Chapter 491

Weston did not want to stick around any longer and stood up while delivering his instructions, “Settle this cleanly and don’t make me step in. You know that I know no limits.”

“Of course,” Chris reassured him. “You can rest easy with me on this case.”

Weston scoffed but didn’t say anything further. He picked up his coat and turned to leave.

At Stardust Mansion.

Stella fell asleep in the car, and by the time she woke up, she found herself lying on the bed in her room. She opened her eyes blearily and rubbed them as she shook herself awake. That was when she remembered what had happened. As she glanced at the clock, she realized it was already evening. She never expected that she’d sleep for so long. A moment later, she heard footsteps coming from the corridor outside. Stella subconsciously shut her eyes and smoothened her blanket, pretending she was still asleep. The footsteps outside gradually became lighter. By the time they entered the room, they were almost inaudible. Although Stella had her eyes closed, she could feel Weston by her bedside, staring at her for a while.

she decided to pretend

just didn’t want

a

clearly sense the tenderness of the touch. Stella suddenly didn’t want to wake up. She didn’t want to face up to the fact that all his tenderness

hands, cold from the air outside, started roaming boldly around her

to respond to his touch. She had no choice but to

she was pretending to be asleep, he was now very certain she was

of his eyes as he decided to play along. At the next moment, Stella heard his

her.

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