Love At The Next Stop Novel

Chapter 76 It’s Not Like You Haven’t Seen Me in This State

Without sparing her a single glance, Miles walked out of the door and acted as though he didn’t see Stella. On the other hand, the moment Kevin saw Stella, he could barely hide the guilty expression on his face as he initiated to exchange pleasantries. “Hello, Stella. I didn’t expect to see you here.”

Upon answering with a grunt, Stella took a quick glimpse at the person, but he seemed to have walked further away as he disappeared into the dark.

Today, Stella was dressed rather differently from the way she dressed in the past.

Back then, although she was dressed in professional attire, her style still carried somewhat a Madam’s vibe, which she couldn’t seem to change within a short period of time. As of now, since she had started her own boutique, her sense of fashion had improved quite a bit. In a formal black suit, and with her silky long hair that was slightly curled up at the end, she conducted herself with professionalism. With light makeup and plump glossy lips, all of it made her look exceedingly charming.

Frankly, there weren’t any major changes with Stella, but somehow there was something different about her which he couldn’t quite tell.

About their breakup, Stella did notice something strange, for Miles seemed to have accepted the breakup calmly and didn’t even bother to question further. From the way he replied, she couldn’t help but wonder whether there was an underlying reason or a misunderstanding behind. Then again, it didn’t really matter anymore since they had broken up, and she really couldn’t accept being someone else’s replacement.

Once she reached home, she decided to first settle the design proposal and then send a copy over to Hollowcrest City.

While she was organizing the proposal, Miles’ face just kept crossing her mind. Somehow, she felt he was like a stranger to her now. Previously when they were together, he would smile at her and would even give suggestive gestures, but from the looks of it now, it seemed like that person was not the real Miles after all—the glacial side of him was in fact the real him.

It was a Saturday the next day, and Stella headed to her boutique.

As the president of Hollowcrest City, Matthew would perform random inspections on all of his boutiques. Considering that Stella’s boutique was one of the few in Murdough, he would turn up quite often, since they had known each other.

When Matthew knew that Miles had a meeting to attend in Murdough this time, both of them had made time to meet up together.

“Is the meeting over?” asked Matthew.

“Yeah,” Miles replied while gently massaging his forehead, looking a little exhausted.

“Since you’ve nothing much to do today in Murdough, why not follow me around to inspect the boutiques?” suggested Matthew.

“Where?” asked Miles frostily.

Miles was a cold and cheerless person all along. In the past, one might still catch him smiling sometimes, but it seemed like he had lost his smile now.

“There aren’t many boutiques around Murdough, so just tag along.”

With his hand halted, Miles said, “No!”

Upon noticing his hand’s momentary pause, Matthew knew that Miles must have thought of Stella and learned about her being one of his fashion brand agents now.

Likewise, Matthew followed after his gaze and looked out too, but didn’t see anything

as he had never stepped into this place and was unaware that this boutique

the cashier counter, Stella was doing an inventory check in preparation for the next season of new arrivals. As she was

how’s business so far?”

Matthew would drop by, so Stella wasn’t too surprised. But

and have a seat at the office.” Stella gestured to

a shirt for President Grant here.” Matthew casually took a seat at one of the chairs meant for

as Stella, both

is going to attend an important meeting, but he didn’t bring enough clothes, so I purposely brought him here to pick a shirt,”

she was being put in an awkward situation. Then again, she was professional when it came to serving customers, so she forced herself to fake a polite smile and went ahead to pick a black shirt for him. This dark color palette suited Matthew very much, as it accentuated his charming cool vibes while giving an impression that he did not possess

taking the shirt from the display, Stella stood behind Miles and placed the shirt over his back as though she was trying to confirm a measurement, then

of the Amon brand was fairly accurate, but still, she insisted on taking the measurement. Standing before Miles at this very moment, she could hear his steady breathing and smell the attractive masculine scent that could easily make her heart race. With her head lowered, she could only fix her eyes at

in insisting on taking a measurement wasn’t because she wanted to be close to him, but plainly because she wanted to act like she had

you wish to give it

Miles. Just then, someone called for Stella from the entrance. As they turned around and looked toward the entrance, they saw Zane walking

to attend a social gathering. Can you hurry up and pick a shirt for me?”

left Miles alone and went to pick

as well as the landlord

Stella and Zane were in this together, so she had to take this seriously. If Zane would so much as offend President James in

she passed it to him and said, “Remember to be nice

“I know that.”

hear them from a distance. Frowning, Matthew hadn’t planned to let Miles

go,” said Matthew. “Bring along the shirt. Treat it as a gift from me. It came all the way

need it,” said Miles,

the shirt, Stella pivoted, but Miles was nowhere to

Miles and Matthew were around. Likewise, Stella clearly didn’t expect they

more precisely—something happened to President James, for he owed a huge sum of money. As a chain reaction, he had to

be unpredictable changes. Previously, she didn’t even have to pay for the shop rental, but

cash flow was rather tight at the

because he still had

else to

another shop to rent now, it would delay her product launch, directly affecting the sales. Failing to capitalize on the opportunity

was earning more money; the only way to repay all her debts was to earn more money. However, based on her current circumstance, not only was she unable to afford to pay her debts, but she might even end up in more debt, not to mention bearing

made a point to call up the headquarters in Hollowcrest to delay sending the stocks for the next season because she