Chapter 986

Stella appeared calm and composed, but her back was soaked with cold sweat. 

“Mom?” she asked while resolutely putting on a calm facade, perhaps because she was hiding something.” What‘s wrong?” 

“Nothing...” answered Wendy with a shake of her head. Stella‘s voice brought her senses back. 

Sure that Stella must‘ve not known about how poisonous the oleanders were, she tried to warn her. 

“That plant over there...” 

Crash! 

Before she could finish, a loud noise coming from the window interrupted her. 

The two women jumped in fright. They hurried to where the noise came from and saw a black figure crashing into the room from outside. The window had been broken in, and the floor was littered with shards of shattered glass “Careful!” 

Stella‘s split–second response managed to stop Wendy from getting hit by the flying glass. 

Wendy was so spooked that her face turned white as a 

lying on the floor. “What...

gaping hole in the windowpane that brought a biting chill into the room as a gust of

she quickly called out for the bodyguards. “I think he‘s one of the workers outside,” she told

a work uniform while holding a wrench, so she assumed

she asked

moved slightly and groaned before answering.“ I‘m... I‘m

revealing his large plump face.

I was only hanging on a

were still bloodstains on his face from being cut by the glass. He picked

could continue, she had to catch a breath when she

so she asked in

hands,

the window like that. I‘m really sorry. I‘ll... I‘ll pay for the

before saying, “You were here for repairs. Accidents happen. Make sure you don‘t

more careful...”

man did not expect Stella to treat him so kindly. He kept glancing at her several times, but he didn‘t dare to look

, the hands

on the

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