Ten minutes later, Clarence ended the call.
He walked up to Stella and stood beside her. Then, he took a lock of her hair with a curled finger and
asked softly, “Why didn’t you dry your hair completely?”
Stella replied, “My hair is quite long so it is very troublesome to dry it completely. It will dry naturally.”
“Wait here.”
Clarence withdrew his hand, turned and entered the bathroom.
Soon, he came back with a hair dryer and stood behind her. After setting the wind speed and
temperature to medium mode, he gently blew her hair, “Next time, remember to dry your hair
completely. If your hair is too long, you can cut it shorter.”
Stella was at a loss for words.
She didn’t know what to say at that moment.
The sound of the working hair dryer was minimal. There was almost no extra noise.
Stella said, “Mr. Conrad.”
“Hmm?”
“Can you tell me about Aurora’s biological mother now?”
The corners of Clarence lips turned upwards, “Didn’t you say that you don’t want to know?”
Stella gritted her teeth and turned her head to glare at him.
That wretched man behaved innocently even though he got the advantage over her!
It was getting harder for Clarence to resist the temptation to laugh. Seeing that her hair was almost dry,
he put the hair dryer aside, “Fine. I was teasing you.”
Stella said, “What is going on?”
Clarence sat beside her and said slowly, “After leaving the Barton family, Aurora’s biological mother
married a man and had a son. Some time ago, her son was arrested for fighting and causing a
commotion. Therefore, she urgently needs a large sum of money to solve this matter now.”
Before that, when Stella heard Clarence’s words in the soft drink bar, she roughly guessed that
Aurora’s biological mother was aiming for money.
Clarence continued, “But she didn’t keep still all these years. After being sent away, she carried out
many different plans and tried to gain more money from the Barton family. Although Mrs. Barton was
mentally unstable, she handled these matters efficiently so that no further problems would arise.”
“After a few attempts, Aurora’s biological mother gave up the idea. The reason why she came to make
a scene at Aurora's birthday party this time was because she learned that Mrs. Barton had passed
away a few years ago.”
After she had listened to Clarence, Stella remained silent for a while and said, “Then how did she get
this news?”
Clarence placed his hand on her shoulder and slowly said, “Maybe it's just a coincidence.”
Stella was unconvinced, “Is it really a coincidence?”
Clarence met her skeptical gaze and laughed silently, “This really has nothing to do with me. When
Aurora was born, I had not yet entered the Conrad family. As you said, these old matters were kept well
hidden. Only a few people know about this and it will not be easy to uncover the truth.”
Stella acknowledged his words and did not ask further about it.
For this matter, Clarence had absolutely no reason to hide it from her.
Since he had already said that he was not involved in this matter, he definitely did not do anything.
But if this matter was regarded as a coincidence, it was too unrealistic.
Just when Stella was lost in thought, Clarence got up.
Stella instinctively reached out and held his hand, “Where are you going?”
“I am going to take a bath.” Clarence leaned over with his other hand propped on the armrest behind
her. Gazing at her, he said ambiguously in a low-pitched and husky voice, “Don't be in such a hurry,
baby.”
She hurriedly let go of him, “Who…who is in a hurry. I have not finished asking.”
Clarence smiled and ruffled her hair, “Wait for me to come out. We will talk later.”
After pausing for a while, he added, “I am in a hurry.”
Stella did not reply to his words.
Just when Clarence entered the bathroom, Stella’s phone rang. It was Sherry who dialled her number.
After picking up the phone, Sherry said, “Oh my god, oh my god! This is fantastic! Tell me the whole
story in detail again!”
Through the phone, Stella told her what happened tonight again in detail.
After listening to Stella, Sherry said excitedly, “Who exactly did all of this? Is it really not Mr. Conrad
who does good deeds without leaving his name?”
“It's not him.”
“Then this can only mean that Aurora deserved it. Divine beings are also helping us.” Sherry then
added, “A daily question, when will Phoebe receive this kind of retribution?”
Stella paused for a while and suddenly said, “Is Daniel next to you?”
“He just sent me home. He already left. What is the matter? Do you need him to do something?”
Stella replied, “Never mind. It is nothing.”
The incident with Aurora was definitely not a coincidence. It was also definitely not divine beings who
were helping them.
She was the only one who had disputes with Aurora recently.
Moreover, the fact that the person behind all of this was able to find Aurora’s biological mother showed
that he had a certain amount of wealth and power.
Based on current situation, since Clarence didn’t do all of this, the only person she could think of was
Daniel.
Although he always refused to reveal the actual reason of helping her, he did help her with a lot of
things.
After chatting with Sherry for a while, Stella heard that the shower sounds in the bathroom stopped.
She lowered her voice hastily, “Let’s leave things as they are today. We will talk about things tomorrow.
I am hanging up now. Bye!”
Putting away the phone, Stella got up. She was about to go to the bedroom when the bathroom door
opened.
Stella turned her head, “Why are you so fast?”
Clarence answered, “Fast?”
Stella did not reply to him.
Clarence casually raked his hair which was still dripping wet with his fingers, walked up to her and
handed Stella the hair dryer beside him, “Help me dry my hair.”
Stella couldn’t help but to mutter under her breath, “If you do something for me, I will need to do
something for you. You really cannot bear any losses.”
Due to her soft voice and the sound of working hair dryer, Clarence could not clearly hear what she
said, “What?”
“Nothing.”
While blow-drying his hair, Stella was moving his hair around.
Clarence said, “What are you finding?”
“I am finding signs of middle-aged balding.”
Clarence acknowledged her words questioningly.
He breathed in and asked in a low-pitched voice, “Did you find it?”
Stella seemed to be quite disappointed, “No.”
The quality of that wretched man’s hair was better than hers.
Stella turned off the hair dryer, “All done.”
Stella pulled out the plug of the hair dryer. Just when she was about to put the hair dryer back in the
bathroom, her wrist was grabbed by the man. It caught her off guard and she fell into the man’s arms in
the next moment.
Clarence wrapped his arms around her waist, “Didn't you say you still have something to ask? Go on.”
Stella raised her hand, “I will put this…”
Clarence took the hair dryer in her hand and threw it to the side, “Don’t be bothered about it.”
Stella slowly directed her gaze from the hair dryer towards his face, coughed and said seriously, “You
do know Charles’s reason for going abroad, don’t you?”
“I do know the reason.”
“What…is the reason?”
Clarence said calmly, “He is transferring his assets.”
Stella did not expect to hear this answer and couldn’t help but to widen her eyes, “Really?”
“Yes, or else why would he choose to leave the country at this time?”
Stella frowned, “Then if we wait for him to transfer all of his assets away from his account, we cannot
take action against him when we find anything useful from him?”
Clarence replied, “No. This only means that the Steward Group won’t last for much longer.”
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