Love At The Next Stop Novel

Chapter 19 It’s Because You’re Here That I’m Afraid

I’ve got to keep my distance from him in the future. Since he doesn’t allow me to participate in this project, I’ll just forget about it. If I have too much interaction with him, it’ll make me look as though I’m coming on to him instead. Unexpectedly, as soon as Stella returned to her seat, someone came looking for her. Surprisingly, it was Ximena. She just has to pester me endlessly! It seemed as though there was going to be a show.

“Mrs. Levitt.” Ximena greeted her with her arms crossed.

In the meantime, Stella merely sat at her seat without saying anything, pretending to be focused on reading a document.

“Yesterday, Mr. Levitt came to my place again. He told me that you’re wanton and cheated on him,” Ximena said loudly. When the others heard such gossip, the entire office swung their gazes over with bated breath.

Still, Stella remained silent. Ximena was a supermodel, so she was very tall, especially when she was now wearing a pair of ten-inch high heels that were pointed and thin. As Stella sat there, she surreptitiously stared at the pair of high heels out of her peripheral vision. How does she even walk in those shoes?

“You don’t need me to name the man, do you, Mrs. Levitt?” Ximena wore a smug expression on her face.

at once, Stella sprang up from her chair. “Stop this slander! I stayed at the

what Ximena had hoped for. “Alone? I’m going to announce the man’s name then.” At this, she gazed at Miles’ office in the distance. The office wasn’t big, so everyone was working in the same open space. She’d heard about the magnificence of Miles Conglomerate’s headquarters, but she’d never been there. Nonetheless, she figured

the meantime, however, Miles didn’t hear

wanted to announce Miles’ name,

instantly blanched and tottered on her feet before taking

obvious that she came to make

Levitt!” Ximena’s vicious and

words. I knew this was a trap, but I’ve already fallen into it. Besides, everyone is now

ambulance, quick!” someone

expression turned into one of panic. Coincidentally, Miles walked out of his office, seemingly on his way out. When he saw the commotion, he strode over with a frown

have no outlet to air her grievances, for everyone’s gazes were focused