Chapter 723

“Uh-huh,” Stella replied, “your grandfather wanted me

to.”

Weston straightened up and peered down at her.

“What did he say to you?”

Stella paused, then shook her head and told him,” Nothing much. He just wanted me to get a good rest here tonight…”

Weston’s eyes narrowed into thin slits. That piercing gaze of his would penetrate even the deepest secrets in anyone’s heart.

“Was that all?” he asked again. “What else did he say?”

“What else do you think he’d say?”countered Stella. She looked up and bravely met his gaze, daring him to search her eyes. “That he would give me a large sum of money so I would leave you, perhaps?” “No,” Weston laughed. “That’s not his style.”

“Your grandfather knew

and pinched her nose. “It

you. You’ll get much more than that if you stay by

side.”

Stella stepped back into the guest bedroom, she slumped down onto the sofa and sat there for a while. She was utterly exhausted. She didn’t even turn on the lights. She just sat there staring at the ceiling. She blinked again and again. Her eyes were getting sore. She reached into her bag and found that she still had

was such a busy man that work and other obligations consumed much of his energy. He would constantly pester her around the house, wanting to do

Weston would’ve been so preoccupied that he would have no energy left to

least, that was what Stella happily

her stilettos and took off the uncomfortable dress that she had been wearing. Naked, she looked into the mirror and stared at

them were old ones that were fading, but some newer, fresher ones were still red. It made her

, turned on the shower, and let the water wash over her body as she closed

of Zach laughing and yelping to get her attention

she had been suppressing now finally engulfed her. She could no longer hold it in. She fell to her knees, curled

time to warm up yet. It pricked her skin like a

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