Chapter 1223

Stella frowned. She put down the coffee cup and picked up her handbag before announcing, “If there’s nothing. else, I’ll be leaving now.”

“No problem, Miss Cicily. I hear you’ve got two young children, and I wouldn’t want to take up any more of your time. Oh, should I drive you home?”

“No,” she shook her head. “I drove myself.”

She then got up and left without even looking at Weston once.

Just as she walked down the steps below the coffee shop, Weston suddenly grabbed her wrist and held her in place.

“Stella.”

She seemed completely unsurprised by the turn of events. In fact, she had expected that something like this would happen.

“What is it now?” she asked, looking at him with raised brows.

look of hers stung Weston’s

Do you

didn’t think that a man like you would need to ask if someone had time to spare. Why didn’t you just scoop them and take them away if you wanted to see

sense the sarcasm in her voice, but he did not try to argue with her.

important that I think

only give you half an hour. I have to pick

swiftly darkened as soon as he heard the name “Miguel.” There was even a flash of

her back towards him, so she did not notice any of that.

got into the car, and Weston drove to

time before he finally

these past couple of days?” he asked.

she responded bluntly, not being

bitterly. She did. not even have the patience to hear him speak now.

problem…” he began in a grave tone,

at him, she

Miguel’s identity,” he repeated slowly

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