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

sheet. She stood motionless and stared at the figure lying on the floor. “What... What on earth is going on here...?” she asked in a daze.

that brought a biting chill

he‘s one of the workers outside,” she told Wendy, trying to calm her down. “He

person wore a work uniform while holding a wrench, so

you okay?” she asked

man moved slightly and groaned before

up, revealing

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

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from being cut by the glass. He

all the while apologizing.

“That‘s enough...” she said, but before she could continue, she had to catch a

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

waved his hands, still looking

didn‘t mean to break in through the window like that. I‘m really sorry.

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

“I—I’ll be more careful...”

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glancing at

around frantically , the hands that he kept behind his

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