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.”

moment, then remembered the socks and burst into laughter. “How long are you

remember them for the rest of my life!”

and continued, “Have you secretly

and said, “Before Thanksgiving,

green. “And you

egg tarts from Royle’s. Felicity liked them a lot,

gift box. Felicity took one, and Stella hung the

but the rabbit keychain on her bag was gone. The police claimed they

so she

could it have gone?’

Stella did not give 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 box, but

that the kidnapping might have been

item happened to be something

As Stella was in thought, someone lightly bit her

and said, “Are you