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.

brought a biting chill into

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

holding a wrench, so she assumed

you okay?” she

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

himself up, revealing his large plump

he explained. “I was installing an overhead unit when I slipped and fell. I was only hanging on a steel wire, and I had no choice but to break the glass window

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

all the while apologizing.

she could continue, she

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

his hands,

to break in through the window like

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

“I—I’ll be more careful...”

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

his head hung low and his eyes darting around frantically , the hands that he kept behind his back

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