'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
Whenever Keegan was sick or detained for having conflicts with other people, Dahlia would always come up with various reasons for not being there for him. The only time she would show any affection to Keegan was when she needed money from him.Stella could not resist talking to Keegan about it, but she decided that it was best not to say anything. Since her relationship with Keegan was unstable back then, she knew that it would seem like she was deliberately trying to make him hate his mother.Stella did not expect Keegan to notice Dahlia's behavior, especially since he had always kept it to himself. She poked Keegan in between his eyebrows and said, "Are you saying your mom only likes you for your money and not you as a person?"Keegan closed his eyes and said softly after a while, "She doesn't like anyone. She doesn't love me nor my dad."Stella paused and half-jokingly said, "She treats your sister well though. The matching set of jewelry she gifted her from Cartier is a thousan
The next morning, Keegan woke up with a hangover and a throbbing headache. He wanted to rub his temples, but he noticed someone was pressing onto his arm as soon as he tried to raise it. Keegan froze and turned to find Stella lying beside him with her head resting on his upper limb.Keegan's expression relaxed as his thumb gently stroked against her cheek. Stella found it itchy and reached out to scratch her face. Keegan skillfully dodged her hand and continued rubbing her cheek once she went back to sleep.Stella frowned. She got mad after not being able to catch what was grazing her face. All of a sudden, she opened her eyes and met Keegan's gaze. The ambiance in the room was awkward yet romantic.Stella moistened her lips and explained, "You were drunk last night and wouldn't let me leave, so I stayed.""Mhm," Keegan replied in acceptance of her statement, but his expression showed otherwise. His half-smile seemed to be saying, "You're making this up."Stella pursed her lips an
Stella frowned. 'What's this?' She was shocked when she clicked on the headline. Yolanda was sent to the emergency unit for overdosing on drugs and was still in critical condition.'Wasn't she taken in for questioning? How did she have an overdose? Was she released from the police station yesterday?'Stella was confused. In the end, she turned and looked at Keegan. The man was still depressed about her comment, which said that he was running around naked last night. He was also puzzled by the fact that Aldor was there to witness it."What's wrong?" Keegan asked."Yolanda overdosed on drugs and is now in the emergency unit. She's been there for a few hours and is still in critical condition.""Oh," Keegan replied, not caring about the news."Do you think someone is doing these things to her? First, she was exposed for tax fraud and misuse of drugs. And now, she has an overdose in less than two days? Her reputation is done for." Stella could not help but gossip.Yolanda was a suga
Aldor thought about what Keegan was referring to and roughly got it. 'He's probably talking about what he said in the car last night when he was drunk. It was indeed rather violent.'Aldor coughed and teased, "I understand. A little spicy romance wouldn't hurt anyone."Keegan was quiet. 'The thing is you don't understand!' He wanted to silence Aldor at the thought of him being watched running around the room butt-naked. He had been gloomy for half the day. "Did you finish the minutes of yesterday's meeting?" he tightened his jaw and asked."I can hand it to you by noon," Aldor replied.Keegan finally found a chance to vent his anger. He shot a glance at Aldor and said coldly, "You used to submit them on the day of the meeting. Are you getting older? Why has your productivity dropped? The youngsters will catch up if you don't do something about it. Don't bring shame to my name, Aldor."Aldor was speechless. 'Didn't he say I can finish the meeting minutes later because he wanted me
"No. The thing is, Yolanda doesn't think much about us. To her, we're just a bunch of low-level staff who don't benefit her. She's actually rather nice to those who are more famous than her. When Bella was hospitalized due to allergies, Yolanda visited her and even brought her an expensive gift. She even heavily promoted Bella's shows at that time. But, what's the point? Everyone is trying to avoid being associated with her now that she's gotten into trouble. They literally hate her.""It's pretty normal to cut ties with people in this situation since whoever's friends with Yolanda will be trending and talked about on the internet.""What's there to talk about? Mr. Winfield went to her funeral to see her off one last time. But, Bella, who Yolanda shared the same pair of pants with, didn't even send her flowers. Their friendship is clearly fake."Bella heard the crew's discussion as soon as she came out of the lounge and looked a little uneasy. She was pushed into the limelight after
"Who else has the power to cause Yolanda's downfall other than Keegan? She was only playing around with you, yet you wanted her dead. Are you not scared that she'll turn into a ghost to haunt you in your dreams and take your life in exchange?!" Bella sneered.Stella was a little confused. She did not understand what Bella meant when she said that Yolanda was just fooling around with her. Still, it did not prevent her from being irritated. She rolled up her script and put it aside as she stood up and grabbed Bella by the collar. Looking down at her from above, Stella said in a deep voice, "Did you turn your embarrassment from being rejected to anger? "Even the haters on the internet don't turn as quickly as you. "Didn't Keegan provide you with tons of resources over the years? You wouldn't be where you are today if it weren't for him.""There's an official report from the police regarding Yolanda's case. You can avenge your bestie by going to the authorities if you have a proble
Marshall paused and said, "I know a wonderful makeup artist who can give you a touch-up if you're worried about being recognized. He's so good that even your acquaintances won't be able to recognize you if they were standing right in front of you."Stella was speechless. 'You really thought of everything, huh?' she thought. She would not hesitate to help Marshall if he had asked her for help with something else. After all, he had been a great help to her in dealing with her mom's funeral and her lawsuits with Albert after her divorce. However, she felt that pretending to be his girlfriend was a little out of her morals since she was already seeing someone."I still don't think it's a good idea. Why don't I... hire a one-day girlfriend for you online?"Initially, Stella wanted to ask Felicity to be Marshall's date. But, she knew that Felicity would reject the offer because she had been getting along with Corbin pretty well recently. Moreover, Marshall was a lousy actor. He would