However, Keegan did not dare to speak his thoughts out loud.He took the pair of socks over and put them in a bag. Then, he asked curiously, "How did you know that they were acting?"Stella answered, "I wasn't sure at first. It's a pretty normal thing to encounter a snobbish salesperson like her, but she was just way too arrogant. She didn't even think she did something wrong after her manager came, and she still provoked me in front of her manager by repeatedly saying that I couldn't afford them. That was when I knew something fishy was going on.The manager was acting rather strangely too. All she did was tell the salesperson off without actually penalizing her. Also, did you notice how they kept looking at your wrist? Your match is the most valuable thing you put on today. They probably thought that you're a foolish rich man and I'm your pretty sugar baby who happens to be stupid. That was why they tried to provoke and fool us into buying everything."Then, she proudly said, "Th
Keegan paused. "How did he look like?""He's a short man and about forty to fifty years old. He wore a face mask and a cap. I couldn't see his face. However, his eyes did look wrinkly. He came to donate, yet he just wouldn't stop asking about Stella and Ms. Spade. He looked a little downhearted after finding out that Ms. Spade had passed away. Then, he donated a few thousand dollars and asked Ms. Cooke where Ms. Spade's grave was before leaving. I feel like he knew Ms. Spade, but he denied it when Ms. Cooke asked him that. He just feels strange."Keegan frowned.'A short middle-aged man?'He tried to think of a man like that who could be related to the Spade family, yet he just could not think of one."What else did he say?"Julian thought for a while and said, "That's about it. He went through a few photos of Ms. Spade and Stella. Also, he said that he would visit again at some other time."Keegan paused and thought of a possibility. 'Could he be... Stella's biological father?"
Keegan did not say anything. Instead, he lifted his glass and chugged it down again.Shelley poured him another glass after they finished their drinks. "I'm going to tell you a secret about Stella. Can I trust you on this?"Keegan put on a serious look and said in a deep voice. "I'm all ears."Shelley looked at Stella, who was playing with the children, and said softly, "Stella is not Rainee's biological daughter. She's not an illegitimate child."Keegan paused, and his expression looked even more serious. "How did you know that?"Shelley bowed her head down. "I accompanied Rainee to do the paternity test. I promised Rainee that I'd bring this secret to my grave. However, she's not here anymore, and Stella is the only person she'd ever care about."There's only so much I can do as a partner that she trusts. I couldn't help her much with her marriage or work. I know there are a lot of rules in a wealthy family like yours, and everybody takes social status very seriously. I'm only
Stella's eyelids twitched violently. She elbowed Keegan and said, "Are you pretending to be drunk?!"Keegan felt a little sore and frowned. "We can't go against the doctor's orders. We have to make lo—" Stella covered his mouth in horror before he could finish his sentence. She looked at the loose cannon in front of her with a dark face, and the hair on the back of her neck stood up.'How did he go from speaking normally to being drunk all of a sudden?! Who knows what kind of shocking thing would come out of him if I hadn't covered his mouth!'Keegan was a little upset after being held back. He reached out and pulled Stella's hand away, trying to make her let go. However, Stella did not do so. Instead, she asked Julian to call Aldor.Stella immediately dragged Keegan into the car when Aldor drove over, and they left in a hurry so as not to dirty the minds of the youths at the scene. When they got into the car, Stella let go and leaned back in the seat. Aldor started the engine and
Keegan's lips were close to Stella's ear. His hot breath spread across Stella's cheeks and behind her ears, as he spoke. Her ears felt warm. Stella pushed Keegan's face away and said, "Stop messing around."Keegan sensed that she was not entirely opposed to having sex with him, so he leaned over to kiss her earlobe and said, "I'm just following the doctor's orders.""When have you ever listened to the doctors?" Stella's eyelids twitched. "You've never even taken your medication on time when sick."Keegan frowned. It was as if he forgot all the times he did not listen to medical advice. However, he did not give up. "I'll follow the doctor's orders from today onward." Keegan began to kiss Stella as he said that. He kissed her gently from the corner of her lips to the middle. Keegan licked her lips but suddenly stopped and frowned. He then began to sniff her body."What's wrong?" Stella could not help but ask when she saw his strange expression. Keegan looked torn. It took him a lon
Stella was shocked. She thought that Keegan was spewing nonsense since he was drunk. "I can't believe you can make stuff up like that just to sleep with me," she pinched his face and whispered."I'm telling you the truth. I had a vasectomy years ago," Keegan said solemnly.Stella dismissed his words and said, "Where's the scar then? You claim to have had a vasectomy years ago. We were still married then, so how come I never saw any of your scars? Are vasectomies nowadays so advanced?"Keegan paused and whispered, "I do have scars.""Huh?"Keegan let go of Stella and began to unbuckle his belt. Stella blushed, and her eyes were about to pop out of her head as she watched him undress. She dreamed of sitting on the couch like a queen and watching Keegan strip in front of her.Stella was always the first to take off her clothes in the past. She felt ashamed whenever she was naked while Keegan was still in his suit and leather shoes. But, this time, the tables have turned. Stella want
Stella glanced at the person leaning on her shoulder and seductively whispered, "Don't you want to have sex with me anymore?" Keegan's eyelashes fluttered, but he did not say a word. Stella kissed his chin and asked, "No more following the doctor's orders?" The man's eyelids twitched again. Stella narrowed her eyes and said, "Your probation is over. You're fired."Keegan immediately opened his eyes and said, "Sorry. I fell asleep. What did you say just now?"Stella was speechless. She suspected that Keegan acted drunk sometimes. He still liked to tease and fool around when he was drunk, but the things he said were shocking since they were not what he would say while sober."Why didn't you tell me about the vasectomy? It's a big deal, you know?"Keegan frowned and said after a long time, "You're always asking questions."Stella was baffled. "What's wrong with asking questions? How would I know about things if I don't ask about them?""You always take it too far. You clearly know w
'Her?'"Who are you talking about?" Stella asked while frowning.Keegan did not speak for a long time. Just when Stella thought he had fallen asleep, he softly said, "My mother."Stella was stunned for a moment. Keegan never spoke ill of Dahlia in front of her when he was sober. He held onto traditional concepts whereby elders were to be respected no matter how evil they could be. He would never say anything like that in front of others.Stella could see Dahlia's eccentricity, even as an outsider. Hence, it was very likely that Keegan noticed it too. For example, Dahlia was swiping Keegan's cards non-stop when she went to Europe with her friends for a month last year.Keegan was a VIP in the bank, so they arranged for someone to deliver his monthly private account statements to him every month. Stella often signed for them because she habitually kept tabs on their financials. She would jot down their expenses, including food, luxuries, daily necessities, gifts for weddings, funera