In fact, Stella didn’t have anything special to deal with when going back to the Steward’s Mansion. Last
night, she went to stay in Clarence’s apartment, and she was afraid that Charles would worry she
wouldn’t come home since he was suspicious. Hence, she made this trip with the stalkers behind.
It was a good thing, though. She accidentally found where Charles had been locking up Jeffrey.
She kept it in mind.
After going out of her room, Stella took a few steps and was attracted by Charles’s bedroom door.
Her intuition told her that there was something more important besides the pocket watch in that safe.
However, she has been sneaked in once. She was lucky at that time. Now she couldn’t take the risk
again.
Stella came back to her senses and turned away.
When arriving at the studio, Stella found that Daniel was also there. With a smile, she greeted people in
the studio and walked into her office.
Taking the chance, Sherry got rid of Daniel and followed Stella into the office.
Stella had just sat down when seeing her enter. She asked, “What’s up?”
Sherry lay prone on the desk opposite her, heaving a sigh, “I don’t know. I just felt he’s so annoying out
of no reason.”
Stella asked, “Annoying?”
Sherry nodded in confirmation, “Yep. Annoying.”
“What kind of annoying feeling?”
“It’s just...” Sherry thought for a moment, “Whenever he approaches me closer, I felt annoyed. When he
speaks to me, I felt annoyed as well. When he treats me well, I felt more annoyed.”
Stella smiled and said slowly, “I have experienced the same as you before.”
Sherry’s eyes lit up, feeling that finally, someone knew how she felt, “When was it?”
“When Clarence started to go after me.”
Sherry was silent.
In fact, Stella had to admit that she felt annoyed because Clarence made her mood messy. On one
hand, she wanted to distance herself from him as much as possible. On the other hand, she couldn’t
help falling in love with him because of what he had done for her.
Hence, she felt so annoyed.
However, Sherry thought it was because that she truly had a crush on Daniel but was afraid to be hurt.
Hence, she had such a conflicted feeling when Daniel actively approached her.
Sherry fiddled with the ornaments on her desk, heaving another sigh, “I just don’t think he’s a reliable
man.”
Daniel had a lot of secrets, so Stella didn’t plan to convince Sherry.
Besides, love was complicated indeed.
Probably for some reason, they could be together suddenly.
After a while, Sherry added, “By the way, what’s been Chan up to recently. He seems to be quite busy.”
Stella said, “I forgot to tell you. He has signed a contract with an entertainment company.”
Sherry immediately became interested, “For real?”
Stella nodded, “Yep. For a long time already.”
“Which company did he sign the contract with? Is it run by Conrad Group?”
“Should ... not be. I didn’t ask him the exact company name. If it is, Clarence would have told me.”
Sherry asked again, “So, is Chan playing in dramas or movies or something else?”
Stella answered, “I don’t think so. I asked him not to impact his study.”
“That’s awesome!” Sherry said excitedly, “Chan is so handsome. It’s a pity if he didn’t work in the
entertainment business. Your family members are all good-looking. Now Clarence is also one of them.
Honestly, the wretched man is truly good-looking. If you have children in the future, I wonder how good-
looking they would be. I must be their only godmother!”
Upon hearing it, Stella faintly smiled, “Okay.”
Sherry sensed that Stella sounded a bit down. It wasn’t until then did she realize that she shouldn’t
have mentioned it. She coughed and comforted Stella, “Stella, let the bygones be bygones. Please
don’t overthink it. Anyway, Clarence and you have been reconciled. You’ll have children in the future.”
Stella said, “Probably.”
Sherry didn’t continue discussing such a sad topic. She changed the subject immediately.
Soon, there were knocks on the door. They heard Daniel’s voice.
Upon hearing it, Sherry whispered to Stella, “Don’t let him come in.”
Stella nodded. Then she asked towards the door, “What’s the matter?”
Daniel answered, “I want to talk to Sherry.”
Stella said, “She’s not in.”
Daniel was confused.
He witnessed her enter the office just now.
Stella kept lying, “She didn’t feel very well, so I asked her to go home. You can talk to her tomorrow.”
There was silence outside the door.
After a long while, they heard Daniel’s voice again, “Okay.”
Hearing that his footsteps went farther and farther, Sherry breathed a sigh of relief.
Stella said, “I’m going to draw the drafts. You can stay here longer. I’m afraid that he hasn’t left yet.”
Sherry also thought so. She pulled out her cell phone and read the news, “Okay, go ahead. I won’t be
holding you up.”
After a long while, Stella raised her head, only to find that Sherry had fallen asleep.
Stella also stretched, planning to take a nap.
When she just thought so, her phone started ringing. Staring at the strange number, she walked out of
her office. After entering the lounge, she swiped to answer, “Hello? Who is that?”
There was only silence from the other end of the line.
Stella checked her phone to confirm the call had been connected. Then she pressed the phone next to
her ear again, “If you don’t speak, I’ll hang up now.”
After a few seconds, she heard a voice, “It’s me.”
Stella had never expected that Modesty would have called her.
She asked indifferently, “What’s the matter?”
“I can help you identify that Aurora Barton has bribed the judges and set you up, but you must agree to
a condition.”
“What condition?”
“Give me some money and help me leave City N,” said Modesty, “I know you can do it now.”
She was still the suspect of killing Arthur. If relying on herself, she couldn’t leave the town at all.
If she had left, she would be charged with murder for sure.
Upon hearing it, Stella felt amused, “Why should I?”
Modesty said, “Besides Aurora Barton, I have the evidence that Phoebe Steward set you up. I believe
those are enough.”
Stella said, “Just save those things. I don’t need them.”
Probably, she hadn’t expected that Stella would answer her like this, Modesty was in a panic, “They
have done those evil things to you. Don’t you want to dose them with their own physiques?”
“You know what your current behavior is called?” Stella said calmly, “It’s truly called dosing you with
your own physique. No matter the evidence that Aurora Barton has bribed the judges or the things that
Phoebe Steward has done, I have them all. Thank you for your kindness. I don’t need anything from
you.”
“Stella Radomil,” Modesty squeezed words between her teeth, “I know Adolph Miller has helped you a
lot. For his sake, can’t you just help me once?”
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