LOGINThe moment Leon left, Evan couldn’t sit still.He didn’t bother calling Patrick again. He didn’t care about the rest of the meeting. He grabbed his keys and drove straight to the hospital.Stella was preparing to check out.When Evan arrived, he saw the men Patrick had sent being blocked outside the hospital room by Felix’s people.His temper snapped.He stepped forward and threw two clean punches at the bodyguards.Inside the room, Stella heard the commotion. She looked at Gray.“It’s Mr. Wright,” Gray said quietly.Stella’s expression darkened further.“Let him in.”She was heading back to Star Ink Mountain anyway. For the next week, she likely wouldn’t be allowed out.Her brother, Aaron, had just called.His voice had been indulgent but sharp with warning. If she dared to wander around recklessly again, he would shut down her biotech company and her studio.She would never allow that. Those were her life’s work.Gray nodded. “Yes.”---Evan had already been in a foul
Since Leon was there, Evan didn’t comment on the unfamiliar female secretary.Leon walked in. The secretary closed the door behind him politely.Leon carried a file over and sat down across from Evan, sliding the folder across the desk.“My grandfather asked me to deliver this personally. Take a look.”Evan gave a short, humorless laugh.“Your grandpa’s getting crafty.”Leon shrugged. “He’s banking on our relationship. Thought I could slip the deal through the back door.”Evan’s expression darkened instantly.The Wright Group despised backdoor deals more than anything.All the brothers knew his rules.Before Evan could speak, Leon added quickly, “Don’t give me special treatment. Handle it however you want. I just need him to know I showed up.”Evan glanced at him. “Not worried he’ll skin you alive?”Leon leaned back. “When has he ever gone easy on me? One more beating won’t make a difference.”His grandfather had a bad habit. Instead of focusing on actual production, he wa
In the end, Evan didn’t respond to Dora.He simply hung up.Fiona had heard everything on speaker.Her anger flared instantly.“Is Evan really going to give everything back to her? What gives her the right?”Dora’s face was dark.“You heard what he said. If we don’t return it, the public backlash won’t stop.”Fiona fell silent.Dora was trembling with rage.“And Felix,” she muttered bitterly. “How did he even end up interested in her?”She shouldn’t have mentioned him.The moment she did, Fiona's expression shifted.Her hands tightened under the blanket, fists clenched hard.Hatred flickered in her eyes, sharp enough to tear someone apart.“I was even thinking of asking Mrs. Luther to make an introduction to the Henderson family,” Dora continued angrily. “I planned to pair you up with Felix. And now look at this mess.”The more she spoke, the angrier she became.“Then have Mrs. Luther go,” Fiona said through gritted teeth.Dora froze.“What are you talking about? But
Give it back to Stella?Absolutely not.Anything they had already taken from her, they weren’t returning a single piece.“Return it? Over my dead body,” Fiona snapped. “Evan smashed my face in because of her!”Dora nodded immediately, furious.Technically, it was Evan who had hurled the ashtray and injured Fiona.But in Dora’s mind, it all traced back to Stella.They had gone to confront her over Ruby’s burned house.They hadn’t even gotten a single word out before Evan smashed the ashtray into Fiona's face and ended it right there.“She finally showed her true colors,” Fiona hissed. “All that pretending she didn’t care about money. In the end, she just wanted the Wright family’s wealth.”“Exactly,” Dora agreed coldly. “Which is precisely why we won’t give it back.”“She can forget it.”Before Fiona could continue, Dora’s phone rang.It was Patrick.Her face darkened instantly.She answered with clear irritation.“Speak.”“Madam, are you and Miss Wright at the hospital
Even the diamond necklace Evan had given Stella, they had taken that too.Petty to the bone.What kind of so-called elite family behaves like that?“They’re not going to return anything,” Gray said carefully.“Of course they won’t.”“Then why—”“I never actually wanted it.”She said it lightly.Back in Evan’s office, when he first brought it up, she hadn’t intended to take anything back.But now?Now she had changed her tone.Especially the part about the assets under Grandma’s name.She had emphasized that deliberately.Gray stared at her.“You don’t want it?”Stella’s lips curved slightly.“Evan’s grandmother is the worst of them all. She’ll make a bigger scene than Dora ever could.”Gray paused.Oh.Now he understood.This wasn’t about reclaiming property.This was about forcing Evan to make demands—And detonating the entire Wright family from the inside.She wanted chaos.She wanted the house at war with itself.Gray considered for a moment, then asked,“
Evan looked at Stella.He hesitated.Everything she was asking for clearly put him in a difficult position.Stella said nothing.She simply waited.Finally, he spoke.“And what about Summer?”“Summer’s mother nearly cost me my life this morning.”He went silent.The words he’d been about to say—‘don’t make things harder for Summer for now’—died in his throat.But as he stood to leave, he still added quietly,“She and her mother aren’t the same person.”The implication was obvious.Don’t lump them together.Stella looked at him, her expression icy.There was nothing left to say.“One day,” she said.“What?”“Before tomorrow morning. If you can get everything they took from me transferred back under my name by then, I’ll stop for now.”One day.Evan frowned.“Grandma’s share won’t move that fast.”“Then I can’t help you.”Her tone was flat.He felt the air leave his lungs again.“Do you really have to push it this far?”Now he understood.She never truly intend
Stella said calmly, “There are two attachments. One is my marriage certificate with Evan. The other is the divorce agreement.”“Do you think I want to be Mrs. Wright for life?” She gave a soft, mocking laugh. “Since we’re finally on the same page, Mrs. Wright, you might as well persuade your precio
The voice in Dora’s head, the one that wanted to deal with Stella once and for all, grew louder by the second.“I told you back then that you shouldn’t marry her,” she snapped. “She grew up in an orphanage, no mother to teach her anything. What kind of upbringing could she possibly have? I never sh
Stella had indeed blocked everyone around Evan.Including Lucas.“What’s he going to flip over, anyway?” Stella said coolly. “At most, he’ll tear apart Azure Heights and Jennifer’s place.”“Exactly,” Lucas said. “And when he still couldn’t find you, that’s when he really lost it.”Stella frowned
Stella had grown up alone.From childhood until now, she had had no one to rely on.No matter what kind of injustice she suffered, she had always been the one to fight back for herself.She wasn’t the type to take a hit and stay quiet.Before, when Summer crossed the line, Stella had lacked soli







