Chapter 1154
Following Stefan's gaze to the ring on her finger, Sally explained plainly, “Someone framed me. Cooper married me
to get me out of police custody.”
Stefan slammed his cup onto the table, his expression frightfully grim. “Would he possibly be so kind?”
Sally stubbed out her cigarette in the ashtray, her voice hoarse from smoking. “No, but we have our own motives.
General Zeigler is Genevieve's grandfather. The Gaudette family wants to make a move against the Zeigler family.
As it happens, the Loake family has a grudge against the Gaudette family. Cooper wants to link hands with me to
bring down the Gaudette family.”
Lifting his eyes, Stefan caught sight of some faint marks on her arm since she had rolled up the sleeves of her
sweater. They didn't appear as though they were mosquito bites.
Immediately, irritation swamped him, and his face went as black as thunder.
“He's merely a businessman. How is he capable of bringing the Gaudette family down? He'd be lucky if the
Gaudette family didn't pick trouble with him. Not only are you not getting anything out of the collaboration with him,
but you even have to sleep with—”
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“Stefo, I'm not a little girl, and I don't want you to meddle in my private life,” Sally interrupted, cutting off the
unpleasant words he wanted to utter.
Stefan clenched his jaw tight, his expression as gloomy as ever.
Inherently detached, Sally was admittedly bad at coaxing others. But when she saw that Stefan was livid, she
gentled her tone slightly. “Let's not talk about this. I'll bring you to the mall to buy some clothes.”
She got to her feet from the couch. When Stefan remained sitting there motionlessly, she could only walk over and
pull him up.
"Let's go.” Verily, she hadn't much patience.
If it weren't for the fact that he was her brother, she would have long since spun on her heel and left when he acted
so obstinate with her.
This time, Stefan didn't continue throwing a tantrum. He got up from the couch and grabbed her hand instead.
Then he stuffed it into his coat pocket.
His brows knitting together, he asked, “Why are your hands always so cold, Sally?”
“Such is my body constitution from birth. I'm used to it.” Whenever it was winter in the past, Stefan liked to grasp
her hands and place them into his pockets to warm them up.
Sally simply allowed him to hold her hand.
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They shopped in the mall until afternoon, and she bought him a lot of clothes.
When they walked past a children's clothing store, she noticed that the blue rabbit gloves on the mannequin's hand
looked incredibly beautiful and remembered that Amanda didn't wear any gloves when they left home, so she
bought them for her.
“She's not your kid. Why are you being so nice to her?” Stefan grumbled in displeasure.
“She's Genevieve's daughter and General Zeigler's great-granddaughter. It was also with the Zeigler family's help
that you could come here to Baykeep to study,” Sally answered.
If the Zeigler family or Cooper were unforgiving, I wouldn't be capable of going up against the Gaudette family
alone.
Subsequently, she added, “Besides, she's pretty cute.”
Halting in his tracks, Stefan tilted his head and stared at her, his gaze eerily dark. “Have you fallen in love with
Cooper, Sally?”
“You seem to be greatly prejudiced against him,” Sally said with a faint smile.
“There's nothing good about him with scandals all over the place. Back then, he even almost killed you, but you had
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Dad let him off the hook,” Stefan said sullenly, wearing a baleful expression on his face.
Taking the shopping bag the salesperson handed her, Sally left the children's clothing store with him.
Stefan parted his lips to speak further, but ultimately, he said nothing.
By the time they exited the mall, it had already stopped raining. Nonetheless, it was exceedingly dark. Sally wanted
to send Stefan back to the university first.
However, Stefan insisted, “I'll send you back to the hotel first.”
When the taxi arrived at the entrance of the hotel, he was adamant about escorting her in. “How long are you
staying in Baykeep, Sally?”
“It depends. Mandy is going to the hospital to visit her great-granddad tomorrow. If there's enough time, I want to
ask Ninette out to talk about things.”
Taking off his scarf, Stefan wound it around her neck to conceal her snow-white skin. “Call me if you need
anything.”
Sally glanced at the scarf on her neck before murmuring in acknowledgment.
At that precise moment, Cooper came through the revolving door while carrying two boxes of snacks. At the sight
of Sally, he stopped short.
Coincidentally, Sally spotted him as well.