Love At The Next Stop Novel

Chapter 46 Who Do You Want to Be

“Oh, so you do know who you should come back to,” Lizbeth remarked coldly. “I saw Mr. Grant’s car. I didn’t believe it when everyone says you have an affair with him, but now I do. If I’m right, he’s the reason Zane was arrested in Murdough for marital rape, wasn’t he? Why did he do that?”

Her mother-in-law glared at Stella, who was in the middle of the living room. Stella was shocked and ashamed, for it felt like she was caught red-handed.

A male superior sending his female subordinate home was a normal thing, but not when it was Miles and her. After all, she even used to be pregnant with his baby, so that made Stella feel guilty.

That woman was her mother-in-law, and Zane might be a piece of scum, but his mother did nothing wrong. She even helped Stella when Ximena came to confront her. At the memory of that, Stella stared downward.

“You’re doing that to Zane just because Miles is backing you?” she asked Stella.

She knew Zane didn’t tell his parents the truth about her miscarriage. After all, he was an egoistic man, so he’d rather let everyone know he was a cheater than a cuckold. Also, Stella was pregnant with Miles’ child, so she couldn’t tell them about that. It was then Stella felt how tight the cage of marriage was locking her in.

“If you can’t go on in this marriage anymore, then fine. I have a few conditions. We got the call. Zane is jailed for eight months. You can’t get a divorce during that period, and you can’t flirt with Miles. You can’t tell anyone the real reason Zane was arrested. Even if you’re forced to, say it’s because he ran into financial problems. And if you want to get a divorce, you must bear a child for our family. You’ll have this whole mansion then, but with how rich Miles is, he won’t care about the mansion. If you want to get a divorce now though, you’ll get nothing; not even the divorce. I’ll work with everyone to pressure the Norths.” Then, she stood up and went past Stella, bumping into her shoulder as she did so.

Meanwhile, Stella stood rooted to the ground. She didn’t know her mother-in-law had connections with the Norths, nor did she know what ‘pressuring the Norths’ meant. Must be bad for Miles though. Before this, she had never expected a divorce to be so difficult. She wanted to get a divorce not because she wanted to date Miles, but because she couldn’t continue the marriage anymore. Why is it so hard? Why don’t I have the freedom to get someone I truly love like what Matthew said?

At that thought, Stella covered her face. She could understand why her mother-in-law did what she did, but eight months was too long a time for her.

On the next day, Mr. Moore came in when Stella was working. He said, “Mr. Grant is not in today.” It was a statement, not a question.

Does he think he’s the president? He never comes to work, she thought. But it wasn’t her business though. Hence, she kept on with her design, ignoring Kevin.

“Mr. Grant is looking for you,” Kevin added.

“Huh?”

at Lake Jojo, so go. Now. He’s not in a good mood.” Mr. Moore looked

not go? Doesn’t that make Mr. Moore look unreliable then? Also, what does his bad mood have to do with me? Nonetheless, Stella said nothing and hailed

beautiful. The lake was one of the places not yet tainted by tourism, so there usually weren’t any people there. There was only a long path leading to a small pavilion, but a gorgeous pavilion nevertheless. The lake was situated on lower ground, and when Stella was on the path, she saw someone sitting on the wooden armchair in the pavilion. That person was enjoying the peaceful lake, looking like he was in a good mood. At the sight

five steps

Dad owed him. Yeah, I do owe him a lot of favors, but I

it?” she

his head back

Honestly, Stella didn’t feel attached to the lost baby. Is he in a bad mood because of this? Maybe he was reminded of it yesterday. But still,

the meantime, Miles looked back at the dumbfounded Stella. “Come,”

the lonely lake, and Stella walked up to him. The moment she approached Miles, he held her in his arms, and she fell

face, so

“A bit.”

could be so close to each other. Is he using me as a replacement because his girlfriend isn’t here? Of course, Stella knew she should stay away from him, but she couldn’t hold

tighter, pulling her closer to his face, and

movements tickled her. “It tickles!”

thought Stella was

he’s a pervert! Then, she recalled what her mother-in-law had told her last night, and

peered at her. Does she think I don’t know what she’s

car, Stella looked back and saw Miles still in the armchair, still looking forlorn. No matter how wealthy he was, there were things he couldn’t buy, like a baby. Stella didn’t understand why though. The baby was an

was now far away from him, Stella felt like she could still see his hair swaying in the wind.

It was something about the environment and corporate