Mr. Kane Got Blacklisted

Stella chuckled, “This necklace is so heavy; I doubt flushing it down the toilet would work.”

Keegan gritted his teeth and said, “How could you say that? You deliberately put it on the bedside to make me uncomfortable, right?”

Stella nodded unapologetically and replied with a smile, “I just wanted to see how long you could pretend.”

Keegan was at a loss for words.

Feigning anger, he said, “You have no sense of boundaries! How many times have you received gifts from him?”

“Not many. Just a necklace and a talisman.”

Keegan’s fake irritation turned into genuine annoyance. “What about the phone he gave you?”

Stella chuckled nervously upon hearing that. “It’s been too long; I forgot.” Then she justified herself. “Besides, it’s not like I accepted it for free. I gave him a tie in return. It cost me 6999 dollars. When I think about it, it feels like a loss. That phone wasn’t worth that much either.”

Keegan had a deadpan face at that point. “It cost you 7098; you missed ninetynine dollars.”

then remembered the socks and burst into laughter. “How

the rest of

Stella and continued, “Have you secretly

and said, “Before Thanksgiving,

face turned green. “And you

boxes of egg tarts from Royle’s. Felicity liked them a lot, so I accepted them,” Stella laughed

the pastry gift

case, the police asked her to retrieve personal items, but the rabbit keychain on her bag was gone. The police claimed they did not see it, but she had securely fastened it

it, so she even added a sturdy

it have gone?’ she

much thought to the keychain. However, amid the argument with Keegan, she recalled that not only was the charm a present from the egg tart gift

that the kidnapping might have

to be

between them?’ As Stella was in

said, “Are you a dog? Why