Love At The Next Stop Novel

Chapter 77 He Wanted Her?

He’s right. This isn’t the first time. Then again, since we’ve broken up, we shouldn’t be seeing each other in this state, right?

Once Miles was done putting on his pajamas, he took a seat on the couch and asked Stella, “Did I get you correctly? You’re planning to rent the shop?”

“Yes.” Stella briefly related the incident about the landlord needing the shop to pay his debt, and of course, she didn’t mention the deal between her and Zane.

“What about Zane? Can’t he help you with this?” he asked, his words filled with contempt.

“No, he can’t.”

“If you wish to rent my shop, aren’t you supposed to pay me a price? After all, I’m a businessman, and I didn’t sign up for charity,” said Miles indifferently.

With her face blanched, Stella didn’t quite understand what he meant, but she did know that money was not a concern to him.

“What… What do you want, then?” asked Stella. “I don’t have the money now, but I can give you a bill signed in acknowledgement of debt. Based on the sales forecast for my boutique, it won’t be a problem for me to earn back the rental in 3 months.” She had one of her hands raised up, as though she was stating a pledge.

“I don’t need money.” With his eyes squinted, Miles’ expression was as though he was about to give her a taste of her own medicine.

From the looks of it, it seemed like he had made himself very clear, and it depended on whether Stella could take the hint.

As Stella hung her head, she figured she had nothing but her own body. Is this what he wants? When they were together, he had expressed countless times that he was really infatuated with her body.

And before she arrived, he even took a bath… All of these just led to a single assumption—he wanted her.

With that, Stella slowly unbuttoned her shirt.

Not knowing the reason, whenever she was in front of Miles, she could be exceptionally bold. If this was another man before her, she certainly wouldn’t be able to do the same.

Perhaps it was because he had seen everything about her, thus having nothing to hide at all. Or maybe it was because they had slept together several times, so once more didn’t really matter. In any case, she was nothing but that woman’s replacement anyway.

“Stop undressing yourself!” Miles demanded while squinting his eyes, and a line appeared between his brows. “Miss Johansson, is this the only trick you have whenever you’re lonely or whenever you beg someone?”

Confused, Stella didn’t understand what Miles meant, but since he had asked her to stop undressing, she only felt more embarrassed.

“Change of conditions?” asked Stella as she recalled the first time when she undressed herself in front of him, for he didn’t choose to sleep with her either.

It seemed like he wasn’t a person without self control after all.

“I find it… filthy!” Miles stated every word loud and clear.

on her lower lip, Stella could almost

she knew not the reason why Miles would use those words against her, as a woman, she felt all

then, perhaps she was still feeling a little hopeful about their relationship, but now that she had come to her senses, she realized that

in front of you. Sorry for the trouble,” said Stella as she pivoted

get my secretary to arrange accordingly. Since you don’t have the money now, you

facing Miles, Stella was startled for a moment and thought, Haha, he does have the mindset of a businessman. He’s probably afraid that I’ll run off with the money, so he requests to

figured that he had probably plotted this strategy before she came over, or he might just have thought about it at the last minute, considering that he had an aptitude for business. At the thought of it, she wasn’t surprised but felt intimidated

she could no longer hold her tears as

walked out from one of the rooms

harsh? I don’t

say that to

in his hand onto the floor, and the glass shattered to pieces. “You like

was the first time both of them openly discussed the subject about

Miles, not knowing how the

Miles directly

do like her, but I understand that you can’t force things to happen when it’s not meant to be. I still have my senses, unlike Xavier who was ignorant and had the nerves to ask for trouble.”

Xavier, Miles

know what happened between Stella and Xavier that night, but he did know that Xavier was really obvious and bold

slept with other men before knowing him, it didn’t matter. Frankly, he didn’t mind her not being a virgin and could even accept her for being forced to lose her virginity during hard times. If that was the case, he would surely be more

barked up the wrong

for a moment, Matthew closed the door and

to one another, and

in Murdough, he went ahead to inform Miles about Stella’s predicament. His motive was simple, which was to

he didn’t expect things to turn out this way, and he reckoned Stella must have been

a familiar face in the lobby. After thinking for a bit, she recalled

features, but in reality, they didn’t look similar at all. Gabriella appeared somewhat coquettish, while she was more graceful. It seemed like Gabriella was lively and leaned more toward the extrovert side. In contrast,

there, Stella just kept

felt that she was being watched,

met,

a

Gabriella felt curious over a stranger who managed to call out her name precisely. After she had spoken a few words in English to the man

Gabriella and Stella took a seat in the

ask, how did you know my name?” Gabriella asked while gazing

smile, Stella simply couldn’t bring herself to tell the truth about her discovering one of Gabriella’s pictures and feeling completely defeated by her. Frankly, this would take a toll on her

found a replacement that resembles you, just so he could think about you and see you every day. And

bewildered, Gabriella didn’t have a clue of what she was