Stella pushed his hand away and said, "You still remember that you're my dad? If you could believe in the words of strangers, why couldn't you believe in the words of your own daughter? If I had said I had sent the item, I would have already sent it. If you suffered humiliation from Dahlia, what makes you think you can throw them back at me?"Albert did not believe her statement at all. "If she did receive the item, why would she have told me she didn't get it? Previously, we told you to mention the project at Cavalry City to Keegan, and you keep putting it off. Did you think that by having Keegan as your patron, the Jewell family would be pointless to you? Did you assume the wind would sweep away the yearly payment of millions of dollars for your mother's hospital bills? In the end, who were these things I told you to do for? If the Jewell family can't stand on its own two feet, do you think the Kane family would still respect you?!"Albert spoke with so much grandiose as if the thi
His voice was getting smaller as he continued, and in the end, he shut up.'Alright, who knew I would come up with such a crappy idea?' Vermont thought. As he was thinking, Stella returned.Vermont knew how to read the room and immediately said, "Mrs. Kane, I have some business at my company and will be leaving first. You take good care of Keegan. If anything happens, you can call me anytime."Keegan gave him a sidelong glance and then said, "How unfitting of you to leave empty. You can take the fruit basket with you.""I'm not the patient. Why should I eat the fruits —" Vermont cut himself off. He suddenly realized that Keegan was not letting him bring the fruits with him. This fellow was just using another way to subtly hint that Vermont had come empty-handed."I won't be taking the fruit basket. Mrs. Kane, you should keep this card. There are 500 thousand dollars in it. It's the payment that I promised you. The extra will be counted as compensation for Keegan's lost labor and r
"You should grab the check quickly before I regret it," Stella said.Keegan stared at her for a moment and said, "Answer me this one question, and the check is yours."Stella looked at him. "What?""What did Albert discuss with you?"Stella's movements froze, and she pursed her lips. "Your mother didn't receive the white truffles. You could have just refused to help me if you were busy." He did not need to lie to her and say he had sent them.Keegan was stunned, and his expression became ugly. "You assumed I didn't send them on purpose?""Whether it was on purpose or you forgot, it's best you don't promise someone things so easily," Stella replied.Keegan's eyebrows were scrunched, and he wanted to say something before Aldor knocked on the door to enter."Mr. Kane, Mrs. Kane, the paperwork has been processed." Noticing that neither of them was answering, Aldor asked quietly, "Are you still going to discharge?"Throughout the journey, both of them were silent. Aldor, on the oth
At any rate, the housemaid had worked for the Kane family for many years. Hence, the words Keegan spoke were quite insensitive. Stella originally wanted to tell him to forget about it since she had taken the slap already. There was no meaning in pursuing this further.Before she could speak, she heard the housemaid stutter out, "It was... It was the missus... The missus threw away the item and did not let me...""Who are you talking to?" Before the housemaid could finish, Dahlia's voice came from the phone. Then, Dahlia took the phone."It's Mr. Kane. He's asking about the white truffles incident..."There was no sound on the other side. After a few seconds, Dahlia took over the phone. "It's just two boxes of white truffles. Do you need to call back home to interrogate people?"Keegan pursed his lips. "I just want to figure out this thing."Dahlia was infuriated. "What will you do after you figure it out? Call the cops to arrest us? She doesn't have any other talent, but her tale
Unable to persuade further, Keegan refrained from speaking more.Keegan could smell alcohol as Stella approached. Surprised, he asked, "Did you drink?""No," said Stella, her face flushing red with alcohol. After denying it, she realized that the smell of beer couldn't be hidden, and lying would only worsen it. She corrected herself, "Not a lot. Just a little."It was indeed just as little as half a bottle of red wine. With Stella's alcohol tolerance, half a bottle is not enough to make her drunk.Keegan stared at her for a few seconds, threw a towel at her, and said indifferently, "Wash yourself."This was the first in Stella's life that she had to bathe someone.Though they did mess around in the shower before, it was when she was trying to flirt with him by using the excuse of rubbing his back.Not even able to finish rubbing his back, she ended up giving up. In the end, he had to wash her up and carry her back home.In the past, Keegan rarely refused her advances. No matter
A familiar voice came from the other end of the line when the call patched through.To his surprise, it was Marshall.Keegan clenched his jaw and pursed his lips, not saying anything.Having received no reply from that end, Marshall hesitated for a while before he called out, "Keegan?"Keegan then gave a short "Yes" as a reply.Marshall said, "Why can't your phone be reached?""No battery left." Keegan paused. "Are you looking for Stella?"Marshall smiled. "I'm looking for you. I could not reach your phone, so I tried calling Stella instead."'Stella...'Keegan pondered over the name as he pressed his lips."Is there anything you need?"Marshall's cleared his voice. "I've been busy these few days. When Aurora brought up the topic of your injury when I chatted with her this morning, I went to Vermont for further details. How are you feeling? Are you better now?"Keegan pinched his eyebrows and said, "I'm fine.""Vermont said the person had been caught. Do you need my help?"
Stella was still thinking about how to peacefully gloss over what transpired last night with Keegan. 'Yesterday was an accident. It can't be helped since even adults can sometimes be rash.'He didn't even ask in the end. It even feels like he can't be bothered by it.'Her mood immediately turned a little sour.'I'd better not throw a tantrum. Blowing up here would make it seem like I'm self-conscious about last night.'Seeing it from another angle, let's treat it as getting a free night service since Keegan seemed willing to serve me.'Following this train of thought, her heart felt a little at ease."I wrote it half-heartedly," said Stella, naturally not telling Keegan. Fifty million was the lawyer fees she wished Marshall charged her over the divorce case.Obviously, she would not bring Marshall on board to fight her case since he was Keegan's friend, not expecting him to side with her even if he was onboarded.That half-hearted contact name was not a lie at all.Keegan did
"What news?" Stella pressed the corner of her eyes from the strain of reading the script on her phone."All of Zeckary's work had been taken off the shelves. I assumed she was suspended.""Who is it?""It was the original actress that was supposed to roleplay this role. She's a pretty famous female artist with many awards under her belt."Since Stella signed the contract, Felicity joined the backstage crew's WhatsApp group. That was how she came across news like Zeckary being signed up for the role before Stella did."Why was she suspended?""Rumor has it that her stand was questionable regarding a sensitive topic she published. She had eluded to being exposed a few times in the past since those were groundless accusations with no evidence. She was ruined this time because someone dug out her published remark from ten years ago. I'm guessing Daniel knew this right from the start. That's why she was dropped."'No wonder...'Such an important role should not be empty, yet they we