Stella nodded slightly, she was puzzled, “You’re ....”
Daniel smiled, “I don’t plan to leave City N for the time being. So, I open a piano shop to find myself
something to do.”
Sherry was speechless, if he was idle, he should go to jail, why he disturbed her!
Stella did not expect things to turn out this way. She did not know this should be considered
coincidental or artificial.
Daniel continued, “From now on we are neighbours. If you need any help, you can come to me
directly.”
Stella nodded politely, “Okay.”
Before leaving, Daniel looked at Sherry again and smiled politely.
Sherry was speechless.
After Daniel left, the young girls went back to work while Sherry walked to the office with Stella in a
state of disbelief.
As soon as the office door was closed, she could not help but insult wildly, “Is there really something
wrong with him, he’s definitely doing it on purpose! I only lusted after his good looks for a while, but
does he have to do such a thing?”
Stella sat in her seat and did not say anything for a moment.
She also felt that Daniel’s sudden appearance was definitely not just a coincidence.
But she could not tell what was his purpose of being here.
However, she was sure of one thing, that was Daniel would not hurt her, otherwise, he would not wait
until now.
On the other side, Sherry got angrier when she was saying, “I seriously suspect that he has spent too
much time with Phoebe and that’s why he’s so weird now, thinking that I still like him so he deliberately
comes to my front to make me notice him. Stella, did you hear that he called me Sherry? When did I
get so close to him? He even gave me that look when he left, I’m sure, he’s here to pick me up!”
Stella, “What?”
Sherry slapped the table, she could not stand it, “No, I’m going to talk to him right now. From today
onwards, if I’m here in this street, he can’t be here, if he’s here, I won’t be here!”
Before she made an irreversible mistake, Stella hastily pulled her back, “Sherry, calm down, his
purpose is still unclear. Let’s observe him for a while first.”
Sherry took two deep breaths to ease her emotions, she sighed to herself again, “Speaking of which, I
still blame myself, I shouldn’t have charmed him so much that he can’t forget it after a long time, and
now he’s even found his way here.”
After saying that, Sherry lifted her hand and sniffed, “Stella, do you think there’s a special smell on my
body. I mean the kind of smell that will charm playboy once he smells it?”
Stella held back her laughter and said seriously, “Actually, I don’t think Daniel should be considered as
a playboy. He and Phoebe are just ...”
Sherry pursed her lips, “Forget about it, you don’t have to explain for him anymore. I’ve never seen
such an outrageous and ridiculous person. Clarence, that wretched man is much better than him.”
At this time, Stella’s computer rang, it was an email from the organizer of the designer competition,
informing her that she had successfully passed the preliminary round and entered the final round.
All the designers who had passed the preliminary round were invited to go to the competition venue
three days later to draw lots to decide the title of the final round.
Sherry and Stella were both very calm when they saw the email as they thought it was meaningless for
them to not pass a preliminary round after working hard for so long.
Only ten out of the dozens of designers made it to the final round, which also meant that the later
rounds would only get harder.
Furthermore, Modesty, Aurora and Phoebe were not going to give up so easily.
Sherry did not disturb Stella anymore. She patted her shoulder and went out.
Stella also closed her email and started working.
When it was noon, Stella put down her brush and stretched. When she was just about to ask Sherry to
go out for lunch, there was a knock on the office door.
“Come in.”
Soon, Alisa appeared in sight.
She was carrying several thermos buckets in her hands.
Previously, ever since Stella said that she wanted to eat at the studio every night before going back to
the Steward family, Clarence had asked Alisa to bring her food every evening. However, it was still
noon now.
Seeing Stella’s confusion, Alisa smiled and said, “Mrs. Conrad, Mr. Conrad asked me to bring you two
meals per day before he went on his business trip. So, if you want to eat anything, just let me know.”
Stella was stunned; her ears could not help but reddened a little, “No need, it’s very troublesome for
you to come here twice a day. You just need to bring me dinner as before...”
“Oh, how can Mrs. Conrad say like that? My job is to take care of you and Mr. Conrad. It’s not
troublesome at all,” As if she was afraid that Stella would not agree, Alisa added, “Before Mr. Conrad
left, he said that if Mrs. Conrad loses weight in these few days, he’ll deduct my salary.”
Stella was speechless.
The wretched man would only exploit working people.
Alisa put the thermos buckets in front of her, “Mrs. Conrad, what do you want to eat in the evening? I
will prepare it for you.”
Stella thought for a while and said, “Fish soup.”
“Okay, I’ll go to the market to buy fish later.”
When Alisa was about to leave, Stella suddenly called her, “Alisa, can I ask you one thing?”
“Mrs. Conrad, you can ask me anything you want, why are you so polite?”
Stella flipped through her phone and said after a few seconds of silence, “Do you still remember what
you were doing on the 15th of this month.”
After this question was asked, Stella felt that she was absurd. If she were in Alisa’s shoes, if she heard
such an uninformed time, she probably would not know what she was doing at that time.
When she was about to say forget about it, Alisa mused, “The 15th, is it Friday?"
Stella nodded, “Yes.”
Alisa said, “I remember it. I took a special off day that day to attend my daughter’s school parent-
teacher conference.”
“Then when did you go back to Starry Lake Mansion?"
“Early in the next morning, yea, after I returned, Mr. Conrad asked me to bring dinner to you." Saying
that, Alisa asked tentatively, “Mrs. Conrad, is there anything?”
Upon hearing this, Stella smiled, “Nothing, I’m just asking around. Alisa, you can go now.”
After Alisa left, Stella retracted her thoughts and looked at the thermos buckets in front of her. She was
slightly bewildered for a moment.
It seemed that her guess that day was correct; the fish soup was indeed prepared by Ms. Anderson.
But why did Clarence deliberately lie to her?
Since the fish soup was made by Ms. Anderson, then she must be in City N.
But Clarence had never told her about it.
What was the wretched man doing again?
Stella could not figure it out. She let out a breath, reached out her hand and rubbed her temple. She
got up and sat in front of the coffee table.
After she had eaten a few bites of rice, Stella vaguely felt that something was wrong. She did not think
about it much. In order to confirm the suspicions in her mind, she got up in a hurry and took her car
keys, then she went out.
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