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

he‘s one of the workers outside,” she told Wendy,

holding a wrench, so she assumed he must be one of the maintenance

okay?” she

and groaned before answering.“ I‘m...

propped himself up, revealing his

conditioner,” he explained. “I was installing an overhead unit when I slipped and fell. I was only hanging on a steel wire,

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still bloodstains on his face from being cut by the glass. He picked up his

all the while apologizing.

before she could continue,

slightly as he stood, so she asked in a gentle voice, “Are you

his hands, still

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

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walked to the window and glanced at the broken glass pieces before saying, “You were here for repairs. Accidents happen. Make sure you don‘t slip again, and be

“I—I’ll be more careful...”

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man did not expect Stella to treat him so kindly. He kept glancing at her several

head hung low and his eyes darting around frantically , the

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