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 

stood motionless and stared at the figure lying on the floor. “What... What on earth is going on here...?”

was a gaping hole in the windowpane that brought a biting chill into the room as a gust of wind blew in.

her senses, she quickly called out for the bodyguards. “I think he‘s one of the workers outside,” she told Wendy, trying to calm

that the person wore a work uniform while holding a wrench, so

okay?” she asked

and groaned before

revealing his large

conditioner,” he explained. “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 to break the glass window

There were still bloodstains on his face from being cut by the glass. He picked up his peaked cap on the floor with shaking hands, all the

down. “That‘s enough...” she said, but before she could continue, she had to

that the man was swaying slightly as he stood, so she asked in a gentle voice, “Are you

his hands, still

“I really didn‘t mean to break in through the window like that. I‘m really sorry.

and glanced at the broken glass pieces before saying, “You were here for repairs. Accidents happen. Make sure you don‘t slip again, and be more careful. Nothing‘s more important

more careful...”

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

and his eyes darting around frantically ,

on the sofa as

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