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What was any of that before?Before, they had only been making moves against Wright Group, and even then, it had only been enough to give Evan a headache for a while.Back then, they still were not sure how Stella truly felt about Evan.They also were not sure the two of them would really get divorced.But now it was different.Seeing how happy she was about the divorce, Aaron knew one thing for certain.Since it was finally over, there was no way the Hogarth family’s little princess could suffer that much and just let it end there.“Understood,” Gray said.“A gift for her new beginning should start with... the Wright family.”“Of course. Arrangements have already been made,” Gray replied.After all the years he had spent by Aaron’s side, Gray knew exactly how he handled things.So the moment he learned that Steven’s daughter had died and Stella had returned to Mount Pansworth, he had already guessed that her relationship with Evan was over for good.That meant he could mor

Whatever Lucas was thinking, he said it out loud.“Honestly? I’d believe Summer killed that baby with her own hands before I’d ever believe Stella would do something like that.”The moment the words left his mouth, Evan’s drunken eyes turned razor-sharp.Leon twitched at the corner of his mouth and looked at Lucas. “No, come on, man. You can’t say it like that.”Sure, Stella was not that kind of person.But that did not mean he could just pin everything on Summer either.In Leon’s mind, Stella would never do something like that.But Summer would not kill her own child either.Lucas shot back, “What do you mean I can’t say that? Haven’t the things Summer’s done over the past six months been disgusting enough? If you ask me, her killing the baby just to frame Stella is completely possible.”Leon fell silent.The two of them sat on either side of Evan.Lucas was too worked up to notice the dangerous chill spreading off Evan.But Leon felt it clearly.He kept shooting Lucas lo

Stella had always been clearheaded.She knew exactly where she came from. She had grown up in an orphanage. Someone like her was never supposed to belong in Evan’s world.That was why, in the beginning, she had rejected him again and again.He was the one who kept chasing her all over the world.By then, Evan was completely drunk.“But even if that damn woman turned rotten, I still love her!”“If she dares get with Felix, I’ll go to war with him myself…”Leon and Lucas both fell silent.Their ears were suffering.Seeing that Evan had finished the bottle, Leon opened another one and handed it to him. “Drink.”Lucas immediately reached over to snatch it away. “What are you doing? You’re still giving him more?”“He’s not asleep yet. Do you really want to keep listening to this?”As friends, neither of them could leave him there like that.The river was right nearby.If they walked away and Evan, in a drunken spiral, jumped in and drowned, they would never forgive themselves.

Not until breakfast was over did Lucas speak again.“So… one of Summer’s babies died, and the more I think about it, the more something feels off.”Felix asked evenly, “What feels off?”His calm tone made it sound like everything was already under his control, like nothing could slip out of place.Lucas said, “I think she did it on purpose to frame Stella.”Felix said nothing.“Think about it. If the baby had really been fine, why didn’t she use the sick boy to set Stella up? Because she couldn’t get him out.”As far as Lucas knew, the people Evan had stationed around the boy had been watching him closely this whole time.If Summer had wanted to use the baby boy, who was already frail to begin with, to frame Stella, she would not have been able to pull it off.Felix said, “So why use the healthy child?”“Then that means the girl probably wasn’t healthy to begin with.”The moment Lucas said that, Felix lifted his eyes and gave him a flat look from across the table.Lucas kep

After hanging up, Stella went upstairs to change.The moment Gray saw she was getting ready to go out, he followed after her, still trying to talk her out of it.“Sir said your condition still isn’t stable. You’re not supposed to go anywhere right now.”Stella said, “Relax. Now that Evan’s out of my life, my condition will be very stable.”Every time Evan had shown up before, he had either dragged her around by force or made her run all over the place with him.Any time something came up with Summer at the hospital, he had to drag Stella along too. There was no way her health could have stayed stable under those circumstances.Now he would never come tugging her around again. Her condition could not be more stable.Gray looked at her helplessly. “But before, you…”“Don’t worry. I won’t be doing a lot of walking this time. Once I get out of the car, it’s only a few steps.”She had already checked the message. Grandma Diana was at a small hospital, and her room was on the second