The woman yelled out curses as the car receded into the distance. Stella looked away. She was about
to leave when she heard the woman shouting at her.
“Hey! What’s your name?”
Stella paused her steps. She turned around and looked at the woman but said nothing.
“Why are you all alone in such a place?” the woman continued, not minding that Stella didn’t answer
her question. “Hmph! I bet you got dumped by a scumbag just like me, didn’t you?”
Stella raised her brows. The woman wasn’t wrong… She shrugged wearily.
“Do you want to walk home together?” Stella asked.
“No,” the woman shook her head. “It’s your lucky day. I just called someone to pick me up. You can
come along with us.”
Stella gave it a good thought before she finally agreed.
“Thank you,” she said earnestly.
“Oh, don’t worry about it. We’re in the same boat, after all! Dry your eyes, sister. Let’s never get
involved with scumbags, ever again!”
“Yes,” Stella laughed. “I agree!”
Meanwhile, in the car on the road ahead, the so-called scumbag Xavier Ford glanced at the angry
woman through the rearview mirror and tugged at his collar nonchalantly. Sounds of rapid wind filled
his ears. He picked up his phone and called a number.
“This is the first time you ever asked for my help, and it’s all for a woman,” he said. “Aren’t you worried
that Guinevere would blow up if she finds out?”
“Thanks for helping,” the man on the other side replied simply before hanging up.
Xavier snorted at the beeping dial tone.
“Should’ve shown more respect for your uncle, kid!” he grumbled as he tossed his phone aside.
As he turned the steering wheel, he suddenly thought of the woman he had just met, and his
expression turned mischievous. He’d heard of the woman who committed suicide, but when he tried to
investigate the matter, he found that all information about Stella Sealey had been completely wiped
clean. The culprit was obvious. But he couldn’t find any news about her anywhere in Ahn City either, so
he thought she must’ve died and left it at that.
But then, who was that woman that he had just met? All these years, his nephew had never messed
around with women before. The only woman in his life had always just been Guinevere Cohen. So
what was it with his sudden change recently? There was even that mysterious unknown woman that
suddenly popped up…
It was already dark when Stella finally got home. Just as she stepped through the door, she saw Roger
preparing to go out.
“Where are you going?” she asked, a little alarmed.
Roger’s tense body completely relaxed when he saw Stella. “Where have you been?” he asked. “I’ve
been worried to death!”
Roger heaved a long sigh of relief before continuing, “I went to the training center to find you, but they
told me that you left long ago, so I came back home, but you’re not here either. I thought that
something happened again…”
Ever since the kidnapping, Stella had always been back home on time every day. If she was even
slightly late, Roger would instantly grow concerned and get antsy, fearing the worst. That horrible
incident had been hanging over the two siblings like a dark, heavy cloud, but they never talked about it
because they were afraid of upsetting each other.
Stella’s eyes reddened, and the tears welled up. She stepped towards Roger and rested her head on
her brother’s shoulder.
“Something happened again, didn’t it?” Roger asked as he gently patted his sister’s back. “It’s all going
to be okay, Sis. You still have me by your side.” Roger was right, thought Stella. She still had him. At
the very least, she still had one family member who loved her.
“Everything’s fine, Roger,” she assured him, looking up at him with a smile. “Come on, let’s eat out
tonight!”
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