'How could she have the audacity to use this to threaten me? If Keegan continues to indulge Aurora on this matter, I won't consider being with Keegan anymore,' Stella thought. She looked Dahlia straight in the eye. "I could help, but I have a condition."Dahlia's eyes instantly lit up. "Go on."Stella said coolly, "You have to turn yourself in and confess that you drugged me, causing me to be unable to conceive a child. Only then will I plead for your daughter in front of Mr. Hall."Dahlia's face froze and her expression darkened. "Are you kidding me?""Why would I?" Stella raised the corner of her mouth. "I'm giving you a chance to save your daughter. With your love for Aurora, couldn't you sacrifice a little for her?"Dahlia looked at the stunning face looking at her and was choked with rage. She raised her hand and aimed a slap at Stella. Stella was prepared, so she immediately stepped back, dodging Dahlia's strike.However, in the next second, another slap came and landed on
Blake was startled. He loosened his grip, and the chair fell to the ground. Shaking, he touched the back of his head with his hand which was bloodied.Then he passed out. Dahlia's expression turned pale upon seeing Blake. She rushed over to him while calling his name. Felicity instantly sobered up after seeing blood.She asked with a pale face, "Did I kill him?"Stella patted her back and whispered, "You knew nothing. You were drunk. I was the one who hit him with the vase. Let's call the police first.""Yes. Right. We have to call the police first." Felicity rushed back into her room in a panic and took her phone. Instead of calling the police, she called Vermont.Inside room 902, Keegan was showering in the bathroom while Vermont was playing games outside. He had already played two rounds, but they ended pretty badly. His friends, who often played games with him, asked, "You're not in the zone today. What happened?"Vermont rarely talked to this friend in the game, but he felt
"Just pretend it's not love. Wait until she dates and marries someone else, and your symptoms would be gone," his friend said. "Are you still playing?"Vermont was about to say "continue" when Felicity called him. Vermont instantly forgot what he just told himself, and picked up the phone. After he answered, he regretted it. He wanted to hang up, but he could hear Felicity sobbing. "Stinky Cucumber... What should I do? I killed someone..."Vermont stood up abruptly and asked, "What's wrong? Take your time and tell me."Felicity spoke on and off about what had happened just now. She said someone was hitting Stella, so she used a vase to smash someone to death. Stella was going to take the blame. Vermont was listening to Felicity's jumbled words but managed to make sense of them.There was something going on next door. Vermont comforted Felicity and went into the bathroom to drag Keegan out. Keegan was still shirtless, so he frowned and asked, "What happened?""Something bad happene
"That's not the same," Dahlia blurted out. Her expression changed, and gritted her teeth. "Did Stella tell you? Don't believe everything she says. I was there at the scene, it was her who went into the wrong room!""Oh really?" Keegan said coolly. "Why don't you let her tell Grandma?"Dahlia clenched her hands. "It was all for your sake. Your wife was about to cuckold you. Don't you feel shame in yourself?"Dahlia's straightforwardness instantly ruined Keegan's last image of her. He said monotonously, "I don't feel shame when she was being bullied by others. However, I feel shame for you being my mother."Dahlia's expression twitched. "Keegan, I am your mother!"Keegan said indifferently, "Well since you like the Crosby family so much, you should move out from the Kane mansion. The Kane family isn't that traditional. You don't have to preserve chastity for my dad. Either you want to stay alone or remarry, suit yourself. I'll pay your alimony of course. If you really do remarry, I'
'Why's he so all over the place emotionally? How would I handle it if he made me mad by calling me fat and then tried to be sweet with that cheesy "And you"?' Stella thought to herself.Before long, the ambulance showed up, along with the cops. Blake got rushed to the hospital, and the police started taking statements from the main folks who saw what went down. Dahlia insisted that Stella started it, but Stella argued that Dahlia broke into the place, and she was just defending herself.The police couldn't figure out who was telling the truth with all the conflicting stories. Because of their complicated relationship, they thought mediation was the best way to go.Stella stayed quiet while the police sorted things out for two reasons. First, she didn't want to get Felicity in more trouble since Felicity was the one who threw the vase.Her movie was about to start, and causing a scene would eat up her time. Dahlia, however, wasn't ready to drop it and kept saying Stella started the
Stella replied, "It's just Felicity and me. Do we really need a caretaker?"Keegan suggested, "A robotic one."Stella paused and asked, "You're not talking about Luna, are you?"Keegan clarified, "The second generation."Luna, the initial AI prototype developed by Keegan's company, had cute, round features reminiscent of Baymax. Keegan brought Luna home, and Stella was the first to test it out. She was thrilled to be part of beta-testing and explored all the features to help Keegan check the robot's functionality.Luna was pretty good at handling household chores, and it could even trim the courtyard flowers, which Stella loved.One day, before leaving, Stella instructed Luna to do some tasks. But when she returned, she discovered Luna had jumped into the pool and fried its circuits. Keegan took it to the lab to recover backup data, only to find out Stella's last command was about housekeeping.As it turned out, there was a water disruption that day due to pipe maintenance nearb
Luna responded with a hint of hurt, "Of course, I have a dad. I'm not an orphan."Felicity turned to Stella with a thrilled expression. "This Roundy is a riot."Stella retorted, "Just so you know, it self-destructed by diving into the pool, and it wasn't amusing."Luna quickly corrected her, "Luna isn't scared of water anymore. Dad gave me a water-resistant coating and even sent me to school to learn a bunch of stuff.""You even went to school?""I gotta pick up what you've learned to fit in with humans," Luna explained, turning to Stella. "Miss, which college did you graduate from?"Stella eyed Luna before answering, "Technical university.""Hmm? Did you not take your studies seriously? If you had, you could've easily made it into Sunfyord University with the same dedication I put in."Stella was left speechless. 'No doubt Keegan had a hand in this. The sarcasm is real. The only difference between Luna and Keegan is the former's endearing childlike voice.'After mocking, Luna
Dahlia's expression froze. She was aware of it, but after spending so much time there, it already felt like her own.After her husband passed away, Cordelia took charge and looked after Keegan, while Dahlia had to care for Aurora alone. Her love for Aurora was genuine, but it was also a means to secure her own future. She knew she wouldn't find another family as prestigious as the Kanes if she remarried.That's why she turned down Cordelia's offer, choosing to take custody instead when Cordelia proposed a significant sum of money along with handing over the children to the Kane family. Dahlia even declared that she would adhere to her husband's will and remain single until the children were grown up.The amount Cordelia mentioned was undoubtedly substantial, but what Dahlia lacked was not just money. Her deepest longing was for the reputation and status that came with being part of the Kane family.She chose to bring up Aurora because she would definitely not want to lose her curre