LOGINAnd he and Stella had lost two children too.What had once been one crisis after another had now become a tangled mess, all crashing together at once.Everyone had their own pain.Everyone had their own anger.On the phone, Dora snarled, “That vicious woman belongs in prison.“I already called the police. I’m going to make her pay for this. Evan, if you still have any regard for me as your mother, then divorce her.”Evan said nothing.His head was pounding.With Dora’s voice ringing in his ear over and over, demanding that Stella be thrown in prison, the route he had originally been taking to the office gradually turned toward the hospital instead.But somewhere along the way, something shifted in his mind.Halfway there, he turned the car around and headed back to the office.The moment he arrived, Patrick walked up carrying a stack of files.“Sir, everyone is already waiting in the conference room.”Evan pulled off his jacket and tossed it onto the couch in his office.
Outside, the ground was a mess, covered with all the things Dora had dragged out and thrown everywhere.Stella only glanced at them once before heading straight for Gray’s car.Evan’s voice rang out behind her.“If you walk away today, you are going to prison.”It was a threat.As if he were telling her that in all of Harbor City, the only way she could stay safe was by staying with him. That without Evan, no one could protect her.Stella turned to look at him, a faint smile curling at her lips.“You really think too highly of yourself.”Maybe once upon a time, she truly had been nothing in front of the Wright family.Back then, if the Wrights had wanted to send her to prison, or even lock her away in a psychiatric hospital, she would not have had the slightest ability to fight back.That was why, no matter how angry she had been then, she had never dared force the issue of divorce.But things were different now.She was no longer afraid of the Wright family.And she certa
As soon as she finished speaking, Dora turned and stormed out.The door slammed shut behind her.That left only Stella and Evan in the room.Evan turned to look at her, and the moment he saw the faint scratch his nails had left on her cheek, a sharp pain tore through his chest.Almost instinctively, he reached out, wanting to touch the mark even though the skin had not broken.But Stella immediately took a step back.She looked at him coldly. She said nothing. That silent distance in her eyes left Evan feeling strangely hollow.“Was it really you?” he asked.Deep down, there was still the slightest part of him that did not fully believe it.He could not believe that the woman he had insisted on marrying, against everyone’s objections, could really be this cruel.But if it was not her, then who else could it be?Stella looked at the struggle in his eyes and said evenly, “You should trust yourself.”That one sentence shoved whatever doubt Evan still had straight into the abys
When it came to the baby, Summer would never have dared call the police. The only thing she would have done was cry in front of Evan and Dora.No, maybe she would have dared.It was just that right now, all she could think about was how to use the baby to crush Stella in front of Evan and Dora. Calling the police had probably never even crossed her mind.And now, Stella had done it for her.Stella said a few more words to the police before ending the call.Dora was breathing hard. “You called the police? What right do you have to call the police? You’re the one who took the baby, and you’re the one who got her killed.”Stella said flatly, “Maybe I don’t have the right, but what was I supposed to do? All of you forgot to call, so I did it for you. And this is the thanks I get.”The words this is the thanks I get nearly made Dora cough up blood.Who wanted her fake kindness?She did not want it. She did not care about it. Her poor granddaughter had only been in this world a few
Evan was beyond furious. He stepped forward and clamped a hand around her throat.“How the hell did you even dare, Stella?”His eyes were red with rage.But in the very next second, Stella lifted her leg and drove her knee straight into the most vulnerable part of him.The pain hit instantly, and Evan let go of her on the spot.When he looked up again, he was furious and humiliated.Stella had no interest in explaining herself to him anymore. A real recording could be shoved in his face, and he would still call it AI generated.Trying to explain anything to a man like that was useless. At this point, even a saint would probably lose their temper.Forget one mouth. Even if she had a hundred, she still would not be able to talk any sense into him.She rolled up her sleeves a little. “Are you signing the divorce papers, or are we going down to file in person?”Evan said nothing.Her tone was flat, as if she had no attachment left to this relationship at all.Stella said, “Actu
The entire estate seemed wrapped in a cold, suffocating chill.Dora lunged at Stella again, furious enough to tear her apart. “You vicious woman! I’ll kill you!”Stella swung and knocked her away with one punch.Dora crashed to the floor again.The already explosive tension flared even higher.“Stella!”Evan barked her name.The moment she looked at him, his hand was already raised.But when their eyes met, his arm froze in midair.Stella looked at his hand, then back at his face.She said nothing.Evan’s breathing grew heavier and heavier.Seeing his hand raised, Dora screamed from the side, “Hit her! Do it!“Evan, Steven’s child is dead because of her, and you’re still protecting her?”The call Dora had just received was about the baby.She had also sent people out looking for the child these past two days.The caller had told her the little girl was dead.Tears streamed down Dora’s face. “Your brother is gone, and we couldn’t even protect the child he left behind. S
Stella drifted in and out of sleep when her phone rang.Seeing Lucas’s name on the screen, she answered groggily.“It’s the middle of the night. What do you want?”“Evan’s with us,” Lucas said.Stella paused. Her grip on the phone tightened, her voice cooling instantly.“So?”“He’s had a lot to
In everyone’s eyes, she was picking a fight she had no chance of winning.Stella thought for a moment, then said calmly, “Tomorrow, my marriage certificate with Evan and the divorce agreement will be all over Harbor City.”Jennifer froze.“…What?”“Wait,” she said, staring at her. “You’re saying
On the other end of the line, Dora sounded utterly drained.She really had enough.Why did fate have to punish her like this?Evan frowned and glanced at Stella.“I know Stella’s going to make a scene,” Dora said, her voice trembling. “But your brother is gone. I don’t have any other choice. Sum
Evan had originally planned to go see Stella that night.But Summer’s condition kept fluctuating, and he ended up staying by her side again and again. It was not until two in the morning that her state finally stabilized.Summer looked at Evan with guilt in her eyes.“Evan, I’m sorry. I keep putti







