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.

a gaping hole in the windowpane that brought a biting chill into

called out for the bodyguards. “I think he‘s one of the workers

uniform while holding a wrench, so she

you okay?” she

moved slightly and groaned before answering.“ I‘m... I‘m so

up, revealing his

when I slipped and fell. I was only hanging on a steel wire, and I had no choice but to

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bloodstains on his face from being cut by the glass. He picked up his peaked cap on the floor

all the while apologizing.

but finally calmed down. “That‘s enough...” she said, but before she could continue, she had to catch a breath when she felt a sharp pain in

was swaying slightly as he stood, so she asked

his hands, still

to break in through the window like that.

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before saying, “You were here for repairs. Accidents happen. Make sure you don‘t slip again, and be more

“I—I’ll be more careful...”

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kept glancing at her several

hung low and his eyes darting around frantically , the

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