The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Stella had never left a good impression on Beatrice, and she disapproved of their relationship. At this moment, it became clear that the discord between Melody and Lucas was due to Stella's meddling. Melody was jealous.

"Let's do this, Edmund," said Beatrice after a moment of silence, coming up with a solution. "Go find Stella and tell her that I, as a senior, want to treat her to a meal. See when she's available to grace me with her presence."

The implication was clear-Beatrice intended to personally handle the matter with Stella. Edmund silently mourned Stella in his heart for a few seconds. "Yes, Madam, I'll go right away."

Leaving the Riveras' residence, Edmund drove to Stella's filming location and located her agent. Just as Stella finished her scene, upon hearing that Edmund had come, she felt particularly delighted. 'Lucas must be worried about my health, and he sent Edmund to check on me.'

"I need to quickly touch up my makeup." Stella changed her clothes at the fastest speed possible and went to find Edmund with a beaming smile. "Where's Lucas? Didn't he come?"

Today, it's Madam Beatrice who specifically asked me to

instantly vanished, replaced by surprise and wariness. "Madam Beatrice? Why would she want you to

you'll be available, so she sent me to inquire," Edmund conveyed Beatrice's intention accurately. Upon hearing that Beatrice wanted to have a meal with her, Stella became even more astonished. From a long

felt that if it were not for the presence of Beatrice, she would be the next in line as the Rivera family's missus. Certainly, it would not

observed Stella's prolonged silence before speaking again,

Edmund made it clear to Stella that Beatrice specifically requested her presence at the meal. Whether she liked it

she did not like Beatrice, she was still Lucas's grandmother. Stella could not afford to