Mr. Kane Got Blacklisted

Stella was shocked. She had talked to Keegan about this before, but he never mentioned his role in helping her. She always thought her salary was recovered because the organizers were reasonable and knew it wasn’t her fault. Now, looking back, she realized how naive that was.

For such a big event, why would the organizers care about a small etiquette girl like her? They wouldn’t care about right or wrong; they’d just choose the easiest way to handle the situation.

It turned out Keegan had helped her… It was him all along…

“Keegan is really smart. He had his eye on you even back then,” Alexis said with a sigh, but Stella smiled, “Brother, I’m sure Keegan had no selfish motives when he helped me. He would’ve helped anyone in that situation.”

Keegan never called her or mentioned it, and even years later, when she brought it up, he didn’t take credit for it. She was confident his help was purely out of kindness.

Alexis laughed, “Selfish or not, it doesn’t matter. The red string of fate between you two is as strong as steel. You’re destined to be together.”

Stella couldn’t agree more.

If they hadn’t been separated by mistake, they would’ve been childhood sweethearts. But even after all the twists and turns, fate still brought them together.

Meanwhile, Joe started his run strong, with Keegan nearly two kilometers behind. But in the second lap, Joe slowed down while Keegan kept a steady pace. By the end of the second lap, the gap had shrunk to less than a kilometer.

As Stella handed Keegan an energy bar, she felt a pang of concern seeing his sweaty face.

Keegan took the bar, tapped it on his palm, and bit into it as he continued running.

It wasn’t even 10 a.m., but the sun was already scorching. Alexis, always one to enjoy life, had someone set up a sunshade over their heads and was lounging under it, sipping watermelon juice.

By the third lap, the distance between Joe and Keegan was just a few hundred meters.

Alexis suddenly sat up, removing his sunglasses, “Keegan is going to overtake him.”

gone. Though he loved running, he had never run 20

At 15 kilometers, his lungs burned with every breath, and his legs felt like they were weighed down with

close behind, Joe pushed himself to keep going.

speed up in

pass

to speed up too, but at this point, he could barely

hair, stinging his eyes,

he heard Stella’s

name, encouraging him. He turned his head and saw Alexis driving her in a trolley, keeping pace with him. Alexis also cheered him on,

was surprised, and his mindset shifted. Instead of feeling like he’d already lost and should give up, he didn’t want to

his teeth and kept running, even though his legs felt like

to Keegan

crossed the finish line, Keegan

out, and he wanted to collapse on the ground. But Keegan helped him up, “Stand and rest. Sit down

Joe a bottle of room temperature water, “Drink

upset about losing and underestimating Keegan, but now, with Keegan showing concern, he

from

another bottle of water and asked softly, “How are

his head,

was tired, for sure. He hadn’t run a

at Joe, who looked defeated, like he was about

before, but now he

a break and

to humiliate me just because