Chapter 219 Trey's brow tightened, leaving him momentarily speechless. "What? You refuse?" Stella suddenly sat up. Her face, usually full of color, looked genuinely haggard now. She grabbed Trey's hand tightly. "If you had to choose between me and Angela, would you really choose her?" "Mom, what are you doing? Why say something like that?" Trey hurried to calm her, well aware of her volatile and extreme temper, afraid she might work herself into another rage. "I know Angela harbors some resentment toward you," he added quickly. "Don't worry.

I'll talk to her properly." "Talk to her properly?" Stella scoffed. "She hates me to the bone and would love nothing more than to see me drop dead from anger! If that woman really listened to you, would she have driven me to this state? Would she have dragged your private matters out in front of the family elders?" Her words were harsh, but every sentence struck home, cutting straight to Trey's heart. On the surface, he and Angela seemed harmonious, finally a family of three. But her secret betrayal and threats had already torn a crack in their trust.

at all. After ten years with Angela, this was the first time he felt so exhausted and suffocated, with an urge to escape her presence. Yet bound by responsibility, promises, and the debt of past kindness, he still couldn't bring himself to abandon her so easily. Maybe this was how relationships worked-there were always low

immediately regained his composure. "The company is at a critical stage right now..." "I mean after the company goes public!" Stella cut him off. Hope surged in her eyes as she softened her tone, playing the emotional card. "Trey, trust

She's ruthless and unscrupulous. If she can betray you for her own sake now, there's no telling what worse things she might do in the future!" Every

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