"Keegan." Vermont twisted the bottle and took a sip. "I was finally able to contact him. He'd probably arrive at half past ten."Marshall paused and said in a low tone, "That's good."Vermont turned around and took a look inside the funeral parlor. "What about Stella?""Watching the mortician do the makeup," Marshall answered.Vermont shuddered and mumbled under his breath, "She really has a lot of guts."The funeral parlor had done Rainee's makeup as per Stella's instructions. The makeup artist was quite proficient. When they called for Stella to take a look, she immediately felt like she was seeing Rainee as she was years ago. Her hair was still black, and there was still flesh on her cheeks. When she did not smile, she seemed slightly serious. She lay there quietly as if she was asleep.The mortician asked Stella if she wanted to give Rainee shoes to wear. There was a saying in Rivera that when a close family member passes away, if her next of kin helps her wear shoes, the dec
The mess that was the Jewell family had already been talked about in the social circle like crazy. However, it was Rainee's funeral today. Although everyone wanted to, they did not say much. As the saying goes, "De mortuis nil nisi bene", only the good should remain for the dead. There was no need to cause a ruckus at other people's funerals.Yet Trevor seemed to not care for this. As soon as he entered, he heard Albert reprimanding Stella and could not help but feel bewildered.Based on the information Trevor had, besides the assertive personality of Rainee, she was actually a very outstanding woman.'Why did she pick this heartless, ungrateful thing for a husband?' Trevor thought to himself.Albert's figure froze, and he turned around, slightly irritated. He saw the unfamiliar face of a man and said with furrowed brows, "I'm talking to my daughter. Does an outsider need to butt in?"As Trevor was about to open his mouth, he heard Stella say, "Albert, it's my mother's funeral tod
The look on Cordelia's face improved. She then shot Dahlia a cold look before Cyrene walked her inside.Even Aurora was not happy with Dahlia.She specially told Dahlia not to interfere, but she did not listen. Even though terminating Stella's card would not kill Rainee, doing so at such a crucial time indirectly drove Rainee to her death.Obviously, Aurora was not upset that Rainee died, but she worried that Keegan would also put the blame on her when he got back."Aurora, walk your mom inside," Chandler said flatly, standing at the side."Okay," Aurora responded. Even though she did not feel like doing so, she walked toward Dahlia and held her arm anyway. "Mom, let's go in."Everybody else at the funeral gave way to the Kanes after they arrived.Pursing her lips, Cordelia walked inside with a solemn look on her face.She was walking a lot slower than she would usually. Marshall gave Cyrene a single white rose, and she handed it to Cordelia.Then, they paid their last respect
Vermont immediately stopped the mortician. "Hold up, her son-in-law is here. Let him pay his last respect!"The morticians stopped.Stella lifted her head.Keegan was wearing a suit when he walked into the mourning hall with a grim face.His eyes met with Stella's. Stella's gaze looked very nonchalant as if he was just a stranger to her.Keegan could not help but feel a little crept out.Vermont quickly approached Keegan and put a black armband around his right arm.Cordelia said after seeing how Keegan just stood there. "Keegan, go on and pay your last respect to your mother-in-law."Dahlia went to him and gave him a stalk of white rose. She said softly, "Put it in the coffin."Keegan recollected himself. He went to the coffin and placed the white rose in it.Cordelia frowned after seeing what he did, but she kept quiet anyway.Keegan was about to speak to Stella after doing so, but she turned away and said to the mortician, "Please nail the coffin now."Keegan pursed his
Vermont paused before he continued, "It's possible that your mother-in-law only passed away before her oxygen supply was disrupted."The look on Keegan's face turned ugly. "Do you know who they are?""No idea. However, I'm sure that they didn't do that for money because they left right after knowing that we were going to call the cops. The surveillance cameras in the hospital probably captured their faces, and we'll know who's behind everything once we have a look at the footage."Vermont paused again. "By the way, where have you been these days? I couldn't even call you. What were you doing? What about Aldor? Did he come back with you?""I was helping a friend of mine," Keegan said flatly."What is it about? Why so secretive?""My friend's identity is sensitive information," Keegan answered.Vermont stopped asking more questions after hearing that.'Sensitive information, huh? That person is either from the border or one of the boss man's friends. I'd better stay out of this.'
For a brief moment, Keegan thought that he heard Stella wrongly.Everyone else around him was just as shocked as him to hear that.Albert was exposed for having a love child and Rainee just passed away. Stella had no one to support her anymore in the Jewell family, yet she wanted to divorce Keegan before the Kane family abandoned her. It was just an insane thing to do.Keegan's gaze turned dark after he came back to his senses. "It's not the time to talk about this now."Albert got nervous too as he scolded, "Stella, what nonsense are you talking about?"Stella ignored him and said to Keegan, "To me, now's the best time. Didn't we agree on divorcing after you came back from this business trip? We should honor that agreement now that you're back. Let's make our way to the civil affairs office and get it done, so we won't have to meet again tomorrow."Keegan's face immediately turned cold.There were so many people at the cemetery looking at them, yet Stella asked him for a divorc
Dahlia shot Stella a glance. Then, she smirked and left too.Albert felt like he was about to explode with rage. He immediately went after Dahlia when he saw her leaving.Everybody else followed suit after the Kanes left.Most of them only came here for the Kane family's sake. There was no reason for them to stay anymore since Stella was going to divorce Keegan.Trevor only went to Stella and said after most of the guests left. "Mrs. Kane..."Stella cut him off. "Mr. Saun, you don't have to speak any further if you're going to convince me not to divorce him."Trevor was stunned. Then, he smiled and said in a gentle voice, "I was just asking if you have any plans after this."Stella gazed downward. "Not for now."Too many things happened in these few days, and she still had not composed herself."Would you be interested to join Elegant Media?" Trevor asked in a gentle manner, looking very friendly. "Keegan owns some company shares of Neon Nebula, but Elegant Media is a totally
Felicity thought that Stella was fine until she heard her sobbing in the living when she woke up in the middle of the night to get some water.Stella was not as tough as she looked. She was just not willing to expose her weakness to somebody else.She had no one left to depend on anymore now that Rainee had passed away.Felicity sat against the door. She listened to Stella crying and got sad too.Then, she sent her mother a text message. [Mom, I won't make you mad anymore. Please live longer and spend more time with me.]Felicity's mom replied to her after a few seconds: [You're crazy!]Felicity was speechless.Indeed, showing affection was not a thing for her and her mother.On the other hand, Keegan just got home, and Maria started cleaning things up.Keegan untied his tie and looked in the hallway. He realized that most of Stella's belongings were still in the same place as if they were never moved.He frowned and said, "Did she not come back home these days?""No, sir. T