Chapter 1016 When she finished talking, she saw that his face had tensed, and he was exuding the air of a man who had been disparaged andbelittled.

"It must be really nerve - racking when you're trying to keep a secret from someone …

unless you do something about it yourself, right?" Stella replied with a smile.

"You must be worried sick every time I contacted Aunt Diana, fearing I’d bring up your past sins toher.

It must be hard to bear, huh, knowing that your secret may be exposed any time, that you’ll never be at peace for the rest of your life…” The longershe spoke, the darker Michael's face turned...

and that was when he suddenly grabbed her wrist and yelled, “We need to talk!” When Ben saw this, he immediately headed toward themwith his brows frowning deeply.

“Just wait for me here,” Stella told Ben.

"I'm going to talk to him for a while." "I can’t do that,” Ben refused.

“I must make sure you’re safe, Mrs.

Ford!”

“You can’t be serious!” Michael snorted.

“What's wrong, my niece? Why do you need to be so closely guarded? You haven’t been making enemies, have you? No, that’s not possible ! With your gentle nature, who else apart from your love rival would ever want to harm you?” "That's none of your business," she interrupted him.“ Let's find a quiet place to talk." "You can watch over me from afar," she told Ben.

see any sign of things going wrong, step

Ben considered it

me as soon as you're

"Okay." They were both at the end of a

at the time and commented, "You're doing real well now, aren’t you? Weston Ford practically treats

has a bodyguard follow you everywhere!" He peered at Ben, standing not so far

highly capable

far more valuable

is the only man who would assign an assistant

worried that he'll waste his assistant's talents with you?” “That’s

at all to do with you." Michael looked

you've gotten yourself such a powerful man to rely on, twisting your arm wouldn’t be such an easy taskanymore, right?" He kept that phony smile plastered on his face, concealing his sinister intentions under a thin veil, though the only thing Stella was really focused on was the laboratory

did you come to the hospital?”

Diana...” "She's pregnant,” he announced while waving

expressions change for a millisecond, and he took

happy for her, mustn't you?” Stella said nothing, but her face betrayed

“I know,” Michael sighed.

want to tell her

the past should be left

to

at you and

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