Stella felt quite weird. She raised her head and asked, “Then what?”
Clarence said, stressing each syllable, “Have you paid by all the favors you’ve owed him?”
“Mr. Conrad, it has nothing to do...”
“When will you pay me back my favors to you?”
Upon hearing it, Stella was speechless.
Inwardly, she couldn’t help but curse him.
In the past, he asked her to pay back the money she borrowed. Now he wanted her to pay back the
favors she owed him. She wondered for how long this wretched man wanted to torture her.
Noticing the fury surged in her beautiful eyes, Clarence took a step back. He said in a steady tone, “I’m
not anxious. You can take your time.”
Stella closed her eyes and failed to suppress her anger, “Mr. Conrad, on the heck do you want? Like
what I’ve said, if you don’t want to let go of me, you can revenge on me at one time.”
“No, I can’t,” said Clarence, “Don’t you know I’m a businessman? A businessman always likes to adopt
a long-term plan to gain something big. I’ve never put all the baits in a one-go.”
“Oh, excuse me, Mr. Conrad, what on earth do you want to gain from me then?”
Clarence curled up his thin lips slightly. Raising his hand, he pointed at her chest with his index finger.
Stella choked up.
Subconsciously, she hid her chest while folding her arms.
She knew that the wretched man had a nasty mind.
Upon Clarence realized what she was thinking, his temples popped. His finger landed on the back of
her hand. He looked down at her and said meaningfully, “Stella, this thing will belong to me sooner or
later.”
Stella patted his hand off with a frown. Disgust and resistance were written all over her face.
She said, “Mr. Conrad, probably I didn’t make things clear before. I don’t think it’s necessary for us to
keep in touch. Besides, I don’t want to see your face any longer. Mr. Conrad, if you believed that I’ve
owed you some favors and you want me to pay them back, please let me know your requests. I’ll try
my best to...”
“Stella, you should know it clearly - you don’t have the final say to start or end anything.”
Stella was speechless.
Clarence opened the door of the office. After casting a glance outside, he looked back at her, “I’ll come
to find you tomorrow.”
After that, he strode away without waiting for Stella’s response.
Seeing him go far, the other three women in the studio breathed sighs of relief. They looked at Stella in
a union, only to find her in a daze. It seemed that she hadn’t returned to her senses from the shock.
Sherry let the other two girls knock off. Then she walked to Stella. She whispered, “Stella, did I mishear
anything? The wretched man said he would come here tomorrow again?”
Stella felt that her eyelids were twitched. She turned to look at her and answered in depression,
“Probably you’ve misheard.”
She wondered what went wrong with that wretched man again tonight. After speaking some creepy
things to her, he finally left by leaving her such a blockbuster.
She cursed him again.
Sherry comforted her, “It’s alright, Stella. We won’t be here tomorrow, anyway. Let him come to get a
cold-shoulder treatment.”
Stella, however, couldn’t be delighted at all. She raised her hand and looked at the back, frowning
deeply.
She wondered what he meant by his words just now? Had he had become a devil to threaten her with
her hand aiming to end her career for the rest of her life?
Stella had been thinking for a long while, but couldn’t figure anything out.
Instead, the more she thought about it, the angrier she became.
Standing next to her, Sherry was thinking about their classmate reunion tomorrow.
Although it was called the classmate reunion, it was a blind date that she carefully planned for Stella.
All the male classmates she had invited to attend were single and successful in their careers. Although
they were not so rich as Clarence the wretched man, their tempers and characters were far better than
his.
After a while, Sherry dragged Stella, who was still lost in thought, “It’s still early now. Let’s do a hair and
buy some dresses. We shall dress up tomorrow.”
Stella was confused, “Dress up for what?”
“Isn’t it our classmate reunion tomorrow? We can’t go so casually. We should dress up for it.”
After that, she dragged Stella away without letting her refuse.
In the hair salon, Sherry browsed something on her cell phone, “Please give her this kind of perm. It’s
the most popular style online right now. Everyone looks good with it. You’ll look prettier.”
Stella pulled her to sit next to her as well, “Let’s do it together, Sherry.”
Sherry waved her hand, “Not necessary. I don’t need...”
Stella said to the hairdresser, “Please do the sperm for her as well.”
After spending a long time in the hair salon, their perms were done. Sherry approached her and put
down the magazine, “Wow. You look so beautiful. I’m sure the men tomorrow would be stunned.”
Her voice was quite low, so Stella didn’t hear what she said clearly, “Pardon?”
Stella turned around and cast a glance at Sherry. She asked in surprise, “Sherry, why did you get the
hair cut so short?”
Sherry raised her brows at her and tossed the short hair that only reached her neck, “How do you like
it? I’ve thought about cutting my hair short for a long time, but I didn’t have the guts. I just took this
chance to do it.”
Stella nodded, “You look gorgeous.”
After done the hair, Sherry dragged Stella to the shop. She picked up all the dresses that could show
Stella’s shape and curve.
Since Stella got pregnant, she had been wearing loose clothes. Suddenly, her style was changed. She
couldn’t get used to it.
Stella said, “It’s just a classmate reunion. I don’t need to dress like this, do I?”
“Why not? Stella, let me tell you. It’s not a matter of the classmate reunion. Even if there’s no such a
reunion, you should dress up every day. You can’t waste your beauty.”
The saleslady next to them echoed in a low voice, “Miss, are you a movie star? I know I’ve seen you
somewhere before.”
Sherry smiled, “All good-looking women look similar.”
The sales lady said enviously, “You are way too good-looking. You are better looking than a star and
you have a good shape too.”
Sherry poked Stella with her elbow, “See? What did I say? You should let others enjoy your beauty.”
Stella was speechless.
Sherry said, “I’ll go home and throw away your clothes later. Do you remember? When you were
working for SG Jewelry Magazine, a lot of people asked me if all the male employees in the company
were not so good-looking, so you didn’t have any interest to dress up properly. You are in your twenties
and still young, why...”
Stella was afraid of her nagging. She gave the dresses that she had tried on to the saleslady, “I’ll take
them all. Thanks.”
When they went back home, the cushions to prevent the bumps while moving had been removed and
the corridor was cleaned up. Sherry asked, “Does it mean our neighbor next door had moved in? Shall
we meet the new neighbor?”
Stella said, “Why don’t you wait for a few days? Let’s meet them after seeing them in person.”
“Okay. If we suddenly go to the, it’s kind of embarrassing.”
“Okay. If we suddenly go to the, it’s kind of embarrassing.”
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