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.

the windowpane that brought a biting chill into the room as a

Stella regained her senses, she quickly called out for the bodyguards. “I think he‘s one of the workers outside,”

wore a work uniform while holding a

you okay?” she asked

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

propped himself up,

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

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

all the while apologizing.

frowned 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

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

waved his hands,

really didn‘t mean to break in through the window like

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the broken glass pieces before saying, “You were here for

“I—I’ll be more careful...”

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kept glancing at her several times, but he didn‘t dare to look

low and his eyes darting around frantically , the hands that

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