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... What on earth

biting chill into

soon as Stella regained her senses, she quickly called out for the bodyguards. “I think he‘s one of the workers outside,” she told Wendy, trying to calm her down. “He probably

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

you okay?” she asked him.

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

slowly propped himself up, revealing his large

fell. I was only hanging on a steel wire, and I

cut by the glass. He picked up his peaked cap on the floor with shaking hands,

but before she could continue, she had to catch

that the man was swaying slightly as he stood, so she asked

hands, still

fine...” he reassured her. “I really didn‘t mean to break in through the window like that. I‘m

window and glanced at the broken glass pieces before saying, “You were here for repairs. Accidents happen.

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Stella to treat him so kindly. He kept glancing at her

, the hands that he kept behind

resting on the sofa as they waited for

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