LOGINNo right at all.As far as Felix was concerned, Evan didn’t even have the right to hate Stella.Everything had started long before the misunderstanding over her mother’s death.That misunderstanding had only made Stella even more ruthless toward the Wright family.But now Evan was conveniently ignoring everything that had happened before it.“And you still want her to pay?” Felix let out a cold laugh. “If anyone should pay, it’s you, Evan.”Evan froze.Felix’s words seemed to explode inside his head.For a moment, it felt as though something in his entire world had collapsed.He stared at Felix, his face growing darker.His eyes became increasingly conflicted.“You’re saying…”“Yes,” Felix said. “I’m saying no one else is the reason the Wright family ended up like this. You are.”Evan said nothing.“Why do you think Stella became so ruthless toward your family? You really don’t know?”It wasn’t only because of what she believed about her mother.She had already started
Evan stared at Felix with a murderous look, as though he wanted to tear him apart limb from limb.Felix simply sat down across from him.Evan’s voice was icy.“You’ve been with her this whole time, haven’t you?”Felix looked at him.“You and Stella are already divorced.”Evan’s expression changed instantly.With a loud crash, he shot to his feet and kicked the chair behind him aside.Then he vaulted over the desk and lunged straight at Felix.He was already furious.And Felix’s very first sentence had been a reminder that he and Stella were divorced.It hit exactly where it hurt most.In an instant, the two men were fighting.Evan swung a fist straight at Felix’s face, but Felix turned his head and dodged it at the last second.Then they went at each other.Every move was vicious.Every blow was meant to do real damage.Neither of them was holding back.Evan had hatred driving him, which only made him more ruthless.But very few people could match Felix in a fight.
Her phone buzzed.It was Evan.The moment Stella saw the number, her eyes turned cold.She glanced at Remi, then picked up the phone and walked a short distance away before answering.“You didn’t come back.”Before Stella could say anything, Evan’s furious voice came through the line.The hostility in his tone was so intense it felt like he wanted to tear her apart.“Or are you too scared to come back?”His voice turned even colder.Stella almost laughed.“Scared?”The word sounded ridiculous to her.“What exactly do I have to be scared of?”She had simply been exhausted lately.She was tired of being dragged into one conflict after another.That didn’t mean she was afraid.And now Evan was accusing her of being too scared to return to Harbor City?“Then why haven’t you come back?” Evan demanded through clenched teeth.“Don’t you know why?” Stella replied coldly. “Because I hate Harbor City.”The disgust came from somewhere deep inside her.Evan went silent.On the
Stella had never imagined that she and Remi shared a history like that.She had never known.“When did you recognize me?” Stella asked.“Not that long ago,” Remi said. “I didn’t recognize you at first either.”Stella said nothing.“If I had, I probably would’ve taken you away back in Sevi Valley. I never would’ve given them the chance to hurt you.”Remi really hadn’t recognized Stella at first.It had only been through a chance encounter later that she finally realized who she was.Stella smiled.But there was a trace of bitterness in it.Remi looked at her.“So can you trust me now?”“Yeah.”Maybe not.Stella didn’t say that out loud.There were some things in this world she had learned not to trust too easily.Even though Remi had now explained why she wanted to help her, and Stella did remember the incident she described, she still couldn’t bring herself to believe her completely.She had been hurt too many times.Now, no matter who it was, what happened, or what e
But as time went on, Stella realized Remi hadn’t actually done anything.Which only made her even more confused about why Remi had come here in the first place.Especially when Remi kept saying she wanted to help her.Remi looked at her.“You really don’t remember me?”Stella frowned.“What do you mean?”Remember her?Had they met before?“When I went to Harbor City on a mission, I was badly injured,” Remi said. “I was hiding under a bridge.”“Under a bridge?”“Yeah. You thought I was homeless.”Stella went still.Homeless?“You tossed me a bag of bread.”Stella blinked.Bread?And then suddenly, she remembered.There really had been one time when she passed beneath a bridge and saw someone she thought was homeless.She had tossed the person a bag of bread.“I hadn’t eaten in two days,” Remi continued. “And I was so badly injured that I couldn’t even leave that spot.”Stella stared at her in shock.“You were that…”She stopped herself before saying homeless woman
Remi had only one answer.Run.She knew Aaron had enough power and influence that sooner or later, he would find out they were hiding near Sima Mountain.But as far as Remi was concerned, that didn’t mean Stella should simply give up on herself.So what if Aaron could reach almost anywhere?Stella still had the right to keep fighting for her own life.That night, Remi and Stella lay in the same bed.Ever since Felix left, Remi had gone right back to her old habits from Sevi Valley, shamelessly taking over half of Stella’s bed.Remi turned toward her.“I really don’t think your brother would do anything to his own sister just because of a woman.”Aaron had always been ruthlessly clearheaded.He had never been the kind of man who let emotions control his decisions.Stella said nothing.Wouldn’t he?She honestly didn’t know.“But he’s given me up before.”“That was because your interests conflicted with the family’s. That’s different.”When interests were at stake, Aaron







