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.

of things going wrong, step

job, will I?”

for me as soon as you're

both at the end of a

doing real well now, aren’t you?

follow you everywhere!" He peered at Ben, standing not so far away, and shrugged , adding, “I

highly

valuable than your average

the only man who would assign an assistant of

worried that he'll waste his assistant's talents with you?” “That’s also none of your business,” Stella

at all to do with you." Michael looked away

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 test

to the hospital?” she

Diana...” "She's pregnant,”

he noticed Stella's expressions change for a millisecond, and he

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

“I know,” Michael sighed.

to tell her the

past should be left in

have to move forward,

at you

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