Chapter 1998

Stella, usually adept at handling precarious situations, now faced a new challenge. Jaylene's phone was locked, and she did not know the password. Keegan then took the phone. He paused momentarily before entering his own birthday as the passcode.

"Quite the romantic, isn't she?" Stella remarked sarcastically.

He responded with a half-smile. Then, he ingeniously activated the reverse wireless charging feature on Jaylene's phone, attaching his own phone to its back to drain the battery.

"Such a feature exists?" Stella exclaimed, astonished.

Keegan answered dryly, "If you paid attention to more than just the camera pixels when buying a phone, you'd find it has other uses."

Stella fell silent as he opened several battery-draining apps on Jaylene's phone to accelerate the battery depletion.

Once the setup was complete, Keegan excused himself to talk to York, leaving Stella alone with the phone. Curiosity got the better of her, and she opened Jaylene's WhatsApp, finding Keegan's contac