Stella took the envelope and took out what was inside.She initially thought that it might be some documents, but she was wrong. It was a police shoulder badge instead.She was taken aback and thought of what Keegan had said before about "sacrifices of those who work in the shadows, not recognized and may not even have a future."Suddenly, her expression turned solemn. She asked softly, "Was he a narcotics officer?"Keegan shook his head. "I don't know. He didn't directly tell me about it, but it's likely. Before the incident at The Hox Club, he came to see Coco once and said that he was going on a business trip. He told me that he might be away for some time and would come back to pick Coco up once she recovers."His voice turned hoarse as he spoke, "That was the last time I saw him. Every year after that, he would transfer some money into my account, but he never showed up again."I always thought he was still on a mission and could not return to see Coco. After all, he would s
Keegan had intended to investigate what happened at The Hox Club, hoping to gather some evidence to use against the Adam family. That way, he could prevent them from using him as a scapegoat once Luanna's case went public. He had not expected to uncover something like this at all.Stella absentmindedly patted the back of Keegan's hand and asked softly, "There's one more thing I can't figure out.""What is it?"Stella asked, "Why does Marshall hate you?"Keegan was not the one who got him hypnotized and had his memories erased. On the contrary, Keegan did everything he could to help him when he got into trouble. Stella just could not comprehend Marshall's hostility toward Keegan.He frowned and shook his head. "This is what I'm trying to figure out, too."He repeatedly analyzed what had happened back then and could only recall the accident after he called Marshall, but nothing else.'Could it be possible that they had a conflict with Irene after I called him? But what does that h
Keegan nodded. "We can't always be passive like this. I've got to eventually figure out why Marshall hates me. If we don't solve the problem from the root, he'll never stop."Paranoia was one of Marshall's major symptoms of his dissociative disorder.Stella gladly took on this task.Then, a message popped up in the "Thick as Thieves" group chat.Vermont glanced at it. When he realized that it was from Stella, he snorted, not bothering to read it.He had not forgotten how this woman had previously encouraged him to trick Felicity into marrying him.'What a hypocrite!' he thought to himself.However, he still saw the message despite not opening it.After a while, Felicity came out of her room and approached him with her phone. "Stinky Cucumber, Stella and Keegan are fighting!""Oh," Vermont responded indifferently. "They do that very often, don't they? It's nothing surprising. You've been asking her to break up with him, yet they're still inseparable. Just let them be.""It's d
Felicity glared at Vermont and said, "Stella isn't that shallow! She fell for Keegan because he was the one who pulled her out of the car that day. She said that only a very kind person would help a stranger in need. Why do you think Keegan would coincidentally be at the scene of the accident?""Maybe he was curious?"Felicity kicked him in annoyance. "I'm being serious. Stop fooling around!"Vermont chuckled and hugged her. "Fine, fine. I'll stop now. Please tell me more."Felicity continued, "Keegan is Marshall's childhood friend. Marshall got into an accident, so Keegan rushed to the scene to help and coincidentally saved Stella. Doesn't everything seem to fit perfectly?"Although Vermont seemed like he was not serious about it, he listened to everything Felicity said. 'Everything seems to make sense, but...'"Are you sure that Stella saw a pregnant woman?""Not just pregnant, but about to give birth. Her tummy was huge." Felicity leaned closer to his ear and whispered, "Do y
Stella could not help but wonder, 'Vermont is such a nosy person. How could he manage not to immediately spread out such earth-shattering gossip upon hearing it? He actually guessed right away that it was a set-up. How exactly does his mind work?'At this point, Stella had no other choice but to resort to her ultimate move![Vermont, you know best about my relationship with Felicity. Do you remember when you just got together with her, I was the first to oppose it?]Vermont replied: [You still have the nerve to bring it up now!]Stella texted: [You had so many ex-girlfriends, and none of your relationships with them lasted long. I only did that because I was afraid that you were only fooling around with Felicity. I didn't want her to get hurt.]Vermont did not retort. Clearly, he thought what Stella said made sense.She continued: [After we got to know each other better, I realized that you genuinely liked her. I didn't stop you two from dating, did I? When you were pretending to
Felicity got shy. She texted: [I opened the parcel and saw it. It's a little too revealing. How can I wear it?]Stella replied: [Just do it. Tell Vermont that it's a cosplay outfit and ask if it looks good on you.]Felicity froze.Stella was about to type something more, but Vermont called her. She answered the phone and heard him asking, "Did miss bandit tell you that herself?"She replied, "Of course. Otherwise, how could I suggest you have a baby with her first? Didn't you tell me that you wanted to meet her parent? Felicity had already mentioned it to Florence before, and that was when Florence came up with the condition."Felicity was afraid that directly telling you would hurt your pride as a man, so she was still finding the best way to bring it up to you."Vermont rubbed his temples. "Is Mrs. Thompson not afraid of me taking advantage of Felicity?"Stella said, "She's way richer than you. For her, a son-in-law is nothing more than a toy to please her daughter. If the toy
Vermont stared at his phone blankly, belatedly realizing that hanging up so abruptly might have been a little inappropriate.But he could not believe how the woman on the other end of the phone twisted his words and said that he had a baby with Felicity.Considering what she said and the fact that he ended the call so abruptly did make him look like a scumbag who did not want to take responsibility after getting someone pregnant.He paced back and forth anxiously, trying to organize his thoughts and figure out how to explain himself when he called back later.Suddenly, a brilliant idea popped into his head. 'Isn't miss bandit the best witness to prove my innocence?'So, he immediately came out of the bathroom and walked to Felicity's door, asking, "Miss bandit, are you in there?"A bell rang from inside the room, and Felicity answered, "Yeah, why?""Can you open the door? I need to talk to you," Vermont said as he initiated a video call with Florence.He thought to himself, 'I'
But the aunties were very friendly."Oh, Florence. Felicity's boyfriend is so handsome! I like him!""No wonder you said that you were not interested when I introduced my friend's son to Felicity before. It turns out that she already has a boyfriend, and they're even living together. They're such a good match.""Young man, how old are you? Where are you from? What do you do for a living?""Since you two already have a child together, when are you planning to have the wedding?"...Vermont awkwardly said, "What child? We don't have a child.""You just mentioned something about a child on the phone earlier. Didn't you say that Felicity has a child already?"At this point, Vermont gave up.He was impressed by how that person heard just a word he said on the phone and came up with a whole different story on her own.Facing his future mother-in-law, no matter how embarrassed he felt, he dared not to hang up abruptly again. After all, the happiness of his marriage would still depen