Stella was astounded after she got in the car.There was a table full of food in the car. There was even a candlestick in the middle of the table. Beside the candlestick, there was a tiny vase with a white rose in it.Stella spoke without thinking, "You're so old-fashioned. You prepared a candlelit dinner?"Keegan was speechless.Stella turned her head and looked at him. Then, she suddenly kept quiet.She opened her mouth and wanted to say something. But, before she could speak, her stomach growled.Keegan glanced at her. "Your stomach is more honest than your mouth."Stella was speechless.She pulled her hair, and she suddenly felt unaccustomed.Stella and Keegan knew each other for many years. He was not romantic at all.One year, on Keegan's birthday, she bought a bunny girl outfit to make him happy.She wore it. But, Keegan started to discuss whether that outfit was a bunny girl outfit or a fox girl outfit.Because the ears on the headband were too short, Keegan thought
But, there were things that she could not avoid too.Stella was full of thoughts as she kept eating.Keegan looked at her. He suddenly put down his fork as he murmured, "Stop eating."Stella was stunned. She swallowed the food in her mouth before she said, "You prepared the food for me. But now, you won't let me eat it?"Keegan gave her a glass of tea. "You ate quite a lot. You'll feel uncomfortable sleeping at night if you continue eating."Keegan paused before he continued, "Did you intentionally keep eating because you don't want to talk to me?"Stella was speechless, and she thought, 'Was it that obvious?'She lowered her eyes without speaking. She grabbed the glass and took a sip.She was actually very full. If Keegan did not stop her, she would probably feel bloated from overeating."Stella," Keegan softly called her. His voice was a little alluring. "There's nothing between Bella and me. I make her famous because she's useful to me. She can help someone who's very impor
Keegan's lips trembled slightly, and he had bloodshot eyes.Stella was like a gust of sand. No matter how he tried to grab it, he would lose her through his fingers.Other than that time when his father passed away, this was the first time he felt powerless. He was flustered and scared.His voice was hoarse. "Didn't you ask grandma that? She said she didn't mind."Stella shook her head. "I was just probing her. She might not take it seriously. Just think about it. How is it possible for a family like yours to allow you to not have a child? Others will give you weird looks."Keegan stared at her for a long time. He then said in a deep voice, "You talked about what grandma would think from the beginning until now, and you talked about others. But, what about you? What do you think?"You're right. I care about what grandma thinks. But, the one who'll be living with me for the rest of my life is you. Your answer is the most important."Children aren't that important. If you want to
Keegan didn't stop. He kept asking, "Is it Marshall? Or Trevor?"Remembering Vermont's wish for Stella to have a sister made Keegan tense up all over. "Could it be Vermont?"Stella felt irritated, thinking, 'Does he want to guess every man I know?'"Who is it exactly?" Keegan persisted in asking.Stella furrowed her brows, and she said, "What's the point in you asking this? Regardless of who it is, it isn't you.""I need to know what's the difference between the other person and me," Keegan said stubbornly. "What made you choose the other person and not me?"Frustrated, Stella tugged at her hair. 'Why does Keegan always act unpredictably? Shouldn't he leave angrily, considering his pride? He put his pride aside to say these things to me, yet I still turned him down. Why is he so insistent on asking?'Keegan noticed her expression and suddenly guessed, "It's Trevor, isn't it?"Just after our divorce, he rushed to sign the contract with you. He wouldn't let me get involved in any
Stella's ears burned as she pushed his hand away. "Did I agree to this? Keegan, this behavior is called harassment."Keegan blinked rapidly. Just when Stella was about to leave, thinking she had wounded his pride, Keegan adopted a deep voice through gritted teeth by her ear, "You're lying!"Confused, Stella asked, "What did I lie about?"Keegan's eyes blazed with anger. "Of course, you wouldn't remember anything."Furrowing her brow, Stella asked, "Remember what?"'What's going on?' Stella thought.Keegan's expression turned sour. "The things you said to me. Have you ever meant them?"Keegan's pained and hurt expression made Stella feel oddly uneasy. The trouble was, she couldn't grasp Keegan's point."What did I say?" She asked once more.Keegan clenched his jaw. After a long pause, he gritted through his teeth, "You said that if you ever didn't want me anymore, I could still try to win you back. You thought you'd have a soft spot and wouldn't want to reject me. But now, you
Stella was shocked and slapped his chest. She then angrily said, "Keegan, what are you doing?"Keegan did not say a word and put her on the bed. Stella's eyelids fluttered violently. 'This mongrel, he wouldn't be doing something out of frustration because he failed his pursuant, right?'Keegan had his palms supporting the bed frame. Under Stella's watchful gaze, he lowered his head and gave her a peck on her forehead. Seeing that Stella did not refuse or reject him, Keegan suddenly felt delighted.He said, "You can reject me, but I reject your rejection of me."Stella was speechless. 'This guy put me here just to do this?' she thought.After he finished speaking, Keegan lay down next to her. The mattress was not very wide. Keegan's physique was large, and he could only lie down on his side. His body was very close to hers. It was so close that Stella could feel his breath and hear his powerful heartbeat. His heart thumped again and again. It was completely different from the calm
After he hung up the phone, Keegan stayed in the car for a moment before exiting the vehicle. Aldor was smoking beside the car.He saw Keegan come over and wanted to put out his cigarette. Aldor knew that Keegan did not like the smell of tobacco since he did not touch it except during social engagements.Keegan stopped him and casually asked, "Do you have more?"Aldor opened his cigarette pack and shook one out before handing it to him. The flame sparked by the lighter was blown to the side by the sea breeze. Aldor used his hands to block them, and Keegan took a puff of the cigarette. The tip of the cigarette flickered before finally lighting itself.He blew out a mouthful of smoke while leaning by the car with Aldor and staring into the distance with half-shut eyes.Aldor then said, "Mr. Kane, why didn't you tell the madam the thing about you doing the surgery?"He was talking about the vasectomy, and Keegan did not speak. Aldor assumed that he did not want to answer and did not
Coco was merely not as fair as Keegan, but she was not considered dark-skinned. That mouth of his was ruthless even to little girls.Keegan took out his phone and showed a picture to Aldor. Aldor's body immediately tensed up. Keegan raised his gaze and his hand to make a zipping gesture around his mouth. He then raised an eyebrow and asked, "Understand?"Aldor nodded his head profusely. Keegan put his phone away and snuffed out his cigarette. "Get in the car to rest for a while. Send her back once day breaks."The following morning, Stella was woken up by Aldor. When she opened her eyes, she was already in the car. Outside the car was the training base. Aldor, who was sitting in the driver's seat, turned around and said to her, "Madam, It's half past seven. After you go back and tidy yourself up a bit, you should go to your classes."Stella blinked several times since her brain was still not fully conscious. She groggily said her farewells and got out of the car.When she reached