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 

figure lying on the floor. “What... What on

a biting chill into the

think he‘s one of the workers outside,” she told Wendy, trying to calm her down.

a wrench, so she assumed he must be one of the maintenance workers.

she asked him.

and groaned before answering.“ I‘m...

himself up, revealing his large plump face.

“I was installing an overhead unit when I slipped and fell. I was only hanging on a steel wire, and I had no choice but

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

but before she could continue, she

as he stood, so she asked in a gentle voice, “Are you hurt?”

his hands, still

the window like that.

broken glass pieces before saying, “You were here for repairs. Accidents happen.

more careful...”

Stella to treat him so kindly. He kept glancing at her several times, but he didn‘t dare to look

his eyes darting around frantically ,

was already resting on the sofa

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