Chapter 838

“Of course not, Aunt Diana!”

Stella frowned with concern and added, “Please don’t overthink it and get the wrong idea! You’ve done nothing wrong!”

“Then why didn’t you reveal your real identity to me when I saw you at that shopping mall?”

“Well…” Stella smiled bitterly. “You’ve heard of what happened at the engagement party yesterday, haven’t you? That was the reason why…”

“I can understand that.” Diana pursed her lips. “Still, you could’ve just told me that you were Stella. I never would’ve revealed it to anybody else! Didn’t you know how happy I was when I saw you? I was heartbroken when you insisted that you were Ella Steele, not Stella Sealey…”

“I’m sorry, Aunt Diana.”

Stella had no idea what else to do apart from apologizing. She couldn’t possibly tell Diana that she had to keep her identity a secret because she knew something Michael was doing everything in his power to hide from the rest of the world that he’d been cheating on Diana behind her back, and that the woman he had cheated on her with was Stella’s own roommate.

Meanwhile, Michael waited anxiously outside, his eyes kept shifting toward the door behind which his wife and Stella were

chatting.

nervous,

that he was tense

would reveal something to your wife that you wish she wouldn’t

turned to Weston and said, “You’re overthinking, Mr. Ford. It’s only because I’m anxious to talk to Stella myself. She is my own niece,

Weston drummed his fingers on the coffee table. “I do find it strange that while my fiancée was excited to meet Mrs. Sealey, she had no desire to talk to you at all, even though

?” asked Michael, now on

you

wouldn’t dare to presume to know what

and out came Stella and Diana. Michael immediately rose to his feet and rushed

you okay?” he asked, concern written all

Diana replied. “I was just catching up with Stella. Why wouldn’t

his niece. “I was just worried because you’d been in there for a long

waters to find out if Stella had revealed his secret to his wife. Stella found his antsy attitude in front of

looking so concerned about his wife now when he didn’t seem to

you mean, a long time? It felt like we’d hardly talked about anything at all!

Stella could say anything, Michael wrapped an arm around his wife’s shoulder and reminded her, “Don’t forget that Stella is soon to be Mrs. Ford. You can no longer expect

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