bug. I was just saving you. Don't believe me? Ask Keegan."Jaylene nearly ground her teeth. Did she think she hadn't heard? She was intentionally exposing h
Her fingertips trembled with a mix of horror and excitement. Just as the teapot was about to slip from her grasp, Keegan suddenly said, "Jaylene, don't move."Jaylene froze, instinctively thinking Keegan had regained his memory. She had barely twitched when Keegan loudly stopped her again, "Don't move, absolutely don't move."Jaylene wanted to say something, but then felt an itching sensation on her neck, as if something was crawling slowly. Goosebumps erupted all over her body.By now, Stella had turned around and saw Jaylene standing stiffly with the teapot in hand. Her eyes quickly assessed the situation and then she noticed the beetle crawling on Jaylene's neck.It was an unknown species, not overly tentacled but as long as a little finger, its mouthparts slightly twitching, genuinely alarming in appearance.Stella murmured, "It's so big."Jaylene couldn't see what was on her neck, unsure if it would bite or if it was venomous. She stood frozen in place, her voice trembling,
Seeing him, Stella even lowered her eyes and softly praised, "Mr. Kane, you acted very well."Keegan glared at her, his voice low and intense. "If you keep watching like this, Coco will cut ties with me tomorrow."Stella replied confidently, "No, she won't. After accepting the red envelope, she can tolerate you a little longer."Keegan asked sharply, "Did you teach her to ask for red envelopes like this?""Don't falsely accuse me; I didn't teach her.""You may not have taught her directly, but you set an example. Have you forgotten how you always make me buy things for you?"Stella was speechless. Whenever she wanted Keegan to buy her something, she would often say, "Gifts are only surprises when given voluntarily. If reminded, it shows they don’t like me that much."It had to be said, Coco had learned the essence of it.Stella also felt a bit awkward, thinking that in the future, she needed to avoid such flirtatious conversations between spouses in front of the children. They
Could she figure all this out?Keegan frowned, casting a disappointed look at Coco. "Are you not listening to me now?"Coco raised her gaze defiantly and stated, "Aunt Stella taught me that if I don't want something someone gives me, I can say no. I don't want this hairpin.""Didn't she teach you that even if you don't like something, you should still say thank you?"Coco fell silent for a moment, then reluctantly said to Jaylene, "Thank you, Aunt Jaylene, but I don't want it."Jaylene hesitated with her hand extended, unsure whether to retract it or leave it there, managing a strained smile. "Then what do you like? Next time, I will get you something you do like."Coco asked, "Do you want me to do something for you?"Jaylene was taken aback. "What?"Coco replied seriously, "Aunt Stella says offering help without reason is either deceitful or thieving. Since you don't like me, why else would you give me something? You want me to do something for you, right?"Jaylene forced a s
Leighton's incident did indeed revive their suspicions.Jaylene was gullible, but Darcie might see through this scheme. "Keegan, why didn't you go to work today?" Jaylene chose to ask directly at first.Keegan remained composed. "I've been busy with the press conference lately and haven't had much rest. Now that things have slowed down, I thought I'd take a break and relax."Jaylene spoke gently, "You should rest well. Since you came back, you've been busy, and you've been postponing Dr. Stone's follow-up appointments. Keegan, I'm really worried about your health. Since you're resting these days, I'll arrange for Dr. Stone to give you another check-up. Stella has been living here to assist your recovery for so long. We need the doctor to give a clear assessment of whether there's been any improvement. Otherwise, it's not good for Stella's reputation to stay here so long, unmarried and under one roof."Keegan nodded. "Okay, please arrange it. Thank you."His response was decisive,
Stella had just descended the stairs when she heard that remark, causing her eyelids to twitch as she thought to herself, “Damn it! He really knows how to come up with excuses!”Upon hearing this, Jaylene's eyes briefly flashed with disdain, but she ultimately accepted the shoe covers Keegan handed her. As Keegan led Jaylene into the house, her eyes continued to scrutinize every corner.There were a couple of pillows on the sofa, couple mugs on the table, wedding photos of Keegan and Stella on the walls, and even headbands and hair ties scattered on the table. The house exuded an unmistakable feminine touch.Jaylene's expression darkened, but when Keegan turned to ask if she preferred tea or coffee, she adopted a gentle, harmless demeanor. "Tea would be perfect."Keegan invited her to take a seat and called for Maria to prepare tea. Jaylene spoke softly, "Keegan, I heard from Stella that you brew Dragon Well tea better than anyone else. Is there a special technique?"Stella paused