Chapter 30

Ben stared at her in confusion. He had never expected Stella to make a request of him. Moments later, he came to a realization. “Mr. Sealey has agreed to Mr. Ford’s suggestion. He will change his name and relocate to another city with you. Mr. Ford will also bear all of his medical bills henceforth, including a compensation fee for you.”

Then, he reported an acceptable number.

The corner of Stella’s mouth twitched. This amount was enough to make her the richest person in small towns.

“Since Roger has agreed, we’ll go with that.” She closed her eyes before abruptly opening them again. “There’s one person I’d like to see.”

“Who?”

“The culprit who had kidnapped me that day.”

Ben fell silent as he stared at her with conflict in his eyes.

afraid that I’ll insist on going through

well that Weston wouldn’t believe her. No one in the world would

how many times she repeated that Guinevere was the one who had hired the kidnappers, other people would just think she was

I just need to get Mr. Ford’s

***

“She really said that?”

his document. Ben stood before his table, looking down. “Ms. Sealey has agreed, so I’m sure it must mean she’s willing to see you.” Weston kept quiet, wearing an indescribable expression. He looked down at the tip of his pen that had just drawn a dark streak on the white sheet of paper. The dark

later, he said hoarsely, “I

visit Stella once when she had woken

and shouted in the ward

had paused in his steps.

more times after that, but only after she had fallen asleep. After hearing Ben’s report, he

his thoughts and asked, “Mr. Ford, should

“No.”

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